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

Nov 22, 2020

Lee Triples With the Nuts

Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Austin Yoo Gary Hansen Rick Lee

Nov 22, 2020

Next Round of Payouts

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Hill Kerby

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

The following players finished 89-96th place and earned $4,252.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Nov 22, 2020

Sather Check-Shoves the Flop

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Hill Kerby

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

The cutoff opened the action with a raise to 31,000 and received a call fro Bob Shao, who was on the button. Trevor Sather called in the big blind as well to take action three ways to a flop of .

Sather checked to the cutoff, who made a continuation-bet of 60,000. Shao folded, putting action back onto Sather, and he shoved for a bit over a quarter-million. The raise proved to be more than the cutoff wished to commit and Sather took down the pot as a result.

"I finally have some brown (25,000) chips," said Sather as the pot was sent his way. He later revealed he had .

Tags: Bob Shao Trevor Sather

Nov 22, 2020

Yoo Pumps Up the Aggression

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Hill Kerby

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

Rick Lee raised to 27,000 under the gun and action folded around to Austin Yoo in the hijack who called. Action went heads up to a flop of and Lee made a continuation-bet of 40,000.

Yoo reached for chips and put out a raise of 110,000. Lee thought for a few moments and then let his hand go, earning Yoo the pot with his flop raise.

Tags: Austin Yoo Rick Lee

Nov 22, 2020

Chip Counts from Around the Room

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Hill Kerby

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

Nov 22, 2020

Third Round of Payouts

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Hill Kerby

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

The following players finished 97-104th, earning $3,898 for their efforts.

Nov 22, 2020

Most MSPT Main Event Cashes in History

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Hill Kerby

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

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.

On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more. Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event cashers:

Place	Player	Hometown	Main Event Cashes
1	Aaron Johnson	Red Wing, Minnesota	39
2	Kou Vang	Maplewood, Minnesota	32
3	Richard Alsup	New Hope, Minnesota	30
4	DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	27
5	Pat Steele	Chelsea, Michigan	26
6	Mark Hodge	Fernandina Beach, Florida	25
7	Blake Bohn	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	25
8	Jason Seitz	Shakopee, Minnesota	24
9	Rob WazWaz	Minneapolis, Minnesota	22
10	Matt Kirby	Bemidji, Minnesota	22

Nov 22, 2020

Anderson Toasted; Eberle Over a Million

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Hill Kerby

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.

Tags: Dale Eberle Kyle Anderson

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000