Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
485
Players Left
62
Players Left 1 / 1,123
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
David Somers was in the hijack and saw action fold to his direct right, where Joseph Vasquez limped. Somers pumped it up to 6,500 and action folded back to Vasquez, who called.
The flop came 
and Vasquez checked. Somers made a continuation-bet of 8,000 and Vasquez called, bringing the turn 
. Vasquez checked once more and Somers continued with a second barrel of 14,000. Vasquez called once more.
The river fell 
and Vasquez checked one final time. Somers pushed forward his remaining chips, totaling 38,000. Vasquez thought for a few moments and then dropped in chips to call.
David Somers: 
Joseph Vasquez: 
Somers easily scored the double with his full house to bring his stack up to 138,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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218,500
218,500
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218,500 |
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138,000
138,000
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138,000 |
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Seitz raised to 3,500 under the gun and saw Prasie Ogwo three-bet to 12,500 in the hijack. Action folded back to Seitz and he called, bringing a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn came 
and Seitz fired 13,000. Ogwo called and the river fell . Seitz bet again, this time for 38,000, and Ogwo thought for a little over a minute before electing to call.
Seitz showed 
for top set and Ogwo shook his head before sending his hand to the muck. The dealer shipped the pot to Seitz and Ogwo tapped the table again a few moments later to signify a nice hand to Seitz once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
184,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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130,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The remaining 120 players are on their final 15-minute break of the night. Three 40-minute levels are left to play to their completion unless the 11%-mark of 54 players is reached before that time.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Alex Maas was under the gun and shoved all in for 52,000. Sam Devers asked for a count in the hijack and called once he got the number. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races with Maas at risk for his tournament life.
Alex Maas: 
Sam Devers: 
A ten-high runout of 
left Maas' hand second best and his remaining chips were sent across the table in the direction of Devers, who now finds himself with 202,000 after knocking Maas out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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202,000
108,500
|
108,500 |
|
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Busted |
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
551,000 | |
|
330,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
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220,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
195,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
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180,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
173,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
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172,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
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165,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
137,500 | |
|
127,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
115,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
115,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
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85,000 | |
|
70,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
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45,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
36,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
34,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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30,000
15,800
|
15,800 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
A player raised to 6,000 under the gun and Jeffrey Lutes three-bet to 16,500 on his direct left. Action folded around to the small blind, where Eric Siegel deliberated for a bit before cold four-betting to 39,000. The under-the-gun opener folded and Lutes called, taking action heads up to a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn came 
and Siegel thought for about 20 seconds before tapping the felt again. Lutes knuckled back and the river came , where Siegel immediately threw out a bet of 10,000.
"Ten?" asked Lutes. The dealer confirmed and Lutes threw in chips to call. Siegel tabled 
for a pair of kings, good for the pot as Lutes showed a second-best hand of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
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160,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
