Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Wins Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Main Event

The 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III main event wrapped up early Thursday morning in Las Vegas, and it was Allyn Jaffrey Shulman with all the chips.

She claimed a top prize of $293,966, which brings her lifetime earnings to about $1.2 million.

A total of 262 poker players put up the $5,000 entry fee to build a prize pool of $1,224,850. Five days of intense action made up the schedule. The final table also included the likes of tough live tournament pros Jonathan Little and Dan O’Brien.

Arguably Shulman’s most crucial hand of the final table began with her raising to 40,000 from the small blind, when the stakes were 10,000-20,000. Jonathan Little made the call from the big blind, and the two players were set to play a tricky blind-versus-blind pot.

The flop fell JJ4 and Shulman moved all in for 694,000. Little immediately looked sick about his hand, but eventually opted to make the call, showing 99. Shulman turned over AA. The turn was an ace, and she had her opponent drawing dead.

The prize money was the second largest of her poker playing career. She won the $1,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Seniors Event in 2012 for her first gold bracelet and $603,713.

Here’s a look at the elimination hands:

Dale Phillips Eliminated In Ninth

Alex Condon raised to 20,000 and Dale Phillips reraised to 80,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman then reraised to 250,000. Condon folded and Phillips called all in for a total of 245,000.

Shulman turned over A A and Phillips was in bad shape with Q Q. The board ran out 10 8 7 10 3 and Phillips was eliminated in ninth place, earning $31,846.

Shulman then had 1.11 million in chips.

Eduards Rakuss Eliminated In Eighth

Dan O’Brien raised to 20,000 and Alex Condon reraised to 39,000. Eduards Rakuss then moved all in for 140,000.

O’Brien quickly folded and Condon called, tabling A 10. Rakuss showed 9 9 and they failed to hold as the board rolled out A Q J 4 J.

Rakuss was eliminated in eighth place, earning $38,583. Condon was then back up to 1.58 million in chips.

Antonio Lafosse Eliminated In Seventh

Justin Conley raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Antonio Lafosse moved all in from the big blind for his last 225,000. Conley called with 5 5 and it held against A K on a board of 8 8 4 7 J.

Lafosse was eliminated in seventh place, earning $45,932. Conley then had 1.72 million.

Justin Conley Eliminated In Sixth

Justin Conley raised to 32,000 in the cutoff before Jonathan Little three bet to 78,000 in the small blind. Conley moved all in for 371,000 and Little called, tabling A Q.

Conley showed a dominated A 10 and failed to connect on a board of JJ82J.

Conley was eliminated in sixth place, earning $55,118. Little then had 1.62 million.

Jonathan Little Eliminated In Fifth

Jonathan Little raised all in from under the gun for 364,000 and Alex Condon moved all in to isolate from the button.

Everyone folded and Little turned over 33. Condon showeed 77 and it held on a board reading K824A.

Little is eliminated in fifth place, earning $67,367. Condon then had 3.86 million, more than half of the chips in play.

Anthony Zinno Eliminated In Fourth

Alex Condon raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Anthony Zinno moved all in for 564,000 from the big blind.

Condon immediately called, tabling AK and Zinno was dominated by KJ.

The board ran out 55426 and Zinno was eliminated, earning $86,964 for fourth place. Condon then had 3.75 million.

Dan O’Brien Eliminated In Third

Dan O’Brien raised to 60,000 on the button and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman called from the big blind. The flop came down 1042 and Shulman bet 75,000.

O’Brien raised to 225,000 and Shulman raised to 550,000. O’Brien then moved all in for 491,000 more.

Shulman tanked for over one minute before eventually calling with KQ. A stunned O’Brien showed 87 and realized he was drawing near dead.

The turn and river fell J2 and O’Brien was eliminated, earning $122,485.

Alex Condon Eliminated In Second

On a flop of 722, Alex Condon bet 190,000 and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman raised to 500,000. Condon called and the turn was the J.

Shulman bet 675,000 and Condon thought for over two minutes, counting out his stack several times, before moving all in for an additional 1,055,000. Shulman called and tabled J 8 for top pair and Condon revealed AQ

Condon needed an ace, queen or club on the river to double through, but the river was the 8, eliminating Condon in second place. He earned $181,278.