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

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
170
Players Left
54

Lee Triples With the Nuts

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

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 {10-Spades}{5-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Action checked to Lee and he bet 40,000. Both players called.

The turn came {a-Clubs} 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 {8-Hearts} to take the hand to showdown.

Rick Lee: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Gary Hansen: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Austin Yoo: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

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 us
Rick Lee
880,000 450,000
Austin Yoo kr
Austin Yoo
630,000 -56,000
Gary Hansen us
Gary Hansen
235,000 -215,000

Tags: Austin YooGary HansenRick Lee

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Sather Check-Shoves the Flop

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

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 {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

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 {a-}{k-}.

Player Chips Progress
Trevor Sather us
Trevor Sather
444,000 82,000
Bob Shao us
Bob Shao
405,000 246,500

Tags: Bob ShaoTrevor Sather

Yoo Pumps Up the Aggression

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

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 {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{j-Hearts} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Austin Yoo kr
Austin Yoo
686,000 76,000
Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
430,000 -40,000

Tags: Austin YooRick Lee

Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
John Lytle us
John Lytle
2,300,000 807,000
Frank Lagodich us
Frank Lagodich
1,020,000 902,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
631,000 136,000
Austin Yoo kr
Austin Yoo
610,000 410,000
Scott Sisler us
Scott Sisler
610,000 265,000
Nipun Ajmani us
Nipun Ajmani
588,000 525,000
Alexander Mazzola us
Alexander Mazzola
524,000 139,000
Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
470,000 65,000
Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
465,000 65,000
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
406,000 271,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
386,000 -179,000
Trevor Sather us
Trevor Sather
362,000 195,000
Will Pengelly us
Will Pengelly
360,000 -201,000
Rafael Gonzalez us
Rafael Gonzalez
330,000 70,000
Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
250,000 -182,000
Ark Onikul us
Ark Onikul
240,000 130,000
Sean Yu us
Sean Yu
165,000 -110,000
Jesse Vilchez us
Jesse Vilchez
146,000 -217,000
Michael Rocco us
Michael Rocco
105,000 -115,000

Most MSPT Main Event Cashes in History

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:

PlacePlayerHometownMain Event Cashes
1Aaron JohnsonRed Wing, Minnesota39
2Kou VangMaplewood, Minnesota32
3Richard AlsupNew Hope, Minnesota30
4DJ BuckleyEden Prairie, Minnesota27
5Pat SteeleChelsea, Michigan26
6Mark HodgeFernandina Beach, Florida25
7Blake BohnEden Prairie, Minnesota25
8Jason SeitzShakopee, Minnesota24
9Rob WazWazMinneapolis, Minnesota22
10Matt KirbyBemidji, Minnesota22

Anderson Toasted; Eberle Over a Million

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

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 us
Dale Eberle
1,150,000 870,500
Kyle Anderson us
Kyle Anderson
Busted

Tags: Dale EberleKyle Anderson

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000