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WPT Venice - Alessio Isaia Wins

<strong>Alessio Isaia</strong>, Italian player managed to keep the <em>World Poker Tour Venice</em>'s trophy in Italy, as he managed to beat Hungarian <strong>Szabolcs Mayer </strong>in the 8 hour long heads-up.
author-picture Admin - 2011. February 09.

The final table started with the chiplead of the EPT London winner David Vamplew, who amassed 4,100,000 in chips.



David Vamplew 4.100.000
Alessio Isaia 2.910.000
Szabolcs Mayer 2.585.000
Max Lykov 2.175.000
Adrien Camille Garrigues 1.555.000
Emmanuel Rodrigues 1.465.000
Luca Fiorini 470.000
Renato Paolini 405.000

The game started on the 25th blind level (4000/20,000/40,000). The short stack Renato Paolini had to leave the table first after going all-in with KJ, which got beaten by Lykov's AK on a neutral board. After being crippled by Rodriguez's full house, Lykov had to push all-in with his suited T9, but had no chance against Garrigues' and Mayer's AK. The next to be eliminated was Luca Fiorini, who lost with AT agaist a pair of sevens.

alessio issaia
Alessio Isaia


Half an hour later, Mayer limped, Rodrigues, Isaia and Gerrigues decidett to see the flop with him, which was {#}4 {#}T {#}8 . Mayer bet out to $95,000, which only Garrigues called. On the {#}2 turn Mayer completed his flush, so he continued to bet 350,000, Garrigues called again. On the {#}6 river Garrigues shoved with his 1,800,000 chips, but Mayer called, and showed the {#}K {#}4 . Garrigues bluffed with Ad 4h, and he was out. At the 27th blind level (5000/30,000/60,000) the short-stacked Rodrigues went all-in pre-flop with around 1,000,000, which were easily beaten by Vamplew's full house. Only 3 playes remained.

Szabolcs Mayer
Szabolcs Mayer

Mayer Szabolcs - 7.100.00
David Vamplew - 5.400.000
Alessio Isaia - 3.165.000


Vamplew was busted soon, he reraised Mayer's 160,000 pre-flop raise, showing {#}K {#}Q against Mayer's Ah Jh, on the 3d Ts {#}2 {#}A {#}9 board. The heads-up was set, Mayer started with 5:1 chip lead. This changed very quickly, however, as the Italian player's pocket sixes held against Mayer's pocket fours.

After long hours of play, Mayer managed to double up with quad sixes and then won 1,000,000 with a three of a kind, so he looked like he had more chance. However, after 8hours of play, Isaia went pre-flop all in with his pocket sevens, which defeated the Hungarian pro's AJ. Soon Mayer raised pre-flop all-in with {#}Q {#}6 , Isaia called with {#}A {#}Q , winning the tournament as no help came for Mayer on the board. After 8 hours and 20 minutes, Venice celebrated the winner, the Italian Alessio Isaia. This has been the longest final heads-up in WPT history.



Final results:

1. Alessio Isaia - €380.000
2. Mayer Szabolcs - €228.900
3. David Vamplew €149.910
4. Emmanuel Rodrigues €101.960
5. Adrien Camille Garrigues €73.180
6. Luca Fiorini €57.830
7. Max Lykov €43.370
8. Renato Paolini €31.960


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