2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qx9x
Prize
$201,529
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
146
Players Left
1

Twenty Remain

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

In addition to Eric Siegel, three other players have been eliminated in the opening minutes since returning from the dinner break. Those players, Sam Devers, Rolando Wong, and Robert Maier finished in 22-24th place, respectively.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Devers
Busted
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Rolando Wong
Busted
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Robert Maier
Busted

Siegel Shoves Into a Bigger Hand

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

Action folded around to Eric Siegel in the hijack and shoved all in for 310,000. A couple of folds ensued and then Abraham Hichman called in the big blind.

Eric Siegel: {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Abraham Hichman: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Four blanks came on the flop {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and turn {5-Clubs}, and Hichman wound up being the one to improve on the river {a-Diamonds} to send Siegel to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Abraham Hichman
2,420,000
520,000
520,000
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Eric Siegel
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Final Three Tables Redraw and Chip Counts

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The tournament is currently on a 45-minute dinner break with three tables remaining. Chip counts and seat draws have been posted below, and play will resume at 6:59 p.m. local time.

TableSeatPlayerChip Count
121Rickey Lee875,000
122Jamie Bassett975,000
123Jason Seitz680,000
124Byung Shin455,000
125Sam Devers320,000
126Desmond Haynes265,000
127David Larson505,000
128Landon Tice5,675,000
151Rolando Wong930,000
152Keith Messing510,000
153Nick Pupillo955,000
154Benjamin Craig765,000
155Robert Maier285,000
156Sara Stohler2,395,000
157Andrew Rodgers1,370,000
158Mike Shin585,000
161Eric Siegel310,000
162Jesse Vilchez1,850,000
163Josias Santos1,320,000
164Sean Yu1,050,000
165Abraham Hichman1,900,000
166Raman Afanasenka1,320,000
167Brandon Lombardo715,000
168Orlando Romero440,000
Player Chips Progress
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Landon Tice
5,675,000
1,375,000
1,375,000
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Sara Stohler
2,395,000
-555,000
-555,000
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Abraham Hichman
1,900,000
1,090,000
1,090,000
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Jesse Vilchez
1,850,000
295,000
295,000
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Andrew Rodgers
1,370,000
1,147,000
1,147,000
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Josias Santos
1,320,000
440,000
440,000
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Raman Afanasenka
1,320,000
-580,000
-580,000
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Sean Yu
1,050,000
676,000
676,000
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Jamie Bassett
975,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
955,000
155,000
155,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rolando Wong us
Rolando Wong
930,000
443,000
443,000
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Rickey Lee
875,000
666,000
666,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Craig us
Benjamin Craig
765,000
-168,000
-168,000
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Brandon Lombardo
715,000
244,000
244,000
Profile photo of Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
680,000
377,000
377,000
Profile photo of Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
585,000
-125,000
-125,000
Profile photo of Keith Messing us
Keith Messing
510,000
510,000
510,000
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David Larson
505,000
-235,000
-235,000
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Byung Shin
455,000
-365,000
-365,000
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Orlando Romero
440,000
-203,000
-203,000
Profile photo of Sam Devers us
Sam Devers
320,000
212,000
212,000
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Eric Siegel
310,000
-75,000
-75,000
Jaka Coaching
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Robert Maier
285,000
-225,000
-225,000
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Desmond Haynes
265,000
-485,000
-485,000

Final Three Tables Reached

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The Final Three Tables
The Final Three Tables

Andrew Brinkley was on the button and re-shoved over a cutoff-open from Landon Tice, who called the shove to put Brinkley at risk for his tournament life.

Andrew Brinkley: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}
Landon Tice: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

No four came on the runout {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{a-Spades}{10-Spades}{k-Clubs} and Brinkley found himself eliminated from the tournament. Shortly beforehand, David Moses was also eliminated from the tournament. The pair of eliminations brings the field down to 24, and the tournament clock has been paused with just over a minute remaining until the dinner break while tables are cleaned and all remaining players draw for new seats.

An updated seat draw and list of chip counts will be provided shortly.

Player Chips Progress
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Landon Tice
4,300,000
800,000
800,000
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David Moses
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Andrew Brinkley
Busted

Siegel Turns a Wheel To Double

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Eric Siegel was down to his last 170,000 and shoved upon action folding to him in the cutoff. Desmond Haynes called in the big blind.

Eric Siegel: {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Desmond Haynes: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The flop came {2-Spades}{q-Spades}{3-Hearts}, increasing Siegel's number of outs by one despite Haynes hitting his already-higher kicker. One of those four new outs appeared on the turn {4-Diamonds} and he sailed to a double as the river {j-Clubs} completed the runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Desmond Haynes
750,000
185,000
185,000
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Eric Siegel
385,000
75,000
75,000
Jaka Coaching

Tice Up To 3.5 Million

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Landon Tice
Landon Tice

There was over 500,000 in the middle on a blind-on-blind battle between Raman Afanasenka in the small blind and Landon Tice in the big blind. The board read {6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and Afanasenka was facing a bet of 325,000 from Tice after checking to him on the final street.

Afanasenka thought over his decision for well over a minute and eventually dropped in chips to call. Tice tabled {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for the nut flush and Afanasenka sent his cards to the muck. With the pot, Tice now finds himself with about 3.5 million.

Player Chips Progress
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Landon Tice
3,500,000
2,520,000
2,520,000
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Raman Afanasenka
1,900,000
325,000
325,000
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Blake Whittington
Busted

Tags: Landon TiceRaman Afanasenka

Pupillo Gets a Sweaty Double

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

Action folded around to Eric Siegel in the small blind and he announced an all-in raise that was enough to put Nick Pupillo to a decision for his remaining chips in the big blind. Pupillo looked down at his cards and wasted no time calling.

Nick Pupillo: {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Eric Siegel: {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Pupillo found a sweat on the flop {5-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} as Siegel picked up an open-ended straight draw, but it would not fill as the turn {2-Spades} and river {7-Hearts} completed the runout to bring Pupillo up to 800,000.

Meanwhile, 28 players remain as Michael Shapira, JC Ruiz, and Alex Duvall were all recently sent to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Pupillo
800,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Eric Siegel
310,000
-335,000
-335,000
Jaka Coaching
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Michael Shapira
Busted
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JC Ruiz
Busted
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Alex Duvall
Busted

Tags: Alex DuvallEstevan TrevinoMichael ShapiraNick Pupillo

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000