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

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
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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 1b
Entries
638
Players Left
84
Players Left 1 / 1,123
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Wazwaz Doubles Through Keeline

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: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Ben Keeline: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Wazwaz needed to improve to stay alive. He found no major help on the flop {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} but the turn {k-Clubs} changed his fortunes. He faded the two outer as the board paired on the river {j-Hearts} 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
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Rob Wazwaz
63,000
30,500
30,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ben Keeline
24,000
8,000
8,000

Sladek Heating Up

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

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 {10-Spades} 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 {9-}{7-} and {7-}{7-}, with Ryan Phan being one of the two players to lose in the hand. Sladek has 180,000.

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

Chip Counts Before Break

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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John Sun
209,000
209,000
209,000
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Jordyn Miller
188,000
73,700
73,700
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Marquez Davis
185,000
29,000
29,000
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Nick Pupillo
184,000
54,000
54,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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David Larson
177,000
66,000
66,000
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Nadya Magnus
162,000
107,500
107,500
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Jamie Bassett
155,000
155,000
155,000
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Sean Yu
141,000
79,000
79,000
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David Jackson
131,000
29,500
29,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Faraz Jaka
110,000
63,500
63,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
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Kenny Nguyen
85,500
20,500
20,500
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Thai Dinh
82,000
25,000
25,000
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Ben Keeline
77,000
53,000
53,000
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Michael Hinde
77,000
51,000
51,000
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Bryant Miller
72,000
72,000
72,000
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Ryan Dodson
59,000
4,000
4,000
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Alex Maas
Busted
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Rob Wazwaz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Archie Raimer
Busted
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Tim Reilly
Busted
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Daniel Sepiol
Busted

Buckley Chips Up on Last Hand

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

On the last hand before break, DJ Buckley was seen raking in a pot with his hand {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} tabled on a board of {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}.

"Runner runner" said his opponent on his direct left, unthrilled about losing a pot before he walked away from the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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DJ Buckley
61,000
32,000
32,000

One Last Break

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

The tournament is on its final break of the night with the tournament clock displaying 184 players remaining.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Bennett Makes Three Nines

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jon Bennett
Jon Bennett

Jon Bennett raised to 6,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to Thai Dinh in the small blind, who called. The big blind also called and the three saw a flop of {4-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Action checked to Bennett, who made a continuation-bet of 6,000 and received only a call from the big blind.

The turn came {7-Spades} and the big blind checked again. Bennett fired a second barrel of 17,000 and received another call, bringing the river {9-Clubs}. The big blind checked for a third time and Bennett flung four T5,000 chips forward, which were matched without much time elapsing.

Bennett tabled {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for trip nines and his opponent sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Jon Bennett
169,000
169,000
169,000
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Thai Dinh
63,000
19,000
19,000

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Lombardo Puts An Opponent To the Test

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Brandon Lombardo was on the button and flat-called a middle-position raise to 6,000. Action went heads up to a flop of {a-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and the original raiser made a continuation-bet of 10,000. Lombardo called.

The turn was {9-Spades}. Lombardo's opponent checked and he slid forward a stack of blue chips worth 5,000 apiece, more than enough to put his opponent all in for their last 10 or so big blinds.

About a minute went by and the player in middle position decided not to commit the rest of his chips, sending his cards to the center instead to result in Lombardo taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Lombardo
131,000
131,000
131,000

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No Longer Seen In The Tournament

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Ben Keeline
Busted
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Terry Fleischer
Busted
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Dan Bunce
Busted
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Mark Liedtke
Busted
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Dapo Ajayi
Busted
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Steve Wilkie
Busted
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David Levi
Busted
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Sam Benavram
Busted
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Tristan Ziemann
Busted
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Dave Hampel
Busted
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Ryan Dodson
Busted
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Ronnie Lamb
Busted
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Peter Hengsakul
Busted
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Ken Baime
Busted
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Makram Merhom
Busted
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Richard Alsup
Busted
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Michael Rocco
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ralph Massey
Busted
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Timothy Gilliam
Busted

Pope Spikes a Double

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Philip Pope
Philip Pope

Todd Sladek raised to 5,500 under the gun and Phillip Pope three-bet shoved for 38,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Sladek and he dropped in calling chips.

Phillip Pope: {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Todd Sladek: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Pope found help on the flop {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. The turn {k-Spades} further decreased the number of cards that he needed to fade on the river, which came {k-Clubs} to finish the runout and earn him the double at Sladek's expense.

Player Chips Progress
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Todd Sladek
92,000
88,000
88,000
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Phillip Pope
86,000