2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qx9x
Prize
$201,529
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
485
Players Left
62

Massey Misses the Triple

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ralph Massey
Ralph Massey

Ralph Massey opened to 14,000 in the hijack, leaving just a small stack of T100 chips behind. Nick Pupillo was next to act in the cutoff and called, and the next two players folded to put action onto Jordan Helstern in the small blind. Helstern thought for about 35 seconds and then three-bet shoved for just shy of 50,000. Pupillo called.

Ralph Massey: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Jordan Helstern: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Nick Pupillo: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Massey remained ahead on the flop {6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} but found himself going from four to eight outs that he needed to fade. The turn {a-Hearts} left him in bad shape, needing to hit a two outer on the river to stay alive. It didn't come as {j-Spades} completed the runout and Massey found himself dry on chips as his stack was chopped between Helstern and Pupillo.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
66,000
41,000
41,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Jordan Helstern us
Jordan Helstern
55,000
55,000
55,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
Busted

Tags: Jordan HelsternNick PupilloRalph Massey