Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Arturas Astrauskas raised to 1,100 in first position, and from one seat over, another player three bet to 3,400. One more seat over saw Brad Miller move all in for 20,700 which saw action fold to the big blind, where another player moved all in for 10,500. Astrauskas called with the covering stack and the cards were turned up.
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Brad Miller: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Miller was able to double through Astrauskas and eliminate another player.
One hand later Astrauskas was eliminated and he went over to rebuy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,500 | |
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Busted |
Action was picked up between Craig Trost in position, versus an opponent out of position, in a pot with 2,500 in the center.
Action checked down on a board reading ![]()
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and on the river, Trost bet 2,200. His opponent thought about it for a bit and then called.
Trost turned over ![]()
and his opponent mucked his hand. The defednign champion now sits with an above average stack in the early goings of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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42,500
17,500
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17,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players have gone on a 10-minute break.
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is heading back to Las Vegas in November for not one, but two events, both with massive guaranteed prize pools up for grabs.
PokerNews' live reporting team will be on-site to provide frequent updates from start to finish during both events, starting with the $1,100 Main Event, which runs Nov. 1-3. That $250,000 guaranteed event will be followed by the $1,600 MSPT Main Event at Venetian Nov. 3-6, and this one promises at least $750,000 in prize money to be awarded.
Starting on Nov. 1, Venetian in Las Vegas begins another one of its popular Deepstack Extravaganza Poker Series, and the $3.2 million guaranteed series begins with two Mid-States Poker Tour events.
Each MSPT tournament features two Day 1 starting flights beginning at 11:10 a.m. Players can register for both sessions if they don't bag a stack on Day 1a. There are daily $200 mega satellites available at Venetian to give players an opportunity to get in on the cheap. Both tournaments will play down to a winner on Day 2.
Tournament structures are as follows: 25,000 starting chips and 40-minute blind levels in the $1,100 tournament and 30,000 starting chips with 40-minute blind levels in the $1,600 tournament. The winner of each event will take home a prestigious trophy and shiny Venetian gold coin.
The month of October has been a busy one for the MSPT, with two events having already concluded and one that began on Thursday in Riverside, Iowa ($300,000 guarantee).
Earlier in the month, Chris Burke took down the MSPT Deadwood Shootout at the Silverado-Franklin Casino in South Dakota for $89,725. Mid-States Poker Tour Hall of Famer Josh Reichard too third place ($40,376) to move into first place on the MSPT Player of the Year standings.
On Oct. 17, Matthew Davis won $344,446 for coming out victorious in the MSPT Main Event at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Coming up following the Venetian stop, the MSPT will head to Columbus, Minnesota Dec. 1-11 for the Winter Poker Classic Series at Running Aces Casino. Then it's back to Venetian to finish out the 2022 year with another $1,100 Main Event Dec. 28-30.
Action was picked up in a three-way pot with Jason Crews in the big blind and a pot building with 2,200 in the center.
On the turn of ![]()
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the small blind bet 1,000 which was called by Crews and a player in the cutoff.
The river
saw action check to Crews who bet 2,500 which only the cutoff called.
Crews turned over ![]()
for three nines with an ace, and the 2021 Riverside runner up took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,800
6,800
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6,800 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Action was picked up on the turn between Sarah Stefan in the cutoff and another player on the button.
The board read ![]()
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and Stefan checked to her opponent who bet 1,100 and Stefan raised to 3,400 which her opponent quickly call.
The river
saw Stefan bet 5,100 and the button threw in one chip for the call. Stefan turned over ![]()
for a ten high straight which was good for the pot as the button mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,600
10,600
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10,600 |