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

11-15-2020 14:20 UTC-7

Romero Gets Aces at the Right Time

HillKerby

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Orlando Romero raised to 17,000 in early position and action folded to Matthew Alton, who reraised to 120,000. Romero four-bet shoved for 202,000 once it became his turn to do so and Alton made the call after receiving confirmation of the amount.

Orlando Romero:
Matthew Alton:

Romero saw a smooth runout of roll onto the board and the double was sent his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orlando Romero	424,000 70,000	70,000
Matthew Alton	165,000 -242,000	-242,000

Tags: Orlando Romero Matthew Alton

11-15-2020 14:23 UTC-7

Take 15

HillKerby

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The 90 remaining players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

11-15-2020 14:40 UTC-7

Places 97-104

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The following players were eliminated in 97-104th ($2,396).

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Napierala	Busted
Hrair Danielyan	Busted
Bruce Turner	Busted
Ivin Arquiza	Busted
Jason McQueer	Busted
Keith Heine	Busted
Jacob Beck	Busted
Joon Kim	Busted

11-15-2020 14:48 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Moses	970,000 733,000	733,000

Alan Findlay	868,000 255,500	255,500
Jesse Vilchez	822,000 239,000	239,000
Eric Siegel	645,000 305,500	305,500
Corey Hochman	585,000 315,000	315,000
Shawn Daniels	452,000 119,000	119,000

Jason Seitz	440,000 205,000	205,000
Nick Pupillo	352,000 244,000	244,000

Michael Berk	339,000 48,000	48,000
Andrew Brinkley	330,000 158,000	158,000
Andy Rogowski	290,000 166,000	166,000
Matt Stout	265,000 225,000	225,000
Stanley Statkiewicz	245,000 -166,000	-166,000
Sean Yu	165,000 55,000	55,000
Byung Shin	161,000 -37,500	-37,500
John Sun	156,000 -2,500	-2,500
David Larson	144,000 33,000	33,000
Siddharth Siddharth	45,000 -367,500	-367,500

11-15-2020 14:58 UTC-7

Duval Gets a Knockout

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The small blind saw action fold to him in the small blind and shoved all in for 81,000. Alexander Duvall called in the big blind after some deliberation.

All-In Player:
Alex Duvall:

Duvall picked up four more outs on the flop , one of which came on the turn to leave drawing dead as the river completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Duvall	222,000 222,000	222,000

Tags: Alex Duvall

11-15-2020 15:03 UTC-7

Photos from Day 2 of the 2020 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

HillKerby

11-15-2020 15:11 UTC-7

Places 89-96

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The following players were eliminated in 89-96th place and earned $2,614.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randall Webb	Busted
Daniel Mace	Busted
Danny Mangra	Busted
David Somers	Busted
William Collins	Busted
Ricardo Eyzaguirre	Busted
John Franciosi	Busted
Dong Jun Ji	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-15-2020 15:24 UTC-7

Kings Good for Santos

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nick Pupillo had opened under the gun and was facing a three-bet to 65,000 from Josias Santos, who was on his direct left. He made the call to see a flop of , which both players checked.

The turn came and Pupillo tapped the felt to check again with Santos following suit. The river fell and Pupillo checked a third time. Santos took about 25 seconds and then decided to check behind, taking the hand to showdown.