Photos from the Final Three Tables of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
146
Players Left
1
Twenty Remain
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In addition to Eric Siegel, three other players have been eliminated in the opening minutes since returning from the dinner break. Those players, Sam Devers, Rolando Wong, and Robert Maier finished in 22-24th place, respectively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Shin Sends Messing To the Payout Desk
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Keith Messing was just eliminated from the tournament by Mike Shin after Shin shoved all in from middle position and Bassett called off his last 580,000.
Keith Messing: 
Mike Shin: 
Shin finished where he started, taking down the pot with his aces and eliminating Messing in 20th.
Moments later, Desmond Haynes was eliminated by Landon Tice after his ace-queen was unable to hold against Tice's ace-ten. A ten came on the flop and that was all she wrote for Haynes. With his elimination, 18 players now remain and two more eliminations are needed before the final two tables are reached.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,070,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Santos Doubles Through Afanasenka; Afanasenka Busts
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Raman Afanasenka opened the action with a raise to 100,000 in the cutoff and was called by Josias Santos, who defended his big blind. The flop dropped 
and Santos check-called a continuation-bet of 135,000 from Afanasenka.
Santos checked again on the turn 
and Afanasenka slid forward his entire stack of chips, enough to put Santos all in. Santos immediately dropped a chip in to call.
Josias Santos: 
Raman Afanasenka: 
Afanasenka missed his double-gutter on the river 
and Santos shipped the double with his aces up. Afanasenka was left with only a few big blinds and lost them a couple of hands later, busting to Sean Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,515,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
1,295,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
Busted |
Yu Picks Off a Bluff
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Sean Yu opened in the cutoff and received a call from Orlando Romero, defending his big blind. The flop fell 
and Romero checked. Yu made a continuation-bet of 135,000 and Romero called.
Action checked through the turn 
and Romero fired out a bet of 175,000 on the river 
. Yu asked how much and received confirmation, and then took about 10 seconds to drop in two T100,000 chips to call.
Romero flipped over 
for nothing more than king high, and Yu tabled 
to take down the pot with a pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,160,000
1,720,000
|
1,720,000 |
|
|
1,620,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Hichman Successfully Sets the Trap; Two Tables Remain
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Abraham Hichman limped in under the gun and action folded around to Josias Santos, who limped behind on the button. Action was then on Sean Yu, who announced he was all in from the small blind. Hichman reraised all in and Santos folded, spelling the bad news for Yu.
Sean Yu: 
Abraham Hichman: 
Hichman found a small sweat as the flop 
and turn brought a real possibility of a backdoor straight, but the river 
was safe and Yu found himself out in 17th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,335,000
1,915,000
|
1,915,000 |
|
|
1,330,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Josias Santos Eliminated in 16th Place ($8,823)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Josias Santos opened on the button and was called by Abraham Hichman, who defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Hichman checked to Santos, who made a continuation-bet of 165,000. Hichman check-jammed to put Santos to a decision for the rest of his chips and Santos balked for a moment before deciding to call it all off.
Josias Santos: 
Abraham Hichman: 
Despite flopping top set, Santos was behind Hichman's king-high flush. He needed the board to pair to stay alive and it did not as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout to result in his elimination from the tournament in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,770,000
1,435,000
|
1,435,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Vilchez Filps Well Versus Tice
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jesse Vilchez had his winning hand of displayed on a board of 
and was in the process of having his stack counted for a double. According to Jason Seitz and Sara Stohler, Vilchez got all of his chips into the middle on the button preflop versus Landon Tice, who was in the small blind.
"Pocket jacks versus ace-king," confirmed Seitz, mentioning Tice's hand. Vilchez now finds himself over 3.3 million while Tice has dipped to 4.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000
-1,175,000
|
-1,175,000 |
|
||
|
3,350,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
Jamie Bassett Eliminated in 15th Place ($8,823)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jamie Bassett open-jammed for 335,000 in the hijack and action folded to Brandon Lombardo, who asked for a count in the small blind. Upon getting the number, he re-jammed to fold out Orlando Romero in the big blind.
Jamie Bassett:
Brandon Lombardo:
"Eight!" said Lombardo. Instead, the flop [tc3h2] brought even more outs as he picked up the nut flush draw. Lombardo's first request was fulfilled on the turn and he faded the two outer on the river 
to eliminate Bassett in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
965,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |