MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) Day 2 | MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)

06-14-2021 00:20 UTC-7

Peter Braglia Leads Going Into MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event Finale

Dan O'Hair

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

Day 2 began with 309 hopefuls looking to continue their path toward poker glory and a $412,086 first-place prize. After 15 levels, just 15 players remained in the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event.

Yet again, it was Peter Braglia who managed to bag the biggest stack, having done so already on Day 1c. This time, he will bring nearly eight million (7,925,000) to battle on the green felt. Not far behind him is Raman Afanasenko, who bagged 7,420,000 in chips.

Eliminations came swiftly out the gate of Day 2, and the bubble burst shortly after the first break of the day, with David Jackson and Jordan Jayne sharing the title of "bubble boy" after both were eliminated during hand-for-hand play at the same time at different tables.

Some notables who managed to cash include Nadya Magnus, Scott Davies, Joseph Cheong, Ryan Laplante, Ralph Perry, and Jesse Sylvia, who was all in on the direct bubble with jacks and held against .

The final 15 will re-draw for seats and play down to an eventual champion tomorrow at noon local time.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as we will be on site to bring you all the action from the final day of the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event!

06-13-2021 23:48 UTC-7

Anthony Potis Eliminated in 16th Place ($26,651)

Dan O'Hair

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

Anthony Potis shoved for his last 900,000 from late position and was called by Chance Kornuth from the big blind.

Kornuth:
Potis:

Potis was behind and the runout failed to improve Potis' hand and eliminated him in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Potis	Busted

06-13-2021 23:15 UTC-7

Dominick Sannino Eliminated in 17th Place ($26,651)

Dan O'Hair

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

Dominick Sannino ended up all-in preflop against Kelly Kielbasa.

Sannino:
Kielbasa:

The board ran out and Sannino was eliminated in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominick Sannino	Busted

06-13-2021 23:10 UTC-7

Tony Tran Eliminated in 18th Place ($26,651)

Dan O'Hair

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

Tony Tran got into a preflop raising war against Rhett Rademacher that led to them getting all in preflop.

Rheet held queens while Tran had and the board failed to improve him, eliminating him in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Tran	Busted

06-13-2021 21:03 UTC-7

Liebert Spikes a Queen to Survive

Dan O'Hair

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

It appeared that a player raised in early position and Kathy Liebert went all in from middle position. Behind her, Esther Fedorkevich, who had Liebert covered, also went all in and the original raiser folded.

Liebert:
Fedorkevich:

The flop and turn had Liebert all but sent to the rail, but a fell on the river --- giving Liebert a set of queens and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	2,000,000	1,250,000
Esther Fedorkevich	700,000	-250,000

06-13-2021 20:39 UTC-7

Wilson Sends James to The Rail With Rags

Dan O'Hair

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

It was folded around to the small blind, where Brock Wilson put out enough chips to pu Kenna James all in from the big. James called off and hands were revealed.

James:
Wilson:

James was a favorite to double up, but the left James drawing slim.

The turn sealed the deal and an irrelevant completed the board — knocking James out of contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	2,100,000	1,809,500
Kenna James	Busted

06-13-2021 19:18 UTC-7

Afanasenka Takes Out Ausmus

Dan O'Hair

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

Raman Afanasenka opened to 80,000 from the hijack and was called by Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind.

The flop came and Ausmus checked to Afanasenka, who bet 85,000. Ausmus then announced he was all in for a bit over 400,000 and Afanasenka asked for a count. After getting a rough idea of the total, Afanasenka announced a call.

Afanasenka:
Ausmus:

Ausmus was on a draw and would need some help to double up and survive.

The turn and river left Ausmus unimproved and he was eliminated from the tournamnent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raman Afanasenka	3,600,000	3,419,500
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

06-13-2021 16:21 UTC-7

Baldwin Catches Turn; Scoops Massive Pot

Dan O'Hair

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

Three players were all in for about a 1.4 million chip pot on a flop, including Eric Baldwin on the button and Max Corcoran in the big blind.

Early position player:
Baldwin:
Corcoran:

Max Corcoran had the best of it with two pair, but the turn gave Baldwin a superior two pair to take the lead.

The river bricked out and Baldwin scooped the enormous pot, leaving Corcoran with just 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	1,400,000	500,000
Max Corcoran	60,000	-640,000

06-13-2021 14:06 UTC-7

Sylvia Survives The Bubble

Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jesse Sylvia opened to 38,000, leaving himself just 25,000 behind. Action folded to the player in the small bind, who went all in for about 200,000. Action folded back to Sylvia, who waited until he was sure they were the last table to have an all in, and then called to put himself at risk.

Sylvia:
Small blind:

"It would be a poetic way to go out," Sylvia remarked.

The board ran out and Sylvia doubled up and avoided being the bubble boy.