2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$327,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Entries
1,239
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
63
Players Left
1

Kusnerak Gets An Elimination

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Daniel Kusnerak
Daniel Kusnerak

Vytautas Atkocaitis was under the gun and shoved all in for 365,000. A few moments later, he found himself with a shot to triple as both Daniel Kusnerak and Steven Stout called on the button and in the big blind, respectively.

With any further action going to a side pot, both players checked the flop {3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Clubs}, and then Stout check-folded to a bet from Kusnerak on the turn {6-Diamonds}.

Vytautas Atkocaitis: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Daniel Kusnerak: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Atkocaitis was one card away from a triple, but the river {5-Spades} was one of the six cards he needed to fade as it gave Kusnerak a straight and sent Atkocaitis to the rail. Atkocaitis finished the tournament in 35th place, as Joey Weissman was eliminated a few hands earlier on an adjacent table.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Stout us
Steven Stout
950,000
-305,000
-305,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Vytautas Atkocaitis us
Vytautas Atkocaitis
Busted

Tags: Daniel KusnerakJoey WeissmanSteven Stout

Chip Counts From the Other Half

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
John Lytle us
John Lytle
2,350,000
-630,000
-630,000
Zachary Grech us
Zachary Grech
2,340,000
1,964,000
1,964,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
2,000,000
-500,000
-500,000
StakeKings
Daniel Kusnerak us
Daniel Kusnerak
1,900,000
542,000
542,000
Sukhdip Sangha us
Sukhdip Sangha
1,550,000
250,000
250,000
Steven Stout us
Steven Stout
1,255,000
366,000
366,000
Satoshi Tanaka us
Satoshi Tanaka
1,195,000
-205,000
-205,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Poces us
David Poces
1,000,000
-645,000
-645,000
Hesam Alagha us
Hesam Alagha
900,000
-735,000
-735,000
Desmond Haynes us
Desmond Haynes
875,000
633,000
633,000
Michael Walsh us
Michael Walsh
700,000
104,000
104,000
Korey Payne us
Korey Payne
660,000
5,000
5,000
Jason Obinger us
Jason Obinger
640,000
-1,290,000
-1,290,000
Benjamin Thomas us
Benjamin Thomas
605,000
22,000
22,000
Scott Vesilek us
Scott Vesilek
580,000
-520,000
-520,000
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
580,000
402,000
402,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
450,000
-275,000
-275,000
Vytautas Atkocaitis us
Vytautas Atkocaitis
440,000
100,000
100,000
Don Matsuzuki us
Don Matsuzuki
425,000
-281,000
-281,000
Chris Wise us
Chris Wise
425,000
150,000
150,000
Anselmo Villareal us
Anselmo Villareal
280,000
-15,000
-15,000

Chip Counts From Half the Room

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Salim Admon us
Salim Admon
3,975,000
1,545,000
1,545,000
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
1,625,000
745,000
745,000
Dale Eberle us
Dale Eberle
1,615,000
-829,000
-829,000
Randy Froelich us
Randy Froelich
1,150,000
278,000
278,000
Dinh Ba us
Dinh Ba
1,075,000
245,000
245,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
1,025,000
830,000
830,000
Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
935,000
140,000
140,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
875,000
-355,000
-355,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
760,000
-465,000
-465,000
Quy Dao us
Quy Dao
600,000
60,000
60,000
Kareem Marshall us
Kareem Marshall
400,000
-195,000
-195,000
Chan Kim us
Chan Kim
375,000
155,000
155,000
Michael Rocco us
Michael Rocco
370,000
-250,000
-250,000
Jonathan Lawson us
Jonathan Lawson
335,000
-225,000
-225,000
Chet Sickle us
Chet Sickle
180,000
-294,000
-294,000

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Color Up

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

The tournament clock has been paused at the end of Level 23 to color up the 1,000-denomination tournament chips.

Gutierrez Falls To Zamani

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Zach Gutierrez
Zach Gutierrez

Martin Zamani opened to 60,000 in the cutoff and Zach Gutierrez three-bet shoved for about 360,000.

"Did he say all in?" asked Zamani to the dealer, who nodded. "I call."

The dealer then was the one who did not hear fully what was said, and asked Zamani if he announced a call. "I call," said Zamani again, dropping a stack into the middle and tabling his hand with Gutierrez doing the same.

Zach Gutierrez: {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}
Martin Zamani: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Gutierrez went from barely ahead to way behind as the flop appeared {10-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Hearts} to give Zamani a pair of queens. The turn came {7-Spades} and Zamani reached out to grab the stack of chips he previously put onto the felt for the call, and the river {7-Diamonds} came behind it to complete the runout.

With the pot, Zamani is up to 2.5 million, while Gutierrez finished the tournament in 37th place.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
2,500,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
StakeKings
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
Busted

Tags: Martin ZamaniZach Gutierrez

Froelich Gets Peppe Back

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

The dealer was in the process of counting out Randy Froelich's stack after he had just earned a double through Vic Peppe. Froelich's hand of {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades} was still visible on a board of {4-Spades}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

Multiple sources mentioned that all of the chips went into the middle preflop, with Peppe holding {a-}{k-} under the gun and losing the coin flip versus Froelich, who was in the small blind. Current stacks now see Peppe below 200,000 while Froelich is up to 872,000.

Player Chips Progress
Randy Froelich us
Randy Froelich
872,000
482,000
482,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
195,000
-655,000
-655,000

Tags: Randy FroelichVic Peppe

Tanaka Takes Out Baker

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Joel Baker
Joel Baker

Joel Baker was under the gun and announced he was all in. Action folded to Satoshi Tanaka in the cutoff, who announced a call after getting a count for Baker's total of 442,000. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races.

Joel Baker: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Satoshi Tanaka: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Baker found no help as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and he finished in 38th place as a result, becoming the second consecutive elimination in the tournament at the expense of Tanaka, who now has

Player Chips Progress
Satoshi Tanaka us
Satoshi Tanaka
1,400,000
380,000
380,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joel Baker us
Joel Baker
Busted

Tags: Joel BakerSatoshi Tanaka

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
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Nguyen and Lopez Toasted

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Scott Vesilek saw action fold to him in the cutoff and opened to 52,000. Vy Nguyen was next to act on the button and three-bet shoved for around 200,000. Satoshi Tanaka announced he was all in, coming over the top in the big blind and Vesilek got out of the two players' ways.

Vy Nguyen: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}
Satoshi Tanaka: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Nguyen was drawing thin and the flop {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds} did no more than give him a backdoor spade draw. The turn came {a-Diamonds} to leave him drawing dead and the river {j-Spades} completed the runout, resulting in his elimination from the tournament.

Also eliminated earlier was Angel Lopez, and 38 players now remain.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Vesilek us
Scott Vesilek
1,100,000
-10,000
-10,000
Satoshi Tanaka us
Satoshi Tanaka
1,020,000
550,000
550,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Angel Lopez us
Angel Lopez
Busted
Vy Nguyen us
Vy Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Angel LopezSatoshi TanakaScott VesilekVy Nguyen