MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-19-2020 22:41 UTC-7

Gabay Ousted

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Haim Gabay had gotten all of his chips into the middle against Jordyn Miller and was at risk for his tournament life with the dealer about to bring the runout.

Haim Gabay:
Jordyn Miller:

Gabay was not ahead for long as the flop came to leave him with nothing more than running kings or cards to a Royal Flush, both of which became an impossibility on the turn . The river was nothing more than a consolation prize for Gabay, and he found himself hitting the rail.

Meanwhile, Miller is now up to 144,000 after the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordyn Miller	144,000
Haim Gabay	Busted

Tags: Haim Gabay Jordyn Miller

11-19-2020 22:37 UTC-7

Field Reaches 250

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament clock now displays 250 entries and 88 players remaining with seven minutes remaining in the penultimate level of the evening.

11-19-2020 22:32 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Lai	181,000	45,000
Ben Klier	162,100	-95,400
Pat Lyons	117,000
Faraz Jaka	108,000	9,500
Michael Rossitto	93,000	61,500
Daniel Sepiol	89,000	42,400
Ark Onikul	82,000	31,000
Carl Carodenuto	67,000	20,000
David Baldanza	67,000	12,000
Raman Afanasenka	66,000	15,000
Sean Yu	60,000	-10,000
Kou Vang	47,500
Ken Rawlinson	43,500	-12,100
John Sun	Busted
Ramzi Musleh	Busted
Tim Reilly	Busted

11-19-2020 22:27 UTC-7

Most MSPT Main Event Cashes in History

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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. Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event cashers:

Place	Player	Hometown	Main Event Cashes
1	Aaron Johnson	Red Wing, Minnesota	39
2	Kou Vang	Maplewood, Minnesota	32
3	Richard Alsup	New Hope, Minnesota	30
4	DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	27
5	Pat Steele	Chelsea, Michigan	26
6	Mark Hodge	Fernandina Beach, Florida	25
7	Blake Bohn	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	25
8	Jason Seitz	Shakopee, Minnesota	24
9	Rob WazWaz	Minneapolis, Minnesota	22
10	Matt Kirby	Bemidji, Minnesota	22

11-19-2020 22:24 UTC-7

Moses Finds Some Chips

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After grinding a stack below the 30,000 with which he started for the vast majority of Day 1a, David Moses was just seen with a stack north of 50,000 and confirmed he had just won a pot to earn it.

Moses limped in under the gun and saw one limp behind him before the small blind completed and the big blind checked his option. The flop came (rainbow) and the small blind bet 2,000. The big blind called and then Moses pumped it up to 6,000.

The small blind called Moses' raise to put action onto the big blind, who went all in over the top. Moses re-jammed and the small blind folded.

Big Blind:
David Moses:

The big blind found themselves needing to hit an eight outer to complete their straight draw and pull ahead of Moses' pocket rockets, but no help came and Moses found himself over 50,000 for the first time all day.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Moses	51,000	37,400

Tags: David Moses

11-19-2020 22:17 UTC-7

Updated Counts

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Hart	156,000	-20,000
Nick Pupillo	106,000	18,000
Chet Sickle	105,000	-1,011,000
Jeremy Ausmus	104,000	23,800
Alan Findlay	90,000	44,000
Matthew Leecy	76,000	-35,000
Rick Lee	54,000	-46,000
Haim Gabay	38,000	3,500
Richard Alsup	25,000	-22,000
Lee Markholt	24,000	3,300
John Strzemp	Busted
Cody Espeseth	Busted
Lawrence Engerman	Busted

11-19-2020 22:06 UTC-7

Kim Puts Afanasenka To the Test

HillKerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sung Kim had opened under the gun and received calls from a player in middle position and Raman Afanasenka, who defended his big blind. The three saw a flop of and both Afanasenka and Kim checked. The middle-position player bet 2,500 and then both Afanasenka and Kim called.

Action continued three ways to the turn , and Afanasenka checked again. Kim fired out a bet of 3,500 and got a fold from the player in middle position to bring action back onto Afanasenka, who called.

The river fell and Afanasenka led out, betting 11,000. Kim decided that wasn't enough, and jammed all in over the top to put Afanasenka to a decision for his remaining 50,000.