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

01-30-2020 04:23 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Del Vecchio	230,000 171,000	171,000

Joseph Cheong	120,000 18,000	18,000

Louise Francoeur	96,000 29,000	29,000
Rodger Johnson	90,000 68,200	68,200
Mark Ioli	85,000

Wade Bowling	67,500
Donnie Phan	67,500 19,500	19,500
Jeremy Ausmus	59,000 23,000	23,000

Ashley Sleeth	42,000 36,300	36,300
Robert Peacock	26,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	82,000 28,300	28,300

Another Notable Name In The Crowd

Jesse Fullen

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Sorel Mizzi has been found in the crowd with a stack nearly double the current chip average. Mizzi is currently 58th on the all time money list with $12,679,915 in live earnings!

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	142,000 115,000	115,000

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

01-30-2020 03:32 UTC

Laplante Teaches Pro Poker at the Table

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Jesse Fullen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ryan Laplante was nursing a stack of nearly 40,000 when he found himself in the big blind with . Action folded around to the player on the button who decided to make a small raise. Laplante defended his big blind looking to see if he could improve.

Flop:

Laplante checked to the player on the button who decided to bet. Laplante raised and quickly both players were all in.

Laplante:
Opponent:

The table had shocked reactions as the board completed with to give Laplante a boat for a full double.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	80,500 55,500	55,500

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01-30-2020 03:25 UTC

Another Notable Name in the Field

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Jesse Fullen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jeremy Ausmus has been found in the tournament room with a healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	53,700 53,700	53,700

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01-30-2020 03:09 UTC

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Jesse Fullen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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01-30-2020 03:00 UTC

Another Round of Chip Updates

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Jesse Fullen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	102,000 58,000	58,000

Noam Muallem	80,500 80,500	80,500
Ashley Sleeth	78,300 9,700	9,700
Chris Johnson	77,000
Casey Stewart	62,000 37,000	37,000
Wade Bowling	55,400 20,400	20,400
Scott Clements	36,000 30,400	30,400

Barry Hutter	28,000

Jim Pennella	25,500 15,500	15,500
Leonardo Valenzuela	16,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-30-2020 02:45 UTC

Time For A Break

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Jesse Fullen

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are off on their third fifteen-minute break of the day. After this break, registration for Day 1a of the MSPT Poker Bowl IV will come to a close, with the Day 1b flight kicking off tomorrow at 12:10 pm.