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

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 1c
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 1c
Entries
323
Players Left
117

Little Gets a Little Help

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Five players went to a flop of {j-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} with over 7,000 in the middle from preflop action. First to act was under the gun, who checked to Timothy Little in middle position. Little bet 3,500 and the hijack raised to 7,500. Both Nikhil Gera in the cutoff and the player on the button folded, as did the under-the-gun player, and then Little slid forward a stack of chips. The raise was more than enough to put the hijack all in and he quickly obliged.

Hijack: {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Timothy Little: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Little's kings were behind his opponent's flopped top two pair and the player was poised for a double. The turn {2-Diamonds} came on board, and the river {4-Spades} quickly appeared right afterward, counterfeiting the hijack's two pair as Little's kings up earned him the pot and the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Little us
Timothy Little
83,000

Tags: Timothy LittleNikhil Gera

Kolness Gets Crafty

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Tyler Kolness
Tyler Kolness

Action folded around to the small blind, who completed and saw Tyler Kolness check his option in the big blind. The players saw the flop come {6-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and both players checked.

The turn came {6-Clubs} and the small blind bet 600. Kolness called and the river fell {8-Spades}. The small blind bet another 1,000 and Kolness pumped it up to 6,000. The small blind went into the tank for a while and then dropped one off-denomination chip onto his bet to signify a call.

Kolness turned over {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for a full house, which the dealer announced. The small blind mucked and the pot was shipped to Kolness.

Player Chips Progress
Tyler Kolness us
Tyler Kolness
25,500 12,500

Tags: Tyler Kolness

Garosshen Gets His Seat

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Kevin Garosshen
Kevin Garosshen

Kevin Garosshen was overheard conversing with a member of the floor staff shortly before the prior break was coming to an end about how he had arrived early this morning and still received an alternate assignment.

Fast forward to Level 5 and his number has just been called: he was just seen taking a fresh stack and a seat card to his table assignment within the room. With blinds of 200/400 and a big-blind ante of 400, a starting stack is still good for 75 big blinds with plenty of room to play.

Tags: Kevin Garosshen

Lee Back from the Dead

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
David Lee
David Lee

David Lee had been down to 2,500 before finding his way back to 8,600 going into the big blind. An under-the-gun limp and middle-position raise to 1,300 put action onto Lee, and he three-bet jammed for 8,200. The under-the-gun limper overcalled and the middle-position raiser put out 8,200 as well, and then the two players proceeded to check through a board of {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

David Lee: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Under the Gun: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Middle Position: (mucked)

Just like that, Lee found himself nearing a starting stack after being on life support just moments prior.

Player Chips Progress
David Lee us
David Lee
25,200 1,700

Tags: David Lee

Chip Counts After Break

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sara Stohler us
Sara Stohler
90,000 26,000
Dave Banerjee us
Dave Banerjee
73,500 15,900
Jorden Helstern us
Jorden Helstern
68,000 36,500
Katie Wier us
Katie Wier
63,500 26,200
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
60,600 26,100
Pat Steele us
Pat Steele
48,300 10,000
Mark Collins us
Mark Collins
44,600 8,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
44,000 19,400
Adam Demersseman us
Adam Demersseman
42,000 4,100
Bobby Sanoubane us
Bobby Sanoubane
41,000 12,900
Tyler Kolness us
Tyler Kolness
37,000
Dave Larson us
Dave Larson
31,000
Nikhil Gera us
Nikhil Gera
28,900 -14,100
Byung Shin kr
Byung Shin
27,300 2,000
Michael Hinde us
Michael Hinde
24,200 2,600
James Carroll us
James Carroll
WPT 2X Winner
Busted
David Larson us
David Larson
Busted
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
Busted
Dedric Henderson us
Dedric Henderson
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Chip Update

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Hal Rotholz us
Hal Rotholz
95,500 37,500
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
80,800 29,800
Josh Bobrosky us
Josh Bobrosky
52,400 -7,200
Archie Raimer us
Archie Raimer
50,900 32,100
Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
46,500 5,900
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
45,600 -3,000
John Strzemp us
John Strzemp
26,000 -15,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
19,500 3,200
Ryan Phan us
Ryan Phan
18,200
Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
WPT 1X Winner
15,500 -5,100
Peter Hengsakul us
Peter Hengsakul
12,500 -6,800
Brad Hall us
Brad Hall
Busted
Lawrance Lossia us
Lawrance Lossia
Busted
Matthew Radcliffe us
Matthew Radcliffe
Busted
Peter Dailey us
Peter Dailey
Busted

Wong Makes Java Pay

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Eric Wong
Eric Wong

Action was heads up between Nipun Java in the small blind and Eric Wong, who was in middle position. Java had checked and was facing a bet of 11,000 that was in front of Wong on a board of {3-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{a-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Java was in the tank, and remained there for close to two minutes before finding a call.

Wong showed {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} for quads. Java sent his cards to the muck and then threw his calling chips closer to the center of the table for the dealer to scoop them up and send them to Wong.

"Nice hand," added Java.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Wong us
Eric Wong
71,000 71,000
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java
WSOP 3X Winner
16,500 -17,500

Tags: Eric WongNipun Java