The 90 remaining players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Orlando Romero raised to 17,000 in early position and action folded to Matthew Alton, who reraised to 120,000. Romero four-bet shoved for 202,000 once it became his turn to do so and Alton made the call after receiving confirmation of the amount.
Orlando Romero:
Matthew Alton:
Romero saw a smooth runout of roll onto the board and the double was sent his way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orlando Romero |
424,000
70,000
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70,000 |
Matthew Alton |
165,000
-242,000
|
-242,000 |
The following players finished 105-112th ($2,179).
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeannette Mendez | Busted | |
Benjamin Klier | Busted | |
Brandon Miller | Busted | |
Roger Vi | Busted | |
Keith Collins | Busted | |
Chet Sickle | Busted | |
Scott Bjorlin | Busted | |
Robert Steinmetz | Busted |
Sean Yu saw action fold to him on the button and opened to 20,000. Jessica Berryhill three-bet shoved for 94,000 and Yu thought for a few moments before dropping in chips to call.
Jessica Berryhill:
Sean Yu:
Berryhill pulled ahead on the flop and remained there as the turn and river completed the runout to earn her the dub.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jessica Berryhill |
204,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
Sean Yu |
110,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Lee Markholt had raised in the small blind after action folded to him and Jacob Beck re-shoved in the big blind. The raise had been pulled into the middle and the dealer was counting up the remaining 81,000 that Markholt needed to call. After he got the number, he put in chips to match.
Jacob Beck:
Lee Markholt:
The board ran out , leaving Beck unable to improve to result in his elimination at the expense of Markholt. Markholt now finds himself with 660,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lee Markholt |
660,000
379,500
|
379,500 |
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Jacob Beck | Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The following players have been eliminated of late to round out the first level of payouts at $1,961.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Prathap Gannamaneni | Busted | |
Zachary Reinbold | Busted | |
Jesse Lonis | Busted | |
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Robert Natividad | Busted | |
Todd Sladek | Busted | |
Robert Zeidman | Busted | |
Sebastiaan De Jonge | Busted | |
Aaron Massey | Busted |
Kyna England opened to 15,000 in middle position and was three-bet to 45,000 by Jesse Vilchez in the hijack. Action folded back to England and she called, taking action heads up to a flop of . Both players checked.
England made a bet of 40,000 on the turn and Vilchez called, bringing the river . England checked and Vilchez put out a bet of 120,000, just under half his remaining stack. England thought for over a minute, taking out her headphones for some of that time to fully consider the hand. Eventually, she found a call.
Vilchez rolled over for three fours and England mucked, unable to top it. With the pot, Vilchez now finds himself over 500K while England has dipped below 200,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jesse Vilchez |
583,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Kyna England |
184,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
The first eight in-the-money eliminations have occurred and 120 players now remain. All of the following players earned $1,961 for their efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ryan Hughes | Busted | |
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Austin Yoo | Busted | |
Paul Carney | Busted | |
David Jackson | Busted | |
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Jacqueline Burkhart | Busted | |
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Makram Merhom | Busted | |
Min Zhang | Busted | |
Peter Chu | Busted |
Brandon Lombardo was just seen with a stack north of 600,000 and was kind enough to fill in the details on how he got there. A player raised under the gun and action folded around to the player on the button, who re-jammed for 88,000.
Lombardo reraised all in for the 160,000 effective in the original opener's stack, and they called for a three-way all in.
Under the Gun:
Player on the Button:
Brandon Lombardo:
The flop kept the hand interesting as Lombardo flopped top set but was needed to fade another heart to win the pot. He did just that as the turn and river completed the runout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brandon Lombardo |
635,000
332,000
|
332,000 |