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

11-13-2020 13:58 UTC-8

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 13:51 UTC-8

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

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11-13-2020 13:38 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Godley	61,000 15,500	15,500
Jonathan Kim	50,000 25,000	25,000
Thai Dinh	49,000 24,000	24,000
Dave Hampel	42,500 17,500	17,500
Aaron Massey	32,500 7,500	7,500
Cody Brinn	32,500 3,000	3,000
Kane Lai	32,400 7,400	7,400
Jeff Banghart	31,600 6,600	6,600
John Strzemp	31,000 6,000	6,000
Jason Seitz	31,000 6,000	6,000
Ralph Massey	29,000 4,000	4,000
Dapo Ajayi	25,000
Ryan Dodson	23,500
Nadya Magnus	23,500 10,500	10,500
Keith Heine	23,000 2,000	2,000
Justin Armstrong	15,800 9,700	9,700
Howard Hankin	15,000 15,000	15,000
Nick Pupillo	10,100 14,900	14,900

Blake Whittington	Busted

Michael Rocco	Busted

Kyna England	Busted
Mike Shin	Busted
Jill Bryant	Busted
Rob Wazwaz	Busted

Alex Winter	Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

11-13-2020 13:10 UTC-8

Take 15

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Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day with 284 entries currently displayed on the tournament clock.

11-13-2020 13:09 UTC-8

"Right in the Window!"

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Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

A player raised to 700 under the gun and the next three players on his left all called, the last of which was Steve Wilkie. Joseph Paris was on the button and announced a three-bet to 3,500, only to see the big blind cold four-bet all in for a bit over starting stack. Action folded back to Paris and he called all in for 12,500 total. The big blind announced that he hoped he was in a coin flip after Paris called.

Joseph Paris:
Big Blind:

The big blind was indeed in the best scenario he could have asked for, but the rest was all Paris: "Right in the window!" he said as the flop came . The turn left the big blind drawing to one shot at two outs, which he was unable to summon as the river completed the runout to earn the double for Paris.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Paris	28,100 28,100	28,100
Steve Wilkie	22,500 3,500	3,500

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11-13-2020 13:00 UTC-8

Baime Fires Twice

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Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

A player limped under the gun and action folded to the hijack, who pumped it up to 1,000. Ken Baime was on the button and called, as did the under-the-gun limper, and action went three ways to a flop of .

Action checked to Baime and he bet 2,000. The under-the-gun limper folded and the hijack called. taking action heads up to the turn . The hijack checked again and Baime thought for a couple of moments before announcing a bet of 3,700.

The hijack then took a few moments himself to think about his decision, and ultimately sent his cards to the muck for Baime to take down the pot with his turn bet. Baime is up to 65,000 after winning the pot, more than doubling his stack during the first two hours of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Baime	65,700 65,700	65,700

Tags: Ken Baime

11-13-2020 12:50 UTC-8

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

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11-13-2020 12:38 UTC-8

Reilly Sends One Home

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Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Tim Reilly, pictured in another tournament

Action was three handed on a flop of with 2,500 in the middle. An under-the-gun player checked, as did Tim Reilly in the hijack. The final player in the hand was in the cutoff and made a pot-sized bet, which both players called.

The turn came and all three players checked, bringing the river . The under-the-gun player went all in for her last 7,500 and Reilly took about five seconds to grab calling chips and put them into the middle. The cutoff quickly folded behind.

The under the gun player showed for a pair of treys, which Reilly topped with a straight as he tabled to collect both the pot and the knockout.