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

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
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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 1a
Entries
252
Players Left
67
Players Left 1 / 1,239
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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entry through the entirety of Day 1.

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 {6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Everybody checked.

The turn fell {a-Clubs} 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 {4-Spades}. 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 {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} 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
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Jeremy Ausmus
103,000
103,000
103,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Brent Hart
70,200
17,800
17,800
WSOP 1X Winner

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Updated Counts

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Leecy us
Matthew Leecy
106,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Chet Sickle us
Chet Sickle
96,500
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Brent Hart us
Brent Hart
88,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Hinde us
Michael Hinde
73,500
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
72,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Lawrence Engerman us
Lawrence Engerman
71,400
5,400
5,400
Profile photo of Landon Tice us
Landon Tice
65,000
61,300
61,300
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
64,200
1,600
1,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Truyen Nguyen us
Truyen Nguyen
41,000
22,200
22,200
Profile photo of Steven Berkowitz us
Steven Berkowitz
40,200
22,300
22,300
Profile photo of Sean Yu us
Sean Yu
38,800
14,400
14,400
Profile photo of Ben Klier us
Ben Klier
33,600
7,900
7,900
Profile photo of David Baldanza us
David Baldanza
31,200
2,600
2,600
Profile photo of Stanley Lee us
Stanley Lee
29,700
29,700
29,700
Profile photo of Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
29,000
14,500
14,500
Profile photo of Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
28,200
28,200
28,200
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Len Clementi us
Len Clementi
27,500
3,300
3,300
Profile photo of Bryant Miller us
Bryant Miller
27,300
17,700
17,700
Profile photo of Daniel Sepiol
Daniel Sepiol
26,300
26,300
26,300
Profile photo of Richard Alsup
Richard Alsup
23,500
2,200
2,200
Profile photo of John Sun us
John Sun
20,600
17,600
17,600
Profile photo of David Moses us
David Moses
11,300
11,300
11,300
WSOP 1X Winner

Cristos Fires Twice

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Jordan Cristos
Jordan Cristos

There was over 10,000 in the middle from preflop action and the flop read {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. 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 {k-Diamonds} 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
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Jordan Cristos
41,500
41,500
41,500
WPT 1X Winner

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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
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John Strzemp
52,600
15,200
15,200

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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

MSPT Hall of Famer Vang In The House

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Kou Vang, pictured in another tournament
Kou Vang, pictured in another tournament

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
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Kou Vang
14,500

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Jones Three-Bet Shoves the Turn

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones

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 {k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and the early-position player checked. Jones made a continuation-bet of 2,000 and his opponent called.

The turn came {10-Hearts} 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
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Daniel Jones
59,400
59,400
59,400

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Top Pair Good for Sun

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante
John Sun in last week's $1,100 Main Event
John Sun in last week's $1,100 Main Event

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 {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Action checked to Jaka, who made a continuation-bet of 600. Both players called.

The turn came {a-Spades} 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 {6-Clubs}, and Sun checked again. The big blind threw out another 5,000 and Sun quickly called.

The big blind tabled {10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for a pair of deuces and Sun showed {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, calling correctly with his pair of aces to earn him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Faraz Jaka
65,800
1,200
1,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of John Sun us
John Sun
38,200
13,200
13,200

Tags: Faraz JakaJohn Sun