MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas

MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$880,760
Entries
908
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
5,675,000
Total Chips
22,700,000
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
412
Players Left
45
Players Left 4 / 908
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Updated Chip Counts at Break

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Reilly
104,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Jeffrey Trudeau us
Jeffrey Trudeau
80,000
45,000
45,000
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James Carroll
51,000
26,000
26,000
WPT 2X Winner
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Nadya Magnus
34,200
Profile photo of Mitch Garshofsky us
Mitch Garshofsky
31,000
Profile photo of Ken Baime us
Ken Baime
28,000
Profile photo of Sean Yu us
Sean Yu
28,000
Profile photo of Justin Ligeri us
Justin Ligeri
27,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Sean Moore us
Sean Moore
26,000
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Rodger Johnson
23,500
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
18,300
6,700
6,700
Profile photo of Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
10,800
6,000
6,000
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Steve Federspiel
9,900
6,900
6,900
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Jordan Cristos
9,600
WPT 1X Winner

Shin Wrecked Early

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

Mike Shin played several single-raised pots in a row but the last went quite poorly for the MSPT champ, who also has a third-place finish here for $334K.

In this particular pot, Shin opened in middle position and the big blind defended. On the {10-Clubs}{a-Spades}{10-Spades} flop, Shin continued for 800 and the big blind called. Shin barreled again on the {8-Clubs} for 1,700, but this time the big blind clicked back to 3,400. Shin called. The {a-Diamonds} river checked through and Shin couldn't beat the {k-}{10-} his opponent tossed in with a sigh.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Shin
4,800

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Kings Take it Slow

Level 3 : 100/300, 0 ante

The cutoff opened for 600 and was called in the next seat before the small blind made it 2,600. Big blind Joris Springael cold-called and the others let it go. The dealer rolled out a board of {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{8-Hearts} that saw five checks before Springael bet 5,100. The small blind called pretty quickly but had an inferior hand to {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Joris Springael
31,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 0

Federspiel on a Nub

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Cards were on their backs between Steve Federspiel in the hijack and a player in the cutoff on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Federspiel had {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} turned over but was in big trouble against {k-}{k-}. The {8-Hearts} turn and {9-Spades} river didn't bring in Federspiel's straight draw and the former MSPT champ set off to reenter.

However, he did have his opponent's 12K or so covered, so he'll have to first try to run up those last few blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Federspiel
3,000
22,000
22,000

History of MSPT Poker Bowl at Venetian

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event Day 1a
MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event Day 1a

Back in 2017, the Mid-States Poker Tour expanded its deal with Venetian to include an early February event coinciding with the Super Bowl. Dubbed the Poker Bowl, the tournament built on a relationship that already included a series of monstrous summer events that built some memorable prize pools.

The Poker Bowl began with a somewhat modest $300,000 guarantee, one that proved to be quite a bit smaller than the actual turnout. More than double the required number of entries turned up (695) and it came down to well-known pros Jordan Young and Ankush Mandavia. The two struck a deal that saw both players earn more than $100K, with Young as the official winner.

In 2018, the Poker Bowl returned with an expanded guarantee of $500K. The number would be easily beaten again with 827 entries, and this time, the final four came to a deal. Kfir Nahum and Matthias De Cercq would get the lion's share with $108,410 apiece — the former took home the title via the slightest of chip leads — and John Ploski ($84,743) and Bob Shao ($76,926) got the rest.

The guarantee was upped once again for 2019 with $650,000, but it was again easily surpassed with more than 1,000 entries and a prize pool just shy of $1 million. This time, the last three made a deal, with Eli Ross and Pedro Mendes each getting about $119K but Canada's Brian Wilson snagging $143,929 and the title.

Venetian bumped to number to an even $1 million for 2020 and they finally had a mild sweat with the turnout, but 1,093 entries still made for a prize pool of $1,060,210. Another deal ended play, with five players this time divvying up the remaining monies. Bob Whalen had the most chips by a fair amount, so he secured $140,152 while three European players (Grachia Minasian, George Brady, Thomas Lust) and one other American (Oluwashola Akindele) got between $85K and $100K.

MSPT Poker Bowl at Venetian Event History

YearEventEntriesPrize PoolWinner (Prize)
2017MSPT Poker Bowl695$681,100Jordan Young ($117,381)*
2018MSPT Poker Bowl II827$806,325Kfir Nahum ($108,410)*
2019MSPT Poker Bowl III1,022$996,450Brian Wilson ($143,929)*
2020MSPT Poker Bowl IV1,093$1,060,210Bob Whalen ($140,152)*

*reflects final table deal

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Trudeau Doubles Early

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Jeffrey Trudeau
Jeffrey Trudeau

On a completed board of {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}, Jeff Trudeau was all in for about 12,500. The pot already contained more than 20,000, and Trudeau's opponent was in the tank playing with chips. He sighed and leaned forward then tossed them in.

Trudeau turned over {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for two pair. His opponent tossed {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} into the middle in disgust.

"Runner-runner huh?" he asked.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeffrey Trudeau
35,000
35,000
35,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0