Rinat Bogdanov: Shoving Any Two
Level 28: 30,000-60,000, 10,000 ante
The action folds around to Rinat Bogdanov in the small blind and he moves his entire stack of 480,000 into the middle, holding T
6
, and Alessandro Longobardi folds in the big blind.
Sorted In:
Alessandro Longobardi, Rinat Bogdanov, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
10:54 PM, 02/10/12
Dato Forces Longobardi to Fold on the River
Level 28: 30,000-60,000, 10,000 ante

Alessandro Longobardi comes into the pot with a raise from the small blind, holding A
9
, and Andrea Dato calls in the big blind, holding T
9
.
The flop is A
8
4
and Longobardi c-bets 120,000. Action onto Dato and he raises to 240,000 and Longobardi makes the call. The turn of 3
is checked through and we see the final card which is the 6
. Longobardi checks and Dato bets 450,000 with complete air and Longobardi goes into the tank before folding the best hand.
Dato ~ 3,000,000
Longobardi ~ 1,100,000
Sorted In:
Alessandro Longobardi, Andrea Dato, Featured Blog, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
10:50 PM, 02/10/12
A Three Bet and A Fold
Level 28: 30,000-60,000, 10,000 ante
Andrea Dato raises on the button to 120,000 with 5
5
, Alessandro Longobardi three-bets to 220,000 in the big blind with Q
Q
and Dato folds. Longobardi smiles and shows Dato the cards.
Longobardi ~ 1,450,000
Dato ~ 2,650,000
Sorted In:
Andrea Dato, Alessandro Longobardi, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
10:43 PM, 02/10/12
Longobardi All-in
Level 27: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Alessandro Longobardi raises to 120,000, on the button, holding 8
8
, Andrea Dato folds and Rinat Bogdanov three bets to 280,000 in the big blind. Back to Longobardi and he moves all-in and Bogdanov folds.
Longobardi ~ 1,700,000
Bogdanov ~ 620,000
Sorted In:
Rinat Bogdanov, Alessandro Longobardi, Featured Blog, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
09:18 PM, 02/10/12
Alessandro Longobardi is All-in
Level 27: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Alessandro Longobardi raises to 120,000, on the button, holding A
J
. Andrea Dato is in the small blind and he three-bets to 270,000 holding Q
6
. Back to Longobardi and he moves all-in prompting an immediate fold from Dato.
Longobardi ~ 1,350,000
Dato ~ 1,800,000
Sorted In:
Alessandro Longobardi, Featured Blog, Andrea Dato, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
08:55 PM, 02/10/12
Good Call From Longobardi
Level 27: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Andrea Dato raises to 80,000, on the button, holding 9
6
and Alessandro Longobardi defends his big blind with A
4
. The action is checked down to the river on a board of Q
T
3
K
8
and Dato bets 120,000. Longobardi smells a rat and after a moments pause he makes a great call.
Dato ~ 2,090,000
Bogdanov ~ 1,470,000
Longobardi ~ 1,170,000
Sorted In:
Rinat Bogdanov, Alessandro Longobardi, Andrea Dato, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
08:27 PM, 02/10/12
Trips Again For Dato
Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante
Andrea Dato limps on the button holding A
Q
, Alessandro Longobardi also limps from the small blind before Andrea Dato calls, holding T
5
. The flop is 6
5
2
and Longobardi checks, Dato bets 60,000, Bogdanov calls and Longobardi folds.
Two way to the turn and Dato hits trips once more when the 5
appears. It is nice to hit trips, but even better when your 185,000 bet is raised to 370,000, which is what happened. Dato makes the call and we see a river of 9
. Both players check and Dato wins the pot and takes the chip lead.
Dato ~ 2,455,000
Bogdanov ~ 1,450,000
Longobardi ~ 700,000
Sorted In:
Rinat Bogdanov, Andrea Dato, Alessandro Longobardi, Featured Blog, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
08:21 PM, 02/10/12
Trips for Dato
Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

Alessandro Longobardi limps into the pot from the small blind and Andrea Dato checks his option. The flop is Q
T
7
and Longobardi, who is holding 7
6
, checks and Dato, who is holding 9
2
, also checks.
The turn is the 9
and once again the action goes check-check before we see Dato hit trips on the river 9
. Longobardi checks for the third time and Dato bets 175,000 and takes down the pot.
Bogdanov ~ 2,035,000
Dato ~ 1,890,000
Longobardi ~ 750,000
Sorted In:
Andrea Dato, Featured Blog, Rinat Bogdanov, Alessandro Longobardi, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
08:11 PM, 02/10/12
Family Pot
Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante
Andrea Dato raises on the button holding Q
7
and both blinds call. The action is checked through to the river on a board of A
J
3
8
5
and Rinat Bogdanov wins the pot with a bet of 150,000 holding A
5
.
Sorted In:
Andrea Dato, Rinat Bogdanov, Alessandro Longobardi, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
07:56 PM, 02/10/12
Longobardi Picking Up Some Cards
Level 25: 15,000-30,000, 5,000 ante
Rinat Bogdanov raises to 65,000 holding Q
6
and Alessandro Longobardi picks up another hand A
J
and three-bets to 180,000. Bogdanov has a little think about making a move before deciding to fold.
Sorted In:
Rinat Bogdanov, Alessandro Longobardi, Tournaments, Season X, Casino Di Venezia, WPT Venice Grand Prix
06:44 PM, 02/10/12