MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event

11-23-2020 14:24 UTC-8

Peppe Doubles First Hand Back

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Vic Peppe was just seen with a stack that was double what he had before going to break and confirmed that he got a full double from Randy Froelich on the first hand after break.

"Set over set," said Peppe. "He had fives, I had sevens."

Froelich hit a set of fives on the flop and proceeded to put Peppe all in on the turn , where Peppe quickly called after hitting a bigger set and faded the case five on the river to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vic Peppe	850,000 415,000	415,000
Randy Froelich	390,000 -220,000	-220,000

Tags: Vic Peppe Randy Froelich

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

11-23-2020 14:01 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Pengelly	Busted

Day 1 Chip Leader Sisler Falls

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HillKerby

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

All of the chips got into the middle preflop with Scott Sisler at risk for his last 400,000 in the small blind. The under-the-gun Scott Vesilek gave him action.

Scott Sisler:
Scott Vesilek:

Sisler found a possibility for a chop on the turn of a runout , but ultimately was left dry to result in his elimination. Meanwhile, Vesilek now has a stack of 1.11 million.

Also eliminated before Sisler was Derek Gregory, and Jeremy Pekarek hit the rail shortly after Sisler busted. The trio of eliminations brings the field down to 41, just one away from reaching five tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Vesilek	1,110,000
Scott Sisler	Busted
Derek Gregory	Busted
Jeremy Pekarek	Busted

Tags: Derek Gregory Jeremy Pekarek Scott Sisler Scott Vesilek

11-23-2020 13:38 UTC-8

Another Round of Chip Counts

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

Stephen Brown and Brett Reiss have become the most recent additions to the list of finishers to earn $6,556. More chip counts from around the room have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Eberle	2,444,000 -255,000	-255,000
Hesam Alagha	1,635,000 305,000	305,000

Joey Weissman	1,230,000 698,000	698,000

Rick Lee	1,225,000 244,000	244,000
Steven Stout	889,000 504,000	504,000
Jorden Helstern	880,000 438,000	438,000
Dinh Ba	830,000 258,000	258,000
Saad Ghanem	795,000 115,000	115,000
Korey Payne	655,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Rocco	620,000 360,000	360,000

Kareem Marshall	595,000 -35,000	-35,000
Benjamin Thomas	583,000 102,000	102,000
Jonathan Lawson	560,000 -76,000	-76,000
Quy Dao	540,000 -115,000	-115,000
Chet Sickle	474,000 -104,000	-104,000
Vic Peppe	435,000 -100,000	-100,000
Vytautas Atkocaitis	340,000 -68,000	-68,000
Chan Kim	220,000 -14,000	-14,000

11-23-2020 13:31 UTC-8

Photos from Day 3 of the 2020 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event

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11-23-2020 13:22 UTC-8

Kusnerak Doubles Through Pengelly In Fortunate Fashion

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

Daniel Kusnerak was in the small blind called an open before Will Pengelly three-bet shoved for over 800,000. The original opener folded and then Kusnerak called all in for 639,000.

Daniel Kusnerak:
Will Pengelly:

The flop looked as if it were going to give Pengelly a seven-figure stack en route to knocking out Kusnerak, but the turn changed everything as Kusnerak found himself picking up a set of tens. The river further improved him to a full house and the double was sent his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Kusnerak	1,358,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Ralph Massey	725,000 -40,000	-40,000
Will Pengelly	181,000 -489,000	-489,000

Tags: Daniel Kusnerak Ralph Massey Will Pengelly

11-23-2020 13:10 UTC-8

A Round of Chip Counts

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

Forty-six players now remain after the recent eliminations of Thien Tran and Andy Rogowski. An updated assortment of chip counts has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lytle	2,980,000 -908,000	-908,000
Jason Obinger	1,930,000 909,000	909,000
David Poces	1,645,000 581,000	581,000

Martin Zamani	1,400,000 -258,000	-258,000
Randy Froelich	610,000 51,000	51,000
Michael Walsh	596,000 109,000	109,000
Jeremy Pekarek	520,000 -102,000	-102,000

Scott Sisler	480,000 53,000	53,000
Satoshi Tanaka	470,000 -38,000	-38,000

Vy Nguyen	463,000 6,000	6,000
Scott Vesilek	375,000 14,000	14,000
Anselmo Villareal	295,000 -117,000	-117,000
Chris Wise	275,000 92,000	92,000
Joel Baker	230,000 -176,000	-176,000
Zach Gutierrez	200,000 -203,000	-203,000
Nadya Magnus	178,000 -28,000	-28,000
Andy Rogowski	Busted
Thien Tran	Busted

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

11-23-2020 13:00 UTC-8

Matsuzuki Doubles Through Grech; Six Tables Remain

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

All of the chips got into the middle between Don Matsuzuki in the cutoff and Zachary Grech, who was on the button, and the dealer was putting three cards onto the felt in preparation to spread the flop.

Don Matsuzuki:
Zachary Grech:

The runout came to give Matsuzuki aces up and earn him the double. His stack was counted to 345,000, and the two players more or less traded stacks as a result.

Moments earlier, Bob Shao and Gary Hansen were recently eliminated from the tournament, bringing the field down to 48 players across six full tables. Updated chip counts from a chunk of the room have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salim Admon	2,430,000 1,339,000	1,339,000
Sukhdip Sangha	1,300,000 773,000	773,000
Don Matsuzuki	706,000 147,000	147,000
Angel Lopez	550,000 66,000	66,000

Vic Peppe	535,000 107,000	107,000
Derek Gregory	403,000 -57,000	-57,000
Zachary Grech	376,000 -114,000	-114,000

Desmond Haynes	242,000 -230,000	-230,000
Bob Shao	Busted
Gary Hansen	Busted

Tags: Bob Shao Don Matsuzuki Gary Hansen Zachary Grech