2021 MSPT Venetian

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 MSPT Venetian

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$230,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,680,065
Entries
1,741
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
405
Players Left
42

Kermani Hooks Cowboy's on the River

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Darius Kermani
Darius Kermani

A series of preflop raises saw heads-up all in action between Darius Kermani from late position and his opponent to his left with Kermani holding just slightly more with around 70,000.

Darius Kermani: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Opponent: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Kermani was in rough shape after the cards were tabled and the {2-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop didn't change a thing.

The {a-Hearts} turn left Kermani needing a jack on the river and luckily for him, the dealer answered his prayer as the peeled off the {j-Diamonds}, securing him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Darius Kermani us
Darius Kermani
135,000 53,800

Tags: Darius Kermani

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Fater Wins on the Turn

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Noam Fater
Noam Fater

Action on the table folded around to Noam Fater who raised to 2,100 on the button and only the the big blind defended.

The {j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop was checked by both players and the dealer turned the {3-Hearts}.

Action was checked to Fater who took down the pot with a 2,000 uncontested bet.

Player Chips Progress
Noam Fater il
Noam Fater
68,700 16,300

Payten Set Up by Yau

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ethan Yau
Ethan Yau

The player under the gun opened for 2,200 and WSOP bracelet winner Ethan 'Rampage Poker' Yau three-bet to 5,200 from the next seat over.

Action folded around to Steven Payten who four-bet all in for roughly a 25,000 starting stack from the big blind and was called by Yau after the initial raiser folded.

Ethan Yau: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Steven Payten: {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}

Payten was way behind and things got worse after the {10-Spades}{q-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop gave Yau top set.

The {2-Clubs} turn left Payten drawing dead and the {5-Clubs} river ended his tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Ethan Yau us
Ethan Yau
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
150,000
Steven Payten us
Steven Payten
Busted

Tags: Steven PaytenEthan Yau

Another Round of Chip Stacks

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Danny Illingworth us
Danny Illingworth
160,000
Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
120,000
Brad Sailor us
Brad Sailor
115,700 88,100
Alan Findlay gb
Alan Findlay
108,700 -1,300
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
88,700
Darius Kermani us
Darius Kermani
81,200 37,000
Huhynil Hong us
Huhynil Hong
73,400 40,200
Yanni Orfanos us
Yanni Orfanos
38,200 -11,800
Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
32,400
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
WSOP 1X Winner
32,400 23,200
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
25,000
Dennis Hayley us
Dennis Hayley
24,500 13,300
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
23,400
Jerome Makonen ca
Jerome Makonen
23,400 -11,600
Michelle Roberts us
Michelle Roberts
19,700 -11,500
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
WSOP 1X Winner
18,600 18,600
Joseph Marchese us
Joseph Marchese
Busted
Jeff Fielder us
Jeff Fielder
Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
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A Round of Chip Counts

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sean Davidson us
Sean Davidson
108,600 5,200
Steven Payten us
Steven Payten
91,300 20,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
86,500 31,900
Al Cutler us
Al Cutler
79,400 35,900
Kyna England us
Kyna England
73,200 -8,900
Hieu Le us
Hieu Le
67,400 -22,300
Arman Sogomonian us
Arman Sogomonian
58,600 -11,100
Ken Baime us
Ken Baime
53,400 28,400
Noam Fater il
Noam Fater
52,400 12,600
Cliff Conners us
Cliff Conners
41,400 8,200
Neil Blumenfield us
Neil Blumenfield
37,600 -20,000
John Reiff us
John Reiff
32,400 12,700
Artem Zverkhovskyy ua
Artem Zverkhovskyy
17,200 5,900
Nancy Matson us
Nancy Matson
13,200 -6,000
Mickey Ma us
Mickey Ma
6,200 -13,000