2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$327,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Entries
1,239
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
63
Players Left
1

Peppe Doubles First Hand Back

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Vic Peppe
Vic Peppe

Vic Peppe was just seen with a stack that was double what he had before going to break and confirmed that he got a full double from Randy Froelich on the first hand after break.

"Set over set," said Peppe. "He had fives, I had sevens."

Froelich hit a set of fives on the flop and proceeded to put Peppe all in on the turn {7-}, where Peppe quickly called after hitting a bigger set and faded the case five on the river to double.

Player Chips Progress
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
850,000 415,000
Randy Froelich us
Randy Froelich
390,000 -220,000

Tags: Vic PeppeRandy Froelich

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

Take 15

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

WIll Pengelly was eliminated a few moments ago and 40 players now remain in the tournament across five full tables. The tournament is on a 15-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Will Pengelly us
Will Pengelly
Busted

Day 1 Chip Leader Sisler Falls

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Scott Sisler
Scott Sisler

All of the chips got into the middle preflop with Scott Sisler at risk for his last 400,000 in the small blind. The under-the-gun Scott Vesilek gave him action.

Scott Sisler: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Scott Vesilek: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Sisler found a possibility for a chop on the turn of a runout {8-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, but ultimately was left dry to result in his elimination. Meanwhile, Vesilek now has a stack of 1.11 million.

Also eliminated before Sisler was Derek Gregory, and Jeremy Pekarek hit the rail shortly after Sisler busted. The trio of eliminations brings the field down to 41, just one away from reaching five tables.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Vesilek us
Scott Vesilek
1,110,000
Scott Sisler us
Scott Sisler
Busted
Derek Gregory us
Derek Gregory
Busted
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Derek GregoryJeremy PekarekScott SislerScott Vesilek

Another Round of Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Stephen Brown and Brett Reiss have become the most recent additions to the list of finishers to earn $6,556. More chip counts from around the room have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Dale Eberle us
Dale Eberle
2,444,000 -255,000
Hesam Alagha us
Hesam Alagha
1,635,000 305,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
WSOP 1X Winner
1,230,000 698,000
Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
1,225,000 244,000
Steven Stout us
Steven Stout
889,000 504,000
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
880,000 438,000
Dinh Ba us
Dinh Ba
830,000 258,000
Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
795,000 115,000
Korey Payne us
Korey Payne
655,000 50,000
Michael Rocco us
Michael Rocco
620,000 360,000
Kareem Marshall us
Kareem Marshall
595,000 -35,000
Benjamin Thomas us
Benjamin Thomas
583,000 102,000
Jonathan Lawson us
Jonathan Lawson
560,000 -76,000
Quy Dao us
Quy Dao
540,000 -115,000
Chet Sickle us
Chet Sickle
474,000 -104,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
435,000 -100,000
Vytautas Atkocaitis us
Vytautas Atkocaitis
340,000 -68,000
Chan Kim us
Chan Kim
220,000 -14,000

Kusnerak Doubles Through Pengelly In Fortunate Fashion

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Daniel Kusnerak
Daniel Kusnerak

Daniel Kusnerak was in the small blind called an open before Will Pengelly three-bet shoved for over 800,000. The original opener folded and then Kusnerak called all in for 639,000.

Daniel Kusnerak: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Will Pengelly: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

The flop {6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{4-Spades} looked as if it were going to give Pengelly a seven-figure stack en route to knocking out Kusnerak, but the turn {10-Diamonds} changed everything as Kusnerak found himself picking up a set of tens. The river {4-Diamonds} further improved him to a full house and the double was sent his way.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Kusnerak us
Daniel Kusnerak
1,358,000 1,005,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
725,000 -40,000
Will Pengelly us
Will Pengelly
181,000 -489,000

Tags: Daniel KusnerakRalph MasseyWill Pengelly

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Forty-six players now remain after the recent eliminations of Thien Tran and Andy Rogowski. An updated assortment of chip counts has been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
John Lytle us
John Lytle
2,980,000 -908,000
Jason Obinger us
Jason Obinger
1,930,000 909,000
David Poces us
David Poces
1,645,000 581,000
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
1,400,000 -258,000
Randy Froelich us
Randy Froelich
610,000 51,000
Michael Walsh us
Michael Walsh
596,000 109,000
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
WSOP 1X Winner
520,000 -102,000
Scott Sisler us
Scott Sisler
480,000 53,000
Satoshi Tanaka us
Satoshi Tanaka
WSOP 1X Winner
470,000 -38,000
Vy Nguyen us
Vy Nguyen
463,000 6,000
Scott Vesilek us
Scott Vesilek
375,000 14,000
Anselmo Villareal us
Anselmo Villareal
295,000 -117,000
Chris Wise us
Chris Wise
275,000 92,000
Joel Baker us
Joel Baker
230,000 -176,000
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
200,000 -203,000
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
178,000 -28,000
Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
Busted
Thien Tran us
Thien Tran
Busted

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Matsuzuki Doubles Through Grech; Six Tables Remain

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

All of the chips got into the middle between Don Matsuzuki in the cutoff and Zachary Grech, who was on the button, and the dealer was putting three cards onto the felt in preparation to spread the flop.

Don Matsuzuki: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Zachary Grech: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The runout came {6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} to give Matsuzuki aces up and earn him the double. His stack was counted to 345,000, and the two players more or less traded stacks as a result.

Moments earlier, Bob Shao and Gary Hansen were recently eliminated from the tournament, bringing the field down to 48 players across six full tables. Updated chip counts from a chunk of the room have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Salim Admon us
Salim Admon
2,430,000 1,339,000
Sukhdip Sangha us
Sukhdip Sangha
1,300,000 773,000
Don Matsuzuki us
Don Matsuzuki
706,000 147,000
Angel Lopez us
Angel Lopez
550,000 66,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
535,000 107,000
Derek Gregory us
Derek Gregory
403,000 -57,000
Zachary Grech us
Zachary Grech
WSOP 1X Winner
376,000 -114,000
Desmond Haynes us
Desmond Haynes
242,000 -230,000
Bob Shao us
Bob Shao
Busted
Gary Hansen us
Gary Hansen
Busted

Tags: Bob ShaoDon MatsuzukiGary HansenZachary Grech