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

MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$327,773
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Total Entries
1,239
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
170
Players Left
54
Players Left 1 / 1,239
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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Massey Puts Keeline To the Test

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Aaron Massey in Day 1b action
Aaron Massey in Day 1b action

Aaron Massey was in middle position and opened to 6,000. Ben Keeline three-bet to 25,000 on the button and action made its way back to Massey, who put out a full stack of blue chips worth 5,000 apiece.

Having chipped up over 100,000, Keeline found himself with an effective decision for his remaining stack. He thought for about 20 seconds and then threw his cards towards the dealer's left hand, where they joined all other players' mucked hole cards to earn Massey the pot.

Despite the lost pot, Keeline is over 100,000, while Massey has continued his hot start on the afternoon and is now closing in on 300,000.

Tags: Aaron MasseyBen Keeline

Simanovsky Holds For a Double

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

All of the chips had gotten into the middle preflop with Oleg Simanovsky all in for 57,000 in the small blind and having received action from an opponent in middle position.

Oleg Simanovsky: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Middle Position: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

A nine-high runout of {3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Clubs} came to earn Simanovsky the double with no real concern along the way.

Tags: Oleg Simanovsky

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

A Look at Last Weekend's MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Landon Tice, photo courtesy of MSPT
Landon Tice, photo courtesy of MSPT

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.

Click here to read more about Landon Tice's big MSPT win!

MSPT Venetian Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Landon Tice$201,529
2Brandon Lombardo$135,074
3Jesse Vilchez$91,502
4Sara Stohler$62,091
5Abraham Hichman$40,304
6Byung Shin$30,501
7David Larson$22,876
8Andrew Rodgers$17,429

Chip Counts from Around the Room

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

Registration Has Closed

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

The first break is over and Level 13 is now underway. With its commencement, registration has officially closed. The tournament clock displays 158 Day-2 entries and 304 remaining players, though official numbers have yet to be announced.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500