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

11-22-2020 23:13 UTC-7

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.

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 23:02 UTC-7

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Foley	Busted
Sharon Levin	Busted
Hamid Izadi	Busted
Kyle Anderson	Busted
David Levine	Busted
Aaron Thivyanathan	Busted
Jordyn Miller	Busted
Nahid Toma	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-22-2020 22:55 UTC-7

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 .

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

Tags: Bob Shao Trevor Sather

11-22-2020 22:41 UTC-7

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.

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

Tags: Austin Yoo Rick Lee

11-22-2020 22:32 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Around the Room

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Hill Kerby

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

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

11-22-2020 22:21 UTC-7

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Nablo	Busted
Mathew Bentz	Busted
Jora Beit	Busted
Gabriel Abusada	Busted
Angelo Mancini	Busted
Katie Lindsay	Busted
Jonathan Williams	Busted
Nic Vu	Busted

11-22-2020 22:13 UTC-7

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

11-22-2020 22:07 UTC-7

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.

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

Tags: Dale Eberle Kyle Anderson

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000