Last weekend, the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw young up-and-comer Landon Tice capture a $201,529 top prize, his first career score in the live realm of poker and in what was only his third live poker tournament. Tice outlasted a field of 1,123 entries in doing so, a figure that generated a total prize pool of more than $1 million.
Prior to this tournament, the 21-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida had just three online tournament cashes on his resume from this past summer: Tice got his start in poker by playing micro-stakes cash games online and has worked his way up, a journey highlighted by a mentor of sorts in Joey Ingram. Tice can now add an MSPT championship to his list of accomplishments.
"It feels good, you know," said Tice after the tournament was over. "It feels so good!"
Tice won after a hard-fought heads-up battle against Brandon Lombardo that capped off a four-hour-long final table. Lombardo entered the match as a three-to-one underdog and held his ground, ultimately finding a double and taking the chip lead for a short time. However, nearly-even stacks went in when Tice made two pair on the river and he doubled to shorted Lombardo, who called Tice's shove with top pair.
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MSPT Venetian Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landon Tice | $201,529 |
| 2 | Brandon Lombardo | $135,074 |
| 3 | Jesse Vilchez | $91,502 |
| 4 | Sara Stohler | $62,091 |
| 5 | Abraham Hichman | $40,304 |
| 6 | Byung Shin | $30,501 |
| 7 | David Larson | $22,876 |
| 8 | Andrew Rodgers | $17,429 |
, finding a pair of jacks and a nut flush draw to go with it. The turn 
and river 
were smooth sailings and Thomas earned the double as a result.
, and Ba check-called off his remaining stack of at least 500,000 after the river.
, backdoor straight cards improved her nonetheless, keeping her alive as she took roughly half of Walsh's stack en route to a double.
