$1,100 Main Event | MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV

02-01-2020 22:41 UTC

Sleeth Shows Her Sneaky Side

Jesse Fullen

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ashley Sleeth raised to 25,000 from middle position receiving a call only from Michael Pearson in the big blind.

Flop:

Both Sleeth and Pearson checked the flop and the turn .

After the river, Pearson built the anticipation for a moment before announcing that he was all in. Sleeth asked the dealer, "Did he say all-in?" Immediately upon getting confirmation, Sleeth called.

Pearson showed his for kings full of eights but Sleeth's gave her aces full of kings for the best hand.

As Sleeth stacked up her new chips, the neighbor to the left gave his thoughts, "Somehow I knew. Somehow I just knew you had aces there!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Sleeth	265,000 120,000	120,000
Michael Pearson	Busted

Tags: Ashley Sleeth Michael Pearson

02-01-2020 21:55 UTC

William Hung Runs Into Jacks

Jesse Fullen

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

American Idol alum William Hung found himself all in against his neighbor to the left, Patrick Truong.

William Hung:
Patrick Truong:

The board blanked out improving neither Truong or Hung. Truong found himself playing the role of Simon Cowell, sending Hung home before the final. Hung finishesd in 85th place for $2,545.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Truong	980,000 575,000	575,000
William Hung	Busted

Tags: Patrick Truong William Hung

02-01-2020 20:30 UTC

Michael Zulker & Ronnie Abro Tie For 117th Place - Bubble Bursts!

Jesse Fullen

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A flurry of bustouts occurred and when the tournament staff made their official count, two players had busted on the same hand to chop 117th place.

Michael Zulker and Ronnie Abro will both split 117th place and take home $1,007 each. Meanwhile, the rest of the players are now in the money!

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02-01-2020 18:45 UTC

Who Will Walk Away with the $193,477 First Place Prize?

Jesse Fullen

The MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event attracted a record 1,093 entrants (Day 1a: 141, Day 1b: 361, and Day 1c: 591) to the felt, besting last year’s 1,022-entry field. The $1,000,000 guarantee was smashed, with a total prize pool of $1,060,210 up for grabs. 150 players return for Day 2 action, but only 117 will make the money, with a min-cash worth $2,014 and first-place taking home $193,477.

Starting Day 2 as our chip leader is Bob Whalen (pictured), who bagged 721,000. Whalen is far ahead of the Day 1a chip leaders, Matthew Waldt and Jeff Heiberg, who ended their flight tied with 441,000. Whalen also has a good distance between himself and Day 1c chip leader David Froyalde with 557,500. Whalen made a run for the record books here at Venetian Las Vegas in 2010 when he won 3 Deep Stack events within 2 weeks. Whalen hopes to capture that energy again and hopefully score his largest live cash ever!

Other big stacks include MSPT Poker Bowl II winner, Kfir Nahum (466,500), MSPT Hall of Fame Member: Kou Yang (365,500), Patrick Truong (626,500), and Sorel Mizzi (316,500)

Other players in action today include Robert Borick (180,000), William Hung (150,000), Kathy Liebert (183,500), Scott Epstein (126,500), J.C. Alvarado (127,500), Justin Young (119,500), Chip Jett (111,500), Ryan Laplante (96,000),Tony Dunst (87,500), and Kenna James (66,000)

Cards will be in the air in under an hour, so stay tuned for all the action straight from the tournament floor!

Tags: Bob Whalen Chip Jett David Jeff Heiberg Justin Young Kathy Liebert Kenna James Kfir Nahum Kou Yang Matthew Waldt Patrick Truong Robert Borick Ryan Laplante Scott Epstein Sorel Mizzi Tony Dunst William Hung