Saturday's WPT Venice online finals at bwin would add two more names to the growing ranks of the bwin Team who'll be descending on Italy for the WPT Venice live event, armed with $7,700 trip packages that includes entry fee, airfare, accomodations, and some of the legendary royal treatment that bwin Team members enjoy.
As always, there were plenty of former bwin Team members in action on Saturday, trying to win their way back into the good graces of the Team. Wieringen, AKplus, MickeMusxxx, KristapsK3, nammer4life, and LocStaOnFire were just a few of the bwin Team veterans that were in action in Saturday's online finals.
With two $7,700 WPT Venice trip packages up for grabs, action was tense when play was down to four players left.
Seat 1: bura7 ($19,538 in chips)
Seat 2: skburke ($72,546 in chips)
Seat 4: Wieringen ($48,530 in chips)
Seat 6: KristapsK3 ($69,386 in chips)
Wieringen's bid for a fourth trip with the bwin Team was denied when he held A♣ K♣ and was all-in pre-flop versus skburke, who was sitting on K♦ K♥. The case K♠ on the flop sealed Wieringen's fate, who exited in 4th, setting up the following stacks for the trip bubble play:
Seat 1: bura7 ($19,538 in chips)
Seat 2: skburke ($123,076 in chips)
Seat 6: KristapsK3 ($67,386 in chips)
KristapsK3 has qualified for two other live events as part of the bwin Team and was looking to notch a third trip with the Team. Which would be exactly what he'd do, joining skburke as trip package winners when bura7 tried to bluff skburke off a pot by shoving all-in with A♦ 7♦ on a 2♠ 8♠ card>3d flop, but skburke made the call with A♠ K♠, which was more than enough to eliminate bura7 in 3rd.
Congratulations to Kristapsk3 and skburke, who'll be joining the rest of the growing bwin Team in action at the WPT Venice live event.
