There are 80 players currently remaining out of 268 entrants so far. Registration for this second flight will remain open for one more level before it closes at approximately 8:10 p.m.
There are 80 players currently remaining out of 268 entrants so far. Registration for this second flight will remain open for one more level before it closes at approximately 8:10 p.m.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500

Just before this $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event, the $1,100 MSPT Venetian Main Event played out and attracted 464 runners which generated a $447,670 prize pool. At the end of it, Nghia Nguyen defeated Dylan Linde in heads-up play to claim the title and $90,215.
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nghia Nguyen | $90,215 |
| 2 | Dylan Linde | $61,274 |
| 3 | Noam Muallem | $43,209 |
| 4 | Kfir Nahum | $30,895 |
| 5 | Jared Kingery | $23,284 |
| 6 | Eric Siegel | $17,463 |
| 7 | Saad Ghanem | $12,985 |
| 8 | Jeff Madsen | $9,851 |
| 9 | Eric Salazar | $8,060 |
Maziar Keshavarzi opened to 5,500, and after a player flatted, Mitchell Halverson three-bet to 17,000. Keshavarzi moved all in for 75,000 and only Halverson called.
Maziar Keshavarzi: ![]()
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Mitchell Halverson: ![]()
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Keshavarzi held the inferior pocket pair, but the ![]()
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flop vaulted him into the lead, and the
and
confirmed the result as he got up and gave a clap of his hands following the unlikely runout.
"I've never seen you lose an all-in," remarked Halverson as Keshavarzi collected the pot from the fortunate double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
90,000
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90,000 |
|
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160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Just before the blinds went up, a player under the gun flatted, Ankush Mandavia raised to 5,000 in the cutoff, Alex Foxen flatted the button, and the under-the-gun player called.
The trio checked the ![]()
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flop to the
turn, and action checked to Mandavia who bet 16,000. Foxen folded and the under-the-gun player thought for a while before eventually sending his cards into the muck as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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75,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
With roughly 10,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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flop, Rich Alsup checked the big blind, Adam Hendrix checked in early position, and Pierce McKellar bet 4,000 in middle position.
Alsup responded with a check-raise to 12,000, and both opponents folded as the MSPT Hall of Famer added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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177,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
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75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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33,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
With 10,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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flop, Joseph Cheong checked the hijack and the cutoff bet 3,000. Cheong check-raised to 8,000 and his opponent continued.
The
landed on the turn and Cheong tossed in enough chips to cover his opponent's roughly 15,000 behind. His opponent called.
Opponent: ![]()
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Joseph Cheong: ![]()
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The
river failed to improve the aces to a flush, and Cheong claimed the pot with his straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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265,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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215,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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|
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165,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
155,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
125,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
110,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
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95,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
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75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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60,000 | |
|
|
||
|
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55,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
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35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
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30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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||
|
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28,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
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||
|
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25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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|
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17,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500