MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event Day 2 | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

11-22-2020 20:21 UTC-7

Rossitto Eliminated by Lytle To Burst the Bubble

HillKerby

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

John Lytle opened to 16,000 in middle position and action folded around to Michael Rossitto, who re-shoved for 143,000 in the small blind. Lytle called and the players awaited all other hands to finish before showing cards in preparation for the runout. During the wait, the two predicted that they would chop, and then the time came to show hands.

Michael Rossitto:
John Lytle:

Any possible chop scenario quickly disappeared as the flop came . Rossitto found himself losing the three outs he previously had and picking up nine new ones. The turn took one of those cards away due to a possible full house, which filled up in another way for Lytle on the river to eliminate Rossitto in 129th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lytle	1,400,000 150,000	150,000
Michael Rossitto	Busted

Tags: John Lytle Michael Rossitto

11-22-2020 21:08 UTC-7

Bullets Give Magnus a Triple

HillKerby

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There was a raise to 16,000 under the gun and a middle position before action folded to Nadya Magnus, who was on the button. She jammed for 31,000 and the original raiser called. The middle-position player then re-jammed, forcing the original raiser out of the pot to give Magnus a heads-up shot at a triple.

Nadya Magnus:
Middle Position:

Magnus saw a smooth runout come onto the board and earned the triple to take her stack over six figures after nursing a short stack through the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	105,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Nadya Magnus

11-22-2020 21:34 UTC-7

Beit Busted By Zamani

HillKerby

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jora Beit's seat was just seen vacated and Martin Zamani was seen with a larger stack than was previously in front of him.

"I did bust him," Zamani confirmed. "He got it in good, too." According to Zamani, he overbet-shoved on a flop and Beit beat him into the pot with -offsuit. Zamani held and added, "he was drawing dead on the turn."

Zamani now has 1.375 million and is one of the largest stacks in the room with under 100 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	1,375,000 425,000	425,000
Jora Beit	Busted

Tags: Jora Beit Martin Zamani

11-22-2020 22:07 UTC-7

Anderson Toasted; Eberle Over a Million

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kyle Anderson just confirmed his elimination on his way to the payout desk, saying he lost a coin flip all in preflop.

"Queens versus ace-king. He spiked a king."

The player Anderson was referencing was Dale Eberle, who moved to Table 12 after the bubble burst and has been tearing through his opposition as is evidenced by his now seven-figure stack of 1.15 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Eberle	1,150,000 870,500	870,500
Kyle Anderson	Busted

Tags: Dale Eberle Kyle Anderson

11-22-2020 23:13 UTC-7

Lee Triples With the Nuts

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Gary Hansen opened to 24,000 in middle position and received a call from Rick Lee in the hijack. Austin Yoo also called, defending his big blind, and the flop came . Action checked to Lee and he bet 40,000. Both players called.

The turn came and action checked to Lee again. He shoved all in for around 200,000 and both Yoo and Hansen found calls before checking through the river to take the hand to showdown.

Rick Lee:
Gary Hansen:
Austin Yoo:

Lee's turned Broadway faded the other two players' combined outs to a chopped Broadway, flush, and full house, and he successfully earned the triple as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Lee	880,000 450,000	450,000
Austin Yoo	630,000 -56,000	-56,000
Gary Hansen	235,000 -215,000	-215,000

Tags: Austin Yoo Gary Hansen Rick Lee

11-22-2020 23:37 UTC-7

The Next-To-Last Woman Standing Gets Eliminated

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

"I'm going to need a payout card," said Rachel Cooper, standing up behind the seat she had just been sitting in. After the elimination of Katie Lindsay before the final break of the night, Cooper found herself with Nadya Magnus as the last two women left in contention. Unfortunately for her, her run just came to an end.

According to Cooper, a player raised to 25,000 and received a call on the button. She was in the big blind and defended to take action three ways to a flop of . Cooper check-shoved on the original raiser and he called.

Rachel Cooper:
Opponent:

Cooper had flopped top-and-bottom pair and was ahead of her opponent's jacks, but the turn counterfeited her two pair and she was unable to find help on the river to fall with just over 20 minutes remaining in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachel Cooper	Busted

Tags: Katie Lindsay Rachel Cooper

11-23-2020 01:15 UTC-7

"Big John" Lytle Leads the Final 63 After Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Day 2 of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,600 Main Event saw 326 players return to action from 1,069 entries over three starting flights, but it was one of 170 additional Day 2 entries in "Big John" Lytle (3,888,000) to make their way to the top of the leader board among the 63 that remained when play ended for the night.

Lytle used a combination of aggression, good cards, and winning races all night to become the first player over 1 million, nearing that mark before the dinner break and eclipsing it shortly thereafter. Lytle continued to ascend as the night went on, knocking out Michael Rossitto on the bubble to take a stack of 1.4 million into the money. His work was nowhere near done, though, and he nearly tripled that stack as the next three-and-a-half hours wound off the tournament clock.

Following Lytle in the counts is Dale Eberle (2,699,000). Eberle entered the day with a top-10 stack and saw it continue to increase through the evening to finish the day second out of the 63 that put chips into bags. In total, five other players bagged seven-figure stacks, with Martin Zamani (1,658,000) being the largest stack of those five: James Vales (1,492,000), Hesam Alagha (1,333,000), Day 1a chip leader Salim Admon (1,091,000), and Jason Obinger (1,021,000) will all be taking stacks of over 60 big blinds into Monday's Day 3 as well.

Other notables to make it through included Saad Ghanem (680,000), Ralph Massey (658,000), Vic Peppe (428,000), Aaron Massey (288,000), and Michael Rocco (260,000).

Last weekend's $1,100 Main Event champion Landon Tice was among those who did not advance, falling in 68th place just a handful of minutes before the end of the night. Ben Keeline (79th), Matt Bond (86th), Katie Lindsay (102nd), Aaron Van Blarcum (105th), and Shannon Shorr (121st) also joined Tice in making it into the money and being eliminated before the night's end.

Play will resume for Day 3 on Monday at noon local time, giving players an extra hour's rest before what will certainly be an extended day as the tournament plays down to a winner. A massive $327,773 is up for grabs and PokerNews will be on hand keeping you up to date every step of the way. Make sure you come back and see who wins.

Tags: Aaron Massey Aaron Van Blarcum Ben Keeline Dale Eberle Hesam Alagha James Vales Jason Obinger Katie Lindsay Landon Tice Martin Zamani Matt Bond Michael Rocco Michael Rossitto Ralph Massey Saad Ghanem Salim Admon Shannon Shorr Vic Peppe