MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

MSPT $1,100 Venetian
Day: 2
Event Info

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$135,268
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
671
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
75
Players Left
1

Mazzola Busts Church

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

An under the gun player raised and Alex Mazzola three-bet shoved. Cy Church made the call from the next seat over and the under the gun player got out of the way. Church had Mazzola covered by 8,000.

Alex Mazzola: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Cy Church: {6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades} and Mazzola's ace high held to knock Church down to 8,000. Church was eliminated shortly after.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Mazzola
575,000
125,000
125,000
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Cy Church
Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Final Payouts (Top 72)

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
PlacePayout
1$135,268.00
2$89,681
3$62,938
4$45, 974
5$34,059
6$25,447
7$19,296
8$14,699
9$11,332
10-12$8,741
13-15$6,864
16-18$5,504
19-21$4,597
22-24$3,885
25-27$3,302
28-36$2,849
37-45$2,590
46-54$2,396
55-63$2,266
64-72$2,137

Ghanem Busts Buckingham to Burst Money Bubble

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Saad Ghanem
Saad Ghanem

With {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} on the flop, Saad Ghanem check-raised to 45,000 from the small blind. Action folded around to Kent Buckingham for the three-bet shove to 190,000. Ghanem went deep into the tank for a few minutes, lamenting how "sexy" his hand was before finally making the call.

Buckingham turned over {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a flopped set of eights. Ghanem showed {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flush draw and the chance at a straight.

The turn was {10-Hearts} and the river fell {2-Spades} to give Ghanem the flush in a celebration that included chicken noises.

The bubble is now burst and 72 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $2,137.

Player Chips Progress
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Saad Ghanem
432,000
215,000
215,000
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Kent Buckingham
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Day 2 Table Draw

TableSeatPlayerCount
101Sean Yu312000
102Kent Buckingham163,000
103Fredger West98,000
105Katrina Weaver182,000
106Todd Wilson98,000
107Jason Hickey177,000
108Daniel Sepiol371,000
109Saad Ghanem217,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
111Daniel Nack154,000
112Thu Nguyen388,000
114Ryan Laplante74,000
115Eric Salazar478,000
116Ilyas Muradi338,000
117Artem Zverkhovskyy261,000
118Jason Obinger219,000
119Steven Buckner121,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
121Kathy Liebert373,000
122Cody Wiegmann283,000
123Chris Meyers219,000
124John Thrasher108,000
125Terry Fleischer239,000
126Jordan Flaschner78,000
127Jason Crews60,000
129Dillyn Foy329,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
131Chen Xiaochun154,000
133Dhimitri Lleshi231,000
134Bilguun Odgerel173,000
135Blair Mathieson478,000
136Joseph Lam183,000
137Christopher Carey107,000
138Alex Mazzola450,000
139Satheesh Francis182,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
141Tony Wasaya427,000
142S L143,000
143Henry Liang252,000
144Elvis Toomas198,000
145Corey Hochman703,000
146Rohan Long252,000
147Demetrius Kermani66,000
148Dave Alfa206,000
149Cy Church358,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
151Mario Quijano154,000
152Francis Anderson352,000
153Thong Tran154,000
154Cole Keenan278,000
155Matthew Schultz345,000
156Jason Wheeler156,000
157Kenny Ho177,000
158Mark Babekov524,000
159Leonard August80,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
161Tyler Jamison400,000
162Jordan Cristos161,000
163Kenny Han88,000
165Michael Wang23,000
166Zach Donovan77,000
167Ashley Sleeth58,000
168Justin Scott381,000
169William Serra16,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
171Tan Nguyen160,000
173Michael Williams167,000
174Jerry Hapunik170,000
175Tsz Shing144,000
176Michael Bailey109,000
177Rupesh Pattni164,000
178Joel Baker110,000
179James Vales311,000
TableSeatPlayerCount
181Chau Nguyen274,000
182Katsushi Yoshida149,000
184Robert Pisel210,000
185Michael Berk363,000
186Matthew Lambrecht235,000
187Michael Laake267,000
188David Ouellette484,000
189Shahin Shojaeyan437,000

Corey Hochman Leads 75 Players Returning for Today's Finale of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Corey Hochman
Corey Hochman

After two days of poker and 671 total entries, the final 75 players will return to the Venetian Poker Room for Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event today to play for the championship and the $647,515 prize pool. The top 72 places will be paid and the min-cash is $2,137.

Corey Hochman of Phoenix, Arizona is the overall chip leader after a big pot late in Day 1b gave him the lead over 48 other surviving players with 703,000 in tournament chips. David Ouellette leads the 27 players from Day 1a with 484,000. Other Day 2 hopefuls include Kathy Liebert, Michael Berk, Ralph Massey, Terry Fleischer, Ryan Laplante, Chris Meyers, Katrina Weaver, and Mark Babekov.

Cards will go in the air at 11:00 a.m. Vegas time and players are encouraged to show up early to remove their chips from the bag. Play will start in Level 15 with 38:23 remaining and blinds of 5000/5000/3000. Blind levels are 40 minutes and play will continue today until there is a winner.

Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day as the live reporting team brings you all the action as it happens on the floor.