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

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qx9x
Prize
$201,529
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
485
Players Left
62
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Ladies Kind To Kim

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Jonathan Kim
Jonathan Kim

Jonathan Kim opened the action with a raise to 2,000 in middle position and received a call from the player on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of {10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and Kim made a bet. The player on the button announced he was all in for more-or-less the amount Kim bet. Nonetheless, Kim put forward a chip to commit himself as well.

All-In Player: {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Jonathan Kim: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Kim was able to fade the five outer as the turn {k-Spades} and river {6-Hearts} completed the runout to earn him the pot and the knockout.

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Jonathan Kim
55,200
5,200
5,200

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Mitrione Boats Up for the Knockout

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

A blind-on-blind battle just resulted with Michael Mitrione seeing a massive pile of chips sent to him in the big blind. His winning hand of {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} was still tabled on a board of {4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}, displaying a full house, fours full of aces.

Another player had walked away from the table momentarily and upon his return, asked what the small blind had.

"Straight," said the tablemate.

"Three-five?" asked the original inquirer and received an affirmative nod.

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Michael Mitrione
72,000
72,000
72,000

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Hale Takes It on the Turn

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 {9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{a-Spades} and the small blind bet 4,500. Both the hijack and Hale called.

The turn came {10-Clubs} 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.

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Gary Hale
67,500
67,500
67,500

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Lindsay Joins Just In Time

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Katie Lindsay
Katie Lindsay

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: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Katie Lindsay: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Thai Dinh: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

Lindsay wound up right where she started, finishing with the best hand after a runout of {4-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{q-Spades} gave her a backdoor flush draw to sweat along the way to score a quick triple on her first hand of the tournament.

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Katie Lindsay
77,000
77,000
77,000
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Thai Dinh
26,000
23,000
23,000
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Kyna England
25,500
25,500
25,500

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Platt Puts One Out

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Jeff Platt
Jeff Platt

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 {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}, where the player committed the rest of her chips and was called.

All-In Player: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Jeff Platt: {q-}{q-}

A running {9-}{8-} left Platt's queens ahead and he earned the pot and the knockout as a result.

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Jeff Platt
49,000
49,000
49,000

Kuhn Gets a Nice Surprise

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Rob Kuhn
Rob Kuhn

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 {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. 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.

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Steve Wilkie
18,300
6,700
6,700
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Rob Kuhn
14,500
14,500
14,500

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Hakun Needs No Showdown

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

There was over 6,000 in the middle on a board of {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} 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 {10-Diamonds} to signify trips as the pot was shipped his way.

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Michael Hakun
26,500
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Jeff Banghart
22,100
9,500
9,500