Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)
Day: 2
Truong Ousted by Knafo
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Thomas Truong shoved for his last 600,000 from the button and was called by Albert Knafo in the big blind.
Knafo: 
Truong: 
Knafo was in the lead and would stay that way on the 
runout, eliminating Truong from the tournament.
Filmon Ghebreegzabheir was also eliminated a short while ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Perez Doubles With Quads
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Christopher Perez and Albert Knafo got into a preflop raising war with Perez all in.
Perez: 
Knafo: 
The 
runout left Perez with quads and he doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
3,800,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
Anderson Eliminates Phan
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Francis Anderson opened to 210,000 first-to-act and action folded around to Donnie Phan on the button, who shoved for a bit over a million. Action went back to Anderson, who called.
Anderson:
Phan: 
It was a race, but the 
runout kept Anderson in front and Phan was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Smith Out-Races Ward
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Ross Ward found himself all-in preflop with pocket sevens against the ace-jack of Joshua Smith. Smith caught a jack on the runout and Ward was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Lujan Gets Aces Again; Eliminates Shao
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bob Shao opened to 160,000 and was three-bet to 500,000 by Jimmy Lujan. Action folded back around to Shao, who shoved for just over one million. Lujan snap-called.
Lujan: 
Shao: 
It was a cooler for Shao, who was in terrible shape. The 
runout wasn't enough for Shao and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
Busted |
Knafo Flushes Eyzaguirre Out
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Ricardo Eyzaguirre shoved for about 800,000 from the small blind and was called by Albert Knafo from the big blind.
Knafo:
Eyzaguirre:
A chop looked likely, but the 
flop gave Knafo a flush draw. The 
turn changed nothing, but a 
river completed Knafo's flush and eliminated Eyzaguirre from contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,600,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted |
Massey KO's Rocco
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
On a completed board of 
with over one million in the pot, Aaron Massey had bet enough to put Michael Rocco all in for his last 100k. The floor was called over and a countdown was started until Rocco's hand would be declared dead.
The floor counted down to the last second and Rocco made the call. Massey tabled 
for trip queens and Rocco mucked pocket sevens face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Zaman Cracks Petersen's Aces
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Steven Petersen was all in on a 
flop with pocket aces against Malik Zaman's pocket eights. The turn and river came the 
and 
respectively — giving Zaman a runner-runner straight to eliminate Petersen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,000,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
|
Busted |