MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event | MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas

02-06-2021 10:28 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian

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The starting flights are done and dusted and it's time to play for the money at Mid-States Poker Tour Poker Bowl V at Venetian.

How much money?

Well, all of the payout details haven't been released just yet, but the venue tournament staff did tweet that 96 of the remaining 116 runners will be paid, with a min-cash being worth $2,202 and the eventual winner receiving $176,142. That is, if no deal is struck as has been the case in the past four MSPT Poker Bowls.

Across the two starting days, nobody managed to gather near as many chips as Day 1a leader Jesse Vilchez. Vilchez, who has been on a tear of late at MSPTs here at Venetian, raked in a humongous stack of over 1.1 million that dwarfs anyone else's count.

Other big stacks coming into the day include those of former Poker Bowl champ Kfir Nahum (353,000), Blake Whittington (349,000), Ryan Riess (322,500) and Aaron Massey (295,500). Some others still with a pulse include Jordan Cristos, Tim Reilly, Mike Shin, Ralph Massey, Javier Zarco and recent WSOP runner-up Joseph Hebert.

Play resumes at 11 a.m. local time at 2,500/5,000/5,000 and 40-minute levels will be played until a winner has emerged. Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out whom that will be.

02-06-2021 13:47 UTC-7

Le Loses a Big Flip in Emphatic Fashion

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Trung Le opened in the cutoff and called the shove of Lorell Pascual in the small blind, who had about 110,000. Neither seemed excited to turn over his hand.

"I smell an ace-jack," someone said.

Sure enough, Pascuall showed . He was racing against . The race was very short as the flop came , leaving Le's fours stone dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorell Pascual	240,000 114,000	114,000
Trung Le	65,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Lorell Pascual Trung Le

02-06-2021 17:02 UTC-7

Riess Doubles Through Jung

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

We came upon the aftermath of an all-in pot between Seungmook Jung and Ryan Riess, seated in the first two spots. Riess had in front of him, good for top set on a board of . Jung sent over 298,000, apparently having gotten it in pre with aces that didn't contain the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	646,000 336,000	336,000

Seungmook Jung	260,000 -428,000	-428,000

02-06-2021 19:04 UTC-7

Start-of-Day Leader Vilchez Eliminated

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Jesse Vilchez was all in from the big for about 700,000 on . He was at risk against Kfir Nahum, who had . The and didn't help Vilchez and Nahum added to his already massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Nahum	2,950,000 635,000	635,000
Jesse Vilchez	Busted

02-06-2021 20:17 UTC-7

Riess Eliminated as Cajelais Doubles

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Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ryan Riess shoved from the hijack for 380,000, Erik Cajelais jammed for 590,000 on the button and Kfir Nahum put them both at risk from the big blind.

Nahum:
Riess:
Cajelais:

The board ran , good for a Cajelais double and a Riess bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Nahum	2,300,000 -650,000	-650,000
Erik Cajelais	1,600,000 1,020,000	1,020,000

Ryan Riess	Busted

02-06-2021 22:26 UTC-7

Adam Hendrix Eliminated in 14th Place ($9,160)

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Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Adam Hendrix was all in for about 900,000 and big blind Jesse Lonis went into the tank briefly then called.

Lonis:
Hendrix:

The flop was perfect for Hendrix but the was a grim turn. He moved to exit and the would indeed be the last card he saw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	2,400,000 940,000	940,000

Adam Hendrix	Busted

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02-06-2021 22:40 UTC-7

Sean Yu Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,331)

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Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sean Yu got the last 350K in with and was live against the of Brandon Eisen. Not so much after the flop and no help emerged for Yu after that flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Yu	Busted

02-06-2021 23:23 UTC-7

Erik Cajelais Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,092)

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Erik Cajelais opened for 200,000 under the gun and Seungmook Jung defended the big blind. Jung checked the flop and Cajelais continued for 200,000. Jung made it 650,000, Cajelais shoved about 1.6 million and Jung snap-called.

Jung:
Cajelais:

The filled Jung to a boat and the kept that boat best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seungmook Jung	4,525,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
Erik Cajelais	Busted

Tags: Erik Cajelais Seungmook Jung

02-06-2021 23:29 UTC-7

Kfir Nahum Eliminated in 7th Place ($20,257)

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

An unusual situation just occurred. The board read on the flop and Kfir Nahum put in 1.1 million, leaving 40,000 back, from the button. Johnny Oshana had an equal amount committed, but we didn't see who bet and who called. It sounded like the players each agreed to check after that, so no further money went in on the or .

"You win," Oshana said, turning over the .

"No, you win," Nahum said as he mucked.

Seungmook Jung called for the floor and asked if that was allowed, but no action was taken.

Nahum busted the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Oshana	8,500,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Kfir Nahum	Busted

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02-07-2021 00:30 UTC-7

Springael Takes the Chip Lead

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Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Joris Springael's domination of Johnny Oshana continues.

This time, Springael defended the big blind for 350,000. The flop checked through for a board of . Springael check-called a big bet of 600,000 then checkd the . Oshana cut out 1.5 million then added 500,000 more and slid it in. Springael snap-called.

Oshana showed with a shrug and Springael showed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Springael	6,600,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Johnny Oshana	3,000,000 -3,400,000	-3,400,000

Tags: Johnny Oshana Joris Springael