$1,100 Main Event | MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV

02-01-2020 20:34 UTC

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Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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02-01-2020 20:34 UTC

MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl Players Are Now In The Money!

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Players who leave the tournament, now that we are in the money, will take home at least $2,014 for their efforts.

Players will be happy to know that their hard work will have value, but their eyes will still be set on the $193,477 top prize.

02-01-2020 20:30 UTC

Michael Zulker & Ronnie Abro Tie For 117th Place - Bubble Bursts!

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A flurry of bustouts occurred and when the tournament staff made their official count, two players had busted on the same hand to chop 117th place.

Michael Zulker and Ronnie Abro will both split 117th place and take home $1,007 each. Meanwhile, the rest of the players are now in the money!

Tags: Michael Zulker

02-01-2020 20:16 UTC

We Have Reached The Bubble!

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

119 players currently remain and 117 are paid!

02-01-2020 19:57 UTC

Round of Chip Updates From Day 2

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	480,000 333,500	333,500

Clyde Hinton	193,000 -38,500	-38,500
Kathy Liebert	175,000 -8,500	-8,500

William Hung	150,000 -500	-500
Joris Fontaine	142,000 -42,500	-42,500
Justin Young	92,500 -27,050	-27,050

Robert Peacock	92,000 41,500	41,500

Tony Dunst	83,000 -4,500	-4,500

Christopher Ocksrider	82,000 -32,000	-32,000
Ryan Laplante	68,000 -28,000	-28,000

Ashley Sleeth	58,000 -23,500	-23,500
Robert Borick	43,000 -137,000	-137,000

02-01-2020 19:48 UTC

Pantelic Gets His First Knockout of Day 2

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After suffer some tough blows early on, Nicholas Kapla found himself with about 40,000 while under the gun. Kapla went all in for his remaining chips and was called by Marko Pantelic in late position.

Nicholas Kapla:
Mark Pantelic:

The flop of put Pantelic in the lead but gave Kapla a gutshot straight draw.

The turn improved Pantelic to trips and the river gave Kapla the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Pantelic	290,000 163,000	163,000
Nicholas Kapla	Busted

Tags: Marko Pantelic

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

02-01-2020 19:36 UTC

Dimmig Catches His Card

Jesse Fullen

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

WSOP bracelet winner Jonathan Dimmig raised from middle position but quickly faced a shove from Daniel Watton in the small blind. Dimmig made the call and the cards were turned up.

Jonathan Dimmig:
Daniel Watton:

The flop put Watton in danger with and no relief came when the board ran out the and on the turn and river respectively.

Dimmig pulled in his chips as Watton exited the poker room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Dimmig	570,000 83,500	83,500

Daniel Watton	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Dimmig

02-01-2020 19:27 UTC

Fleischer Takes Down an Early Pot

Jesse Fullen

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Terry Fleischer was in early position and made a raise to 10,000. Action folded around to Raymond Ho in the small blind and he chose to call while Carly Gorman folded the big blind.

Flop:

Ho started with a check and Fleischer continued with a bet of 12,000. Ho didn't wait long before making the call.

Turn:

Both players checked the turn and the river brought a check from Ho. "I want to see your chips!" said Fleischer from across the table. "Show me all of your blue (5,000) chips."