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

01-31-2020 06:33 UTC

Shlez's Big Bet Leads to a Big Fold

Jesse Fullen

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded to a late position player who made a small raise to 7,000. Vadim Shlez was directly on his left and re-raised to 20,000. Both players in the blinds chose to fold and the original raiser hesitated briefly before making the call.

Flop:

The original raiser immediately went into the tank after the flop was shown.

He gently tapped the table signifying a check and Shlez down clicked for a bet of 18,000.

Before Shlez's chips even hit the table, his opponent's cards were mucked.

01-31-2020 06:32 UTC

Play a Hand With Ryan Laplante

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Jesse Fullen

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

1b @msptpoker bb2k. I have 155k.
— Ryan Laplante🏳️‍🌈 (@Protentialmn)

01-31-2020 06:31 UTC

Another Round of Chip Updates

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Jesse Fullen

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Truong	500,000 196,000	196,000
Eyal Al Revah	313,000 153,000	153,000
Sergio Fernandez	290,000 105,000	105,000
Scott Clements	267,000 13,000	13,000

Kathy Liebert	187,000 13,000	13,000

[Removed:460]	148,000 148,000	148,000
Ashley Sleeth	112,000 2,000	2,000
William Hung	104,000 16,000	16,000
Joseph Matheson	84,000 51,000	51,000
Dale Willie	40,000 6,400	6,400

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

01-31-2020 05:59 UTC

Laplante Keeps Building His Towers

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Jesse Fullen

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ryan Laplante called 2,500 from the button and the small blind player folded. The player in the big blind considered raising but elected to simply check his option.

Flop:

Laplante's opponent checked and Laplante put one big blind forward for 2,500. His opponent called to see the roll off on the turn.

The player in the big blind checked again and Laplante bet 9,000. His opponent hesitated briefly before folding his hand face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	325,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Ryan Laplante

01-31-2020 05:43 UTC

Four Players Are Rising Above as Chip Leaders

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Jesse Fullen

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Fernandez	395,000 395,000	395,000
Patrick Truong	304,000 304,000	304,000
Scott Clements	280,000 202,000	202,000

Ryan Laplante	275,000 147,000	147,000

Tags: Sergio Fernandez

01-31-2020 05:24 UTC

Revah Tries a Hand Blind

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Jesse Fullen

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Just before the break, a player in the hijack position raised to 4,500. The small blind folded and Eyal Al Revah, who was in the big blind, called and stated, "I'm calling blind. I haven't looked yet."

With the flop, both players checked their option. After the turn, Revah began speaking again.

"You checked the flop. I haven't looked at my hand but I know I hit that and you didn't."

Revah bet 10,000 into the growing pot. Revah's opponent considered calling or raising for a brief moment but decided to fold.

"Pick a card. Let's see what I had," continued Revah as he was obviously having a fun time.

Revah's opponent chose a card and it was turned over to reveal the .

"I looked. I had a really good hand," said Revah as he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	160,000

Tags: Eyal Al Revah

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

01-31-2020 05:00 UTC

Last Break of the Night

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Jesse Fullen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on their final fifteen-minute break of the night.

01-31-2020 04:46 UTC

Deng Won't be Bullied

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Jesse Fullen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of .

Michelle Deng was in middle position and bet 7,000 after both the small and big blind positions checked to her. The player in the small blind made the call while the big blind found a fold.

Turn: