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

11-13-2020 14:51 UTC-7

Madsen, Lyons, Lee Join

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Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Pat Lyons, Jeff Madsen, and Stanley Lee were all recently seen making their way from the alternate stand to find seats in the tournament. The tournament clock now reads 313 entries, and registration will remain open with unlimited re-entries until 6:25 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Lyons	25,000 25,000	25,000

Stanley Lee	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jeff Madsen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jeff Madsen Pat Lyons Stanley Lee

11-13-2020 14:58 UTC-7

Maas Gets a Stack

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Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On a board of , Jeff Maas made a bet in early position and saw a player in the hijack reraise all in for a small amount more. Maas made the call.

All-In Player:
Jeff Maas:

Maas was out in front but found four more cards he needed to sweat after the turn . The river came safe, giving him trips and earning him the knockout to bring his stack near double the amount he started with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Maas	47,500 47,500	47,500

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11-13-2020 15:06 UTC-7

Hakun Needs No Showdown

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Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

There was over 6,000 in the middle on a board of with three-way action that started out with Jeff Banghart betting 3,000 from the small blind. The next player to act was under the gun and called, putting action on Michael Hakun in early position.

Hakun announced he was all in, shoving for just under 15,000. Banghart quickly folded to put action back onto the under-the-gun player, who remarked that Hakun was going to win the pot as he chuckled and sent his cards to the muck.

Hakun threw his opponents a bone, tabling to signify trips as the pot was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hakun	26,500
Jeff Banghart	22,100 -9,500	-9,500

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

11-13-2020 15:17 UTC-7

Kuhn Gets a Nice Surprise

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player raised to 1,000 in early position and action folded around to Steve Wilkie, who was on the button and called. Rob Kuhn also called, defending his big blind to take action three ways to a flop of . Kuhn checked to the original raiser, who made a continuation-bet of 2,500. Wilkie called.

Kuhn then check-raised all in for 5,500, announcing his departure from the tournament with his jam. Much to his surprise, two folds ensued and he took down the pot to bring his stack back up to 14,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Wilkie	18,300 -6,700	-6,700
Rob Kuhn	14,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Rob Kuhn Steve Wilkie

11-13-2020 15:30 UTC-7

Platt Puts One Out

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Jeff Platt was seen from afar having a pot shipped to him as the player on his right stood up from her seat and exited the tournament area. After the hand, Platt was kind enough to recount the action.

Platt was on the button and saw action fold to the cutoff, who opened to 900. Platt three-bet to 3,100 and his opponent four-bet to 7,800. Platt called to see a flop of , where the player committed the rest of her chips and was called.

All-In Player:
Jeff Platt:

A running left Platt's queens ahead and he earned the pot and the knockout as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Platt	49,000 49,000	49,000

11-13-2020 15:42 UTC-7

Lindsay Joins Just In Time

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Having just sat down with a fresh stack, Katie Lindsay was dealt in on the action and raised to 1,000 under the gun. Action folded around to Kyna England, who called in the hijack. The cutoff also called to put action on Thai Dinh, who was on the button and three-bet to 4,200.

The small blind then cold four-bet jammed for 24,600 and Lindsay also committed her full stack of 25,000. Two folds put action back onto Dinh and he called as well to bring about a three-way all-in preflop scenario.

Small Blind:
Katie Lindsay:
Thai Dinh:

Lindsay wound up right where she started, finishing with the best hand after a runout of gave her a backdoor flush draw to sweat along the way to score a quick triple on her first hand of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie Lindsay	77,000 77,000	77,000
Thai Dinh	26,000 -23,000	-23,000
Kyna England	25,500 25,500	25,500

Tags: Katie Lindsay Kyna England Thai Dinh

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

11-13-2020 15:51 UTC-7

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11-13-2020 16:06 UTC-7

Hale Takes It on the Turn

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Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Preflop action saw around 9,000 go into the middle among the small blind, hijack, and Gary Hale, who was on the button. The flop fell and the small blind bet 4,500. Both the hijack and Hale called.

The turn came and Hale saw both opponents ahead of him check. He fired out a bet of 7,500 and the small blind quickly folded. The hijack thought for about 10 seconds and followed suit, earning Hale the pot with his turn bet. He now finds himself with around 67,500 after winning the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Hale	67,500 67,500	67,500

Tags: Gary Hale