MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
A player in early position limped and Catherine Dever raised to 1,200. Action folded around to Benjamin Moon, who called on the button. The player in the small blind then re-raised to 6,700. Only Dever called.
The flop came ![]()
![]()
and the player in the small bet enough to put Dever all in for her last 15,500. Dever folded and is down to about half of her original stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 0
On a board of ![]()
![]()
![]()
, Andrew Moreno had a bet of 5,000 in front of him from the big blind. It appeared that his lone opponent had raised to 13,200 on the button and Moreno called.
The
completed the board and both players checked. Moreno tabled ![]()
for rivered trips and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
29,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
15,000
500
|
500 |
Players are now on their first break of the day. The field is up to 160 entries.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
A player in the hijack open limped and the cutoff, button, and small blind all followed suit. Allen Kessler checked his option in the big and the flop came ![]()
![]()
. Action checked to the player in the hijack, who bet 1,100. Everyone folded but Kessler.
The turn brought the
and Kessler checked, prompting an all-in bet for about 7,000 from his opponent. Kessler called and hands were revealed.
Kessler: ![]()
![]()
Hijack: ![]()
![]()
Kessler had turned the flush, and the
river bricked out for his opponent — sending him to the rail and chipping Kessler up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
With about 2,500 in the pot already on a ![]()
![]()
![]()
board, it appeared the player in the small blind bet 5,000 and Eyal Bensimhon went all in in early position.
The small blind tanked for some time, but eventually stuck his remaining 27,000 into the middle.
Bensimhon: ![]()
![]()
Small blind: ![]()
![]()
Bensimhon was drawing to two outs, and the
river confirmed his opponent's double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Jonathan Tamayo opened to 600 first to act and found one caller in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
![]()
and the big blind check-called a 1,000 bet from Tamayo.
Tamayo's opponent checked again on the
turn, and Tamayo again fired — this time for 2,500. The big blind folded and Tamayo scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,000 | |
|
|
||