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

11-14-2020 21:28 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sun	209,000	209,000
Jordyn Miller	188,000	73,700
Marquez Davis	185,000	-29,000
Nick Pupillo	184,000	54,000
David Larson	177,000	66,000
Nadya Magnus	162,000	-107,500
Jamie Bassett	155,000	155,000
Sean Yu	141,000	79,000
David Jackson	131,000	29,500
Faraz Jaka	110,000	63,500
Kenny Nguyen	85,500	-20,500
Thai Dinh	82,000	-25,000
Ben Keeline	77,000	53,000
Michael Hinde	77,000	51,000
Bryant Miller	72,000	72,000
Ryan Dodson	59,000	-4,000
Alex Maas	Busted
Rob Wazwaz	Busted
Archie Raimer	Busted
Tim Reilly	Busted
Daniel Sepiol	Busted

Sladek Heating Up

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Todd Sladek opened to 4,500 under the gun from the one-seat and action folded around to the big blind, who looked across the dealer from the eight-seat to eye Sladek's stack in a joking manner before looking back at his own to deliberate whether to commit more of his remaining chips or simply let the hand go preflop.

"I won't even look!" said Sladek.

"You already did!" responded the big blind.

"I won't look again!" Sladek said back. "Either way I win here," he added after another 20 seconds of deliberation.

"I know," the big blind said. "I'm just debating what to do."

"Depends on if you're ready to go right now," Sladek retorted. "You can double through someone else and then give it to me," he added.

"I don't think my ace is any good," said the big blind, sending his cards to the center of the table. Sladek picked up his cards to look at them himself and then tossed them to the muck as well, sending face up as he did.

Sladek has experienced a heater as of the last level, mentioning a key hand in a three-way all-in preflop scenario where his ace-ten hit a ten against and , with Ryan Phan being one of the two players to lose in the hand. Sladek has 180,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Sladek	180,000	128,000
Ryan Phan	Busted

11-14-2020 21:06 UTC-7

Wazwaz Doubles Through Keeline

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Keeline opened the action with a raise to 4,000 in the hijack and saw Rob Wazwaz three-bet jam for 29,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Keeline and he called.

Rob Wazwaz:
Ben Keeline:

Wazwaz needed to improve to stay alive. He found no major help on the flop but the turn changed his fortunes. He faded the two outer as the board paired on the river and earned the double as a result. Keeline flipped over his cards and sent them to the muck as the dealer counted out Wazwaz's stack, which Keeline paid before the next hand began.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	63,000	30,500
Ben Keeline	24,000	-8,000

11-14-2020 21:00 UTC-7

Official Day 1b Entries

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With Level 12 having begun, PokerNews was informed during the prior level that the official number of Day 1b entries was 638, bringing the two-day total of entries up to 1,123.

Complete rize pool information will be posted upon its announcement.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-14-2020 20:54 UTC-7

Stone Flops Top Top

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player limped in early position and action folded around to the player on the button, who raised to 5,500. Steve Stone was in the small blind and three-bet to 13,500. The limper confirmed the amount and then placed chips to call onto the felt, prompting a fold from the player on the button to take postflop action heads up.

The flop came and Stone made a bet of 8,000. His opponent folded and he showed for top pair, top kicker before receiving the pot to take his stack up to 139,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Stone	139,000

Tags: Steve Stone

11-14-2020 20:44 UTC-7

Updated Counts

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	269,500	194,000
Todd Sladek	52,000	52,000
Alex Maas	47,000	47,000
Faraz Jaka	46,500	30,500
Michael Rocco	36,000	36,000
Ben Keeline	32,000	7,000
DJ Buckley	29,000	15,800
Sammy Aweida	28,000	-2,000
Ralph Massey	27,500	2,000
Stanley Lee	Busted
Bobby Sanoubane	Busted

11-14-2020 20:34 UTC-7

Big Slick Keeps Bunce Alive

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dan Bunce was in the big blind with only a handful of blinds left in his stack and got them all in preflop against an opponent on the button.

Dan Bunce:
Opponent:

Bunce smashed the flop , making top two pair and all but locking up a double. It became official on the turn as he further improved to a full house before watching the river complete the runout.