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

11-19-2020 20:10 UTC-7

Lai Shoots Down a Pair of Ladies

HillKerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

All of the chips had gone into the middle and the cards had been run in a hand involving Kane Lai and another player. The board read .

Kane Lai:
Opponent:

Lai had more chips than his opponent, who had already stood up from the table and was putting on his jacket as the dealer sent his chips to Lai, and Lai now has 136,000 after the knockout and the won pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Lai	136,000	70,500

Tags: Kane Lai

11-19-2020 20:00 UTC-7

Gabay Holds for a Double

HillKerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

There was around 10,000 in the middle and the dealer was in the process of finishing the runout with the middle-position Haim Gabay all in for his tournament life against Jeremy Ausmus, who was in the cutoff. When all was said and done, the board read .

Haim Gabay:
Jeremy Ausmus:

Gabay's eights had seen Ausmus flop an open-ended straight flush draw that picked up two more outs after he paired the turn. However, the safe river earned him the double.

"Sixteen (thousand)-four (hundred)," said the dealer after counting Gabay's stack, and Ausmus sent the requisite amount of chips across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	64,200	-33,800
Haim Gabay	41,800	41,800

Tags: Haim Gabay Jeremy Ausmus

11-19-2020 19:48 UTC-7

Bobrosky Takes One Down

HillKerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player in middle position raised to 1,600 and received one call before Josh Bobrosky three-bet to 7,000 in the big blind. Only the original raiser called and action went heads up to a flop of . Both players checked.

The turn came and Bobrosky checked again. The middle-position player bet 3,000 and Bobrosky took about 20 seconds to put in a check-raise to 11,000.

The middle-position player then found action back upon him, and he thought for a short while before letting his hand go, resulting in Bobrosky taking down the pot with his turn check-raise.

Also spotted at Bobrosky's table after dinner was Nick Pupillo, who has chipped up since being a late registrant and has 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	75,000	75,000
Josh Bobrosky	70,000	70,000

Tags: Josh Bobrosky

11-19-2020 19:33 UTC-7

More Day 1a Photos from the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event

HillKerby

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

11-19-2020 18:50 UTC-7

Looking Ahead to the Upcoming Season-Ending MSPT Grand Falls

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Just one more stop remains in Season 11 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT). From December 18-20, the tour will close out the year with a $1,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed Main Event at Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, Iowa, which is actually situated just across the border from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A series of $65 and $250 satellites will feed into the Main Event, which will feature two starting flights. Day 1a will take place at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 18 with Day 1b taking place at the same time on Saturday, December 19. The surviving players from both flights will then return for Day 2 at 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 20 to play down to a winner.

The tournament comes on the heels of August’s record-breaking MSPT Main Event at Grand Falls. That $1,100 buy-in tournament was the first mid-major poker tournament in the United States in nearly six months, and the 518 entrants not only surpassed the venue’s previous best field of 238 runners in 2015 but also became the largest major ($1,000+ buy-in) in Iowa history.

In the end, 47-year-old Mark Collins, a systems administrator from the St. Louis area, came out on top to win a $107,706 top prize and his second MSPT title. He previously won the MSPT Season 9 Canterbury Park for $102,076.

PokerNews will be offering live updates at the upcoming MSPT Grand Falls.

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MSPT Grand Falls Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Starting Stack inc. add-on	Location
Wednesday, 11/25	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Thursday, 11/26	6:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Wednesday, 12/2	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Thursday, 12/3	6:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Wednesday, 12/9	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Thursday, 12/10	6:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Saturday, 12/12	12:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Saturday, 12/12	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Saturday, 12/12	4:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Sunday, 12/13	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Sunday, 12/13	4:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Wednesday, 12/16	1:00 PM	$65 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $250 Satellite	12,000	Poker Room
Wednesday, 12/16	6:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Thursday, 12/17	12:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Thursday, 12/17	6:00 PM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Poker Room
Friday, 12/18	10:00 AM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Event Center
Friday, 12/18	3:00 PM	$1,100 Main Event Day 1A (2-Day Trophy Event)	25,000	Event Center
Saturday, 12/19	10:00 AM	$250 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event	15,000	Event Center
Saturday, 12/19	3:00 PM	$1,100 Main Event Day 1B (2-Day Trophy Event)	25,000	Event Center
Sunday, 12/20	11:00 AM	$1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event)	N/A	Event Center

11-19-2020 18:43 UTC-7

Dinner Time

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Level 6 has come to a close and the field is now on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 6:28 p.m. local time.

11-19-2020 18:37 UTC-7

Musleh Gets a Pre-Dinner Dub

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Kane Lai raised to 1,300 under the gun and was three-bet to 3,500 by Ramzi Musleh, who was on his direct left in the hijack at a six-handed table. Action folded back to Lai and he called.

The flop came and Lai checked to Musleh, who continued for 6,800. Lai called. The turn came and Lai threw out a bet of 10,000, totaling Musleh's remaining chips. Musleh tossed in his last two 5,000 chips and hands were tabled.

Ramzi Musleh:
Kane Lai:

Lai had flopped an open-ended straight draw and picked up a backdoor flush draw on the turn, but Musleh found himself still ahead with his couple of unpaired big cards. The river left the situation unchanged and Musleh found a double just a few minutes before dinner at Lai's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Lai	65,500	-21,000
Ramzi Musleh	42,000	42,000

11-19-2020 18:25 UTC-7

Recently Spotted in the Field

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The field size has now grown to 226 with less than 20 minutes remaining in Level 6 and the following players have recently been spotted throughout the room after either moving tables or busting out and finding a new seat on a subsequent bullet.

Registration will remain open through the duration of Day 1, so that number is expected to continue to climb as the day turns to night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Findlay	66,000
Tim Reilly	63,000
Lee Markholt	57,000
Landon Tice	47,000	-18,000
Kou Vang	32,000	32,000
Mike Shin	19,500
Michael Hinde	Busted

11-19-2020 18:16 UTC-7

Sun Wins at Showdown Without Showing

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Faraz Jaka opened the action with a raise to 1,200 under the gun at a six-handed table and John Sun called on his direct left in the hijack. Action folded around to the big blind, who defended to take action three ways to the streets.

The dealer fanned a flop of and all three players checked. The turn came and the big blind checked again. Jaka bet 3,000 and Sun called, prompting a fold from the big blind thereafter.

The river was and Jaka bet again, this time for 7,000. Sun threw in chips to call without wasting any time.

Upon being called, Jaka shot his cards across the table from the five-seat to the muck pile, and Sun proceeded to trade his cards for the pot without needing to show a winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	145,000

Tags: Faraz Jaka John Sun