An audible sound of racks being dumped onto a soon-to-break table was just heard; in the blink of an eye, Jason Obinger and Hesam Alagha both were just seen standing at the payout desk. The pair of eliminations brings the field down to 32 on four full tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.
On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.
Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event final table in a single season:
| Player | Hometown | Season | Final Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Steele | Chelsea, Michigan | 4 | 4 |
| Brett Kuznia | Stephen, Minnesota | 4 | 4 |
| Dan Sun | Cedar Rapids. Iowa | 3 | 3 |
| Christian Pham | St. Paul, Minnesota | 4 | 3 |
| Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 1 | 3 |
| Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 5 | 3 |
| Michael Deis | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 5 | 3 |
| Nick Pupillo | Addison, Illinois | 5 | 3 |
| Mark Hodge | Fernandina Beach, Florida | 6 | 3 |
| DJ Buckley | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 6 | 3 |
Nadya Magnus shoved for her last 335,000 in the hijack and received action from Michael Walsh in the small blind
Nadya Magnus: 
Michael Walsh: 
Magnus saw her pair of jacks had run into an even bigger pair, and while she was unable to find a jack on the runout 
, backdoor straight cards improved her nonetheless, keeping her alive as she took roughly half of Walsh's stack en route to a double.
"The last woman is still standing!" said tablemate Martin Zamani as the pot was being shipped Magnus' way. Less fortunate were Chet Sickle and Ralph Massey, who were eliminated a few minutes earlier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
310,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The 30 remaining players are on another 15-minute break.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,765,000
1,790,000
|
1,790,000 |
|
2,445,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
2,398,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
2,325,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
||
|
2,190,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
2,180,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
||
|
1,985,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,575,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
1,540,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
|
1,445,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
1,245,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
|
1,065,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
995,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
|
930,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
830,000
-785,000
|
-785,000 |
|
775,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
775,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
755,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
725,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
695,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
610,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |
|
595,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
580,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
|
560,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
555,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
A series of bets and raises between Salim Admon in the cutoff and Dinh Ba in the big blind led to a pile of chips in the middle on a board of 
, and Ba check-called off his remaining stack of at least 500,000 after the river.
Dinh Ba: 
Salim Admon: 
Admon had put Ba to a decision for his tournament life after hitting a pair of sevens on the river and Ba looked him up only to see that his sixes were no good. With the pot, Admon has increased his chip lead and now finds himself with a stack of roughly 7.8 million.
Ba's elimination was one of four that happened in rapid-fire, with Anselmo Villreal, Rick Lee, and Jonathan Lawson also finding themselves with no chips within the first 10 minutes of returning from break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,800,000
2,035,000
|
2,035,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Benjamin Thomas went all in for 300,000 exactly under the gun and action folded around to John Lytle, who called on the button to result in a heads-up showdown.
Benjamin Thomas: 
John Lytle: 
Thomas needed to hit the board to stay alive and did just that on the flop 
, finding a pair of jacks and a nut flush draw to go with it. The turn and river 
were smooth sailings and Thomas earned the double as a result.
Moments earlier, Desmond Haynes was seen making his way to the payout desk as a pot was shipped to Martin Zamani, who now has a stack of 3.725 million. Twenty-five remain, and just one more elimination is needed for the three-table redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,725,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,550,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
700,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Last weekend, the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw young up-and-comer Landon Tice capture a $201,529 top prize, his first career score in the live realm of poker and in what was only his third live poker tournament. Tice outlasted a field of 1,123 entries in doing so, a figure that generated a total prize pool of more than $1 million.
Prior to this tournament, the 21-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida had just three online tournament cashes on his resume from this past summer: Tice got his start in poker by playing micro-stakes cash games online and has worked his way up, a journey highlighted by a mentor of sorts in Joey Ingram. Tice can now add an MSPT championship to his list of accomplishments.
"It feels good, you know," said Tice after the tournament was over. "It feels so good!"
Tice won after a hard-fought heads-up battle against Brandon Lombardo that capped off a four-hour-long final table. Lombardo entered the match as a three-to-one underdog and held his ground, ultimately finding a double and taking the chip lead for a short time. However, nearly-even stacks went in when Tice made two pair on the river and he doubled to shorted Lombardo, who called Tice's shove with top pair.
Click here to read more about Landon Tice's big MSPT win!
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landon Tice | $201,529 |
| 2 | Brandon Lombardo | $135,074 |
| 3 | Jesse Vilchez | $91,502 |
| 4 | Sara Stohler | $62,091 |
| 5 | Abraham Hichman | $40,304 |
| 6 | Byung Shin | $30,501 |
| 7 | David Larson | $22,876 |
| 8 | Andrew Rodgers | $17,429 |
