MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)
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MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)
Day: 3
Welcome to the Day 3 Finale of the 2021 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Buy-in $1.5 Million GTD Main Event
After five long days poker, the final day of the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour $1,100 (1.5M GTD) Main Event has arrived. Through 2,790 entries, just 15 remain standing. They will all be competing for a prestigious MSPT Main Event title and a cool $367,801 first-place prize that goes along with it.
Leading the bunch is Albert Knafo with just over $13 million in chips, but as is always the case in poker — it could be anybody's day to shine.
Play is set to begin at noon local time and play down to an eventual winner.
Continue to follow PokerNews as we race toward a final table and crown another Mid-Stakes Poker Tour champion!
Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 1 | Bobby Noel | 3,200,000 |
| 44 | 2 | Thong Tran | 3,200,000 |
| 44 | 3 | Ryan Dodd | 9,150,000 |
| 44 | 4 | Aaron Massey | 2,625,000 |
| 44 | 6 | Matthew Elsby | 5,515,000 |
| 44 | 7 | Albert Knafo | 13,665,000 |
| 44 | 9 | Adam Walton | 3,200,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | Joon Park | 3,155,000 |
| 45 | 2 | Jimmy Lujan | 9,000,000 |
| 45 | 3 | Harlen Miller | 3,100,000 |
| 45 | 4 | Jonathan Tamayo | 4,545,000 |
| 45 | 6 | Christopher Perez | 3,275,000 |
| 45 | 7 | Francis Anderson | 3,800,000 |
| 45 | 8 | Malik Zaman | 2,900,000 |
| 45 | 9 | Raman Afanasenka | 2,225,000 |
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are now in the air!
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Malik Zaman Eliminated in 15th Place ($25,577)
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Harlen Miller opened to 500,000 from the lojack and was three-bet to 1.5 million by Malik Zaman from the blind.
The flop came 
and Zaman went all in for about two million and Miller called.
Miller: 
Zaman: 
Miller had outflopped Zaman with a pair of queens and 
turn and 
river saw Miller double through Zaman., leaving Zaman with about 500k behind.
Zaman then shoved for his last 500,000 from the cutoff a couple hands later and was called by Joon Park in the small blind.
Park: 
Zaman: 
Zaman again found himself with pocket jacks against .
The 
flop kept Zaman safe, but a on the river left him drawing slim. A 
river sealed his fate in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,600,000 | 2,500,000 |
|
Busted |
Raman Afanasenka Eliminated in 14th Place ($25,577)
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Raman Afanasenka open-shoved for his last 2.2 million from the lojack and action folded around to Harlen Miller on the button, who also went all in. Both blinds folded and hands were tabled.
Miller:
Afanasenka: 
The board ran out 
and Afanasenka was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000,000 | 2,400,000 |
|
Busted |
Joon Park Eliminated in 13th Place ($25,577)
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action folded around to Joon Park in the small blind, who shoved for about three million. Jimmy Lujan quickly called for the big blind and hands were revealed.
Lujan: 
Park:
It was the classic Hold'em race, but the 
flop pulled Park way out in front with a set of queens.
The turn gave Lujan a sweat to a flush or a ten and, as fate would have it, a 
river provided Lujan with a runner-runner flush to eliminate Park in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000,000 | 6,640,000 |
|
Busted |
Lavender Chip Color Up
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
The two remaining tables are now racing off the 5,000-denomination chips.
Play will resume shortly.
Tran Doubles Through Knafo
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Thong Tran shoved for about two million from the cutoff and was called by Albert Knafo in the big blind.
Knafo:
Tran: 
The board ran out 
and Tran doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000 | 1,000,000 |