The tournament is on its final 15-minute break of the night. Upon returning, two more one-hour levels will be played to their completion before all remaining players bag and tag their chips for the evening.
Raman Afanasenka was in middle position with 18,500 remaining and three-bet shoved over a raise to 2,100 from Ken Rawlinson, who was in early position. Action folded around to the player on the button and he reraised all in, forcing all remaining players out of the hand.
Raman Afanasenka: 
Player on the Button: 
Afanasenka was in need of hitting and a king quickly appeared behind a pair of fours, one of which was in the window. When all was said and done, the board read 
and Afanasenka earned the double with his full house.
The dealer was in the process of pulling in 3,500 from both Sean Yu in the hijack and Kou Vang, who was on the button to finish flop action on a board of 
.
Yu checked to Vang on the turn 
, and Vang bet 5,500. Yu called. The river fell 
and Yu checked one final time. Vang thought for over a minute and then grabbed all of his chips and placed them onto the felt across the betting line. They totaled 14,300.
Yu went deep into the tank, thinking for well over two minutes: "Do you have it?" he asked Vang. Another minute went by and Yu decided that he believed Vang. He folded 
face up, nodding to Vang as the pot was sent his way.
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A player in the hijack got their last 16,000 into the middle preflop against Carl Carodenuto, who was on the button and covered the all-in player.
All-In Player: 
Carl Carodenuto: 
Carodenuto leaned back in his chair and put his hands on his head to watch the runout, which quickly brought a flop of 
to give him trips and leave his opponent drawing dead. The player stood up as the turn and river 
completed the runout and made their way from the tournament area while the dealer shipped the pot to Carodenuto.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Minnesota's Carl Carodenuto is no stranger to the MSPT, having eight cashes including a Main Event Title from MSPT Golden Gates in Black Hawk, CO in 2016 for $114,072. More recently, Carodenuto also took down last night's $400 event here at the Venetian, with his outright win good for $55,527. Carodenuto looks to keep that momentum going in the $1,600 Main Event, and currently has around a starting stack that is still 50 big blinds deep.
Congratulations to Carl Carodenuto of Minneapolis, MN who was the outright winner in our 11:10 AM DeepStack Extrava… https://t.co/AaItVvc225
— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker)
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 |
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