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Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
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2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Buy-in
$1,600
Entries
1,239
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
252
Players Left
67
Photos from Day 1a of the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Ausmus Gets Value From Hart
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Brent Hart limped in under the gun and saw two limps behind him. The small blind completed and then Jeremy Ausmus checked his option in the big blind and five players went to a flop of 
. Everybody checked.
The turn fell 
and action checked to Hart, who bet 1,100. Three folds ensued to bring it back to Ausmus, and he check-raised to 3,000. Hart thought for a bit and then called.
The river was 
. Ausmus bet another 5,000 and Hart went into the tank once more, eventually finding a call to take the hand to showdown.
Ausmus tabled 
for two pair, nines and sixes, and Hart sent his cards to the muck. The pot was shipped to Ausmus, who now finds himself over six figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000 | 103,000 |
|
70,200 | -17,800 |
Updated Counts
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000 | -2,000 |
|
96,500 | 18,000 |
|
|
88,000 | 1,000 |
|
73,500 | 1,000 |
|
72,000 | 72,000 |
|
71,400 | 5,400 |
|
65,000 | 61,300 |
|
64,200 | -1,600 |
|
41,000 | -22,200 |
|
40,200 | -22,300 |
|
38,800 | -14,400 |
|
33,600 | -7,900 |
|
31,200 | 2,600 |
|
29,700 | 29,700 |
|
29,000 | 14,500 |
|
28,200 | 28,200 |
|
|
27,500 | -3,300 |
|
27,300 | -17,700 |
|
26,300 | 26,300 |
|
|
23,500 | -2,200 |
|
20,600 | -17,600 |
|
11,300 | 11,300 |
Cristos Fires Twice
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
There was over 10,000 in the middle from preflop action and the flop read 
. Action was three handed and player in early position checked to Jordan Cristos in the cutoff, who bet 2,400. The third and final player in the hand was on the button and folded, and the early-position player called.
Action proceeded heads up to the turn 
and the early-position player checked again. Cristos thought for close to a minute and then threw out a bet of 5,800.
The player in early position wasted no time sending her cards to the muck and the pot was shipped to Cristos without needing to see any further action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,500 | 41,500 |
Strzemp Chipping Up
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
John Strzemp had raised under the gun and was three-bet to 3,400 by an opponent on the button. Strzemp four-bet to 12,500.
Strzemp's opponent thought for a bit and then sent his cards to the muck, deciding not to commit any further chips. The pot was sent to Strzemp, and he now finds himself having chipped up to over 50,000 early in Level 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,600 | 15,200 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
MSPT Hall of Famer Vang In The House
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang has just been spotted at a table inside the Venetian Poker Room. Vang has the second-most amount of all-time in-the-money performances on the MSPT, and he also has the second-most final tables reached in the history of the tour.
Despite having lost half of his stack early in the day, Vang is never one to be counted out as long as he is in contention. Stay tuned to see how he fares as the day goes on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,500 |
Jones Three-Bet Shoves the Turn
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Daniel Jones was in middle position and three-bet an early-position open to 900, making it 2,800 to go. Action folded around to the original raiser and he called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and the early-position player checked. Jones made a continuation-bet of 2,000 and his opponent called.
The turn came 
and Jones' opponent checked again. Jones continued with a second barrel of 6,500 and a minute went by before his opponent put in a check-raise to 16,500. Jones took about 10 seconds before three-bet shoving all in for about 36,000.
Once more, the early-position player went into the tank for well over a minute as he was faced with a decision for most of his remaining chips. He then slid his cards forward onto the felt, giving up contention of the hand to earn Jones the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,400 | 59,400 |
Top Pair Good for Sun
Level 3
: 100/300, 0 ante
Faraz Jaka saw action fold to him on the button and opened to 600. John Sun called in the small blind and the big blind defended behind him, taking action three ways to a flop of 
. Action checked to Jaka, who made a continuation-bet of 600. Both players called.
The turn came 
and Sun checked again. The big blind fired out 2,300, getting a quick fold from Jaka, and then Sun called.
Action was then heads up to the river 
, and Sun checked again. The big blind threw out another 5,000 and Sun quickly called.
The big blind tabled 
for a pair of deuces and Sun showed 
, calling correctly with his pair of aces to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,800 | 1,200 |
|
|
38,200 | 13,200 |