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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
July 13, 2005
Paul Mannetta is in the money. Maybe even the big money.
The little-known poker player from Pelham beat the odds to make it to the fourth day at the No Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas yesterday.
His chip count at the start of play yesterday was $240,000, which placed him 100th
among the final 185 players still sitting. The tournament started with 5,619 players and continued through the night yesterday.
Defending champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer led the chip count as the countdown to the $7.5 million first prize continued. Payouts stretch deep, with 140th place, for example, worth $46,500. Every one of the nine players who makes the final table is guaranteed $1 million.
Professional poker player Paul Darden, Jr. of Hamden, Conn., provided Mannetta with the key moment Monday.
Mannetta's pot was down to $70,000 in chips when Darden "bet enough to put my tournament life on the line," he said. He called.
Mannetta was holding an ace and jack of hearts. As the cards played out Mannetta was down to his final chance, "the river," when he got a jack of clubs. His pair of jacks beat Darden's pair of 10s.
"I doubled up to $140,000," Mannetta said.
Mannetta also sidestepped traps professional player John Juanda, of Marina Del Ray, Calif., was setting for him.
Mannetta noticed Juanda, who likes to put up large chips, was baiting him with $3,000 and $4,000 pots.
"It was something different he was doing," he said. "I didn't like it so I got out of there."
Mannetta folded to live another day.
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