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

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 1c
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 1c
Entries
323
Players Left
117

Helstern Flops Another Big One For a Big Pot

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jorden Helstern
Jorden Helstern

Jorden Helstern was just seen with a stack of nearly 150,000 just moments after being seen having chipped up to 82,000. He confirmed that he knocked the player to his left out of the tournament and Pat Steele helped fill in the fuzzy details from the hand prior.

Steele opened {a-}{k-} and received calls from Helstern and the player on Helstern's left, the latter of whom got stacks in on a {j-}{j-}{5-} flop.

Jordan Helstern: {5-}{5-}
Opponent: {j-}{10-}

"And he made quads on the river," Steele added of Helstern's hand. That very moment, Faraz Jaka became the alternate to fill the vacant seat, taking a fresh stack of 30,000 onto Helstern's left with less than a full level of play remaining in the evening.

Player Chips Progress
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
144,000 61,800
Pat Steele us
Pat Steele
82,000 -13,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 11,000

Tags: Jorden HelsternPat Steele