Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Buy-in
$1,600
Entries
1,239
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
170
Players Left
54
Massey Puts Keeline To the Test
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Aaron Massey was in middle position and opened to 6,000. Ben Keeline three-bet to 25,000 on the button and action made its way back to Massey, who put out a full stack of blue chips worth 5,000 apiece.
Having chipped up over 100,000, Keeline found himself with an effective decision for his remaining stack. He thought for about 20 seconds and then threw his cards towards the dealer's left hand, where they joined all other players' mucked hole cards to earn Massey the pot.
Despite the lost pot, Keeline is over 100,000, while Massey has continued his hot start on the afternoon and is now closing in on 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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289,000 | 109,000 |
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106,500 | 53,500 |
Simanovsky Holds For a Double
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
All of the chips had gotten into the middle preflop with Oleg Simanovsky all in for 57,000 in the small blind and having received action from an opponent in middle position.
Oleg Simanovsky: 
Middle Position: 
A nine-high runout of 
came to earn Simanovsky the double with no real concern along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
119,000 | 98,500 |
More Chip Counts
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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440,000 | 258,500 |
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340,000 | 83,000 |
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150,000 | 150,000 |
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126,000 | 31,500 |
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103,000 | -110,000 |
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80,000 | -147,000 |
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73,500 | 31,500 |
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72,000 | -14,500 |
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57,500 | 10,500 |
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45,000 | -5,000 |
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37,500 | 37,500 |
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25,000 | -24,500 |
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Busted |
A Look at Last Weekend's MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Last weekend, the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw young up-and-comer Landon Tice capture a $201,529 top prize, his first career score in the live realm of poker and in what was only his third live poker tournament. Tice outlasted a field of 1,123 entries in doing so, a figure that generated a total prize pool of more than $1 million.
Prior to this tournament, the 21-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida had just three online tournament cashes on his resume from this past summer: Tice got his start in poker by playing micro-stakes cash games online and has worked his way up, a journey highlighted by a mentor of sorts in Joey Ingram. Tice can now add an MSPT championship to his list of accomplishments.
"It feels good, you know," said Tice after the tournament was over. "It feels so good!"
Tice won after a hard-fought heads-up battle against Brandon Lombardo that capped off a four-hour-long final table. Lombardo entered the match as a three-to-one underdog and held his ground, ultimately finding a double and taking the chip lead for a short time. However, nearly-even stacks went in when Tice made two pair on the river and he doubled to shorted Lombardo, who called Tice's shove with top pair.
Click here to read more about Landon Tice's big MSPT win!
MSPT Venetian Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landon Tice | $201,529 |
| 2 | Brandon Lombardo | $135,074 |
| 3 | Jesse Vilchez | $91,502 |
| 4 | Sara Stohler | $62,091 |
| 5 | Abraham Hichman | $40,304 |
| 6 | Byung Shin | $30,501 |
| 7 | David Larson | $22,876 |
| 8 | Andrew Rodgers | $17,429 |
Chip Counts from Around the Room
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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392,000 | |
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330,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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245,000 | |
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220,000 | |
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145,000 | |
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133,000 | |
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122,000 | |
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115,000 | |
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96,000 | |
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83,000 | |
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31,000 | |
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Busted |
Registration Has Closed
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The first break is over and Level 13 is now underway. With its commencement, registration has officially closed. The tournament clock displays 158 Day-2 entries and 304 remaining players, though official numbers have yet to be announced.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Break Time
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The first 15-minute break of the day has arrived.
Photos from Day 2 of the 2020 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
