The Venetian

Alex Foxen Leads Stacked Final Table To Day 3 Of The MSPT $5,000 Venetian Main Event!

The $5,000 buy-in, $1 million guarantee MSPT Venetian Main Event attracted 125 runners on Day 1, and only 48 of them bagged for Day 2 action. Another 53 entrants entered today, making a total of 178 entries.

After a little over nine levels of play on Day 2, just ten players remain with the GPI’s #5 ranked player Alex Foxen and his bag of 984,000 leading the way. Aussie pro Kahle Burns (769,000), MSPT bestbet Regional Champ Blake Whittington (760,000) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell (729,000) are all close behind.

Meanwhile WSOP bracelet winner Joey Weissman (482,000), partypoker MILLIONS Germany runner-up Pavel Plesuv (420,000) and high stakes tournament phenom Jake Schindler (418,000) all sit with comfortable stacks. Phong “Turbo” Nguyen (302,000), Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford (263,000) and David Malka (214,000) round out our final table.

Eighteen players got paid, meaning plenty of players hit the rail short of a cash including actress and WSOP bracelet winner Jennifer Tilly, 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan Riess, former MSPT champs Rodger Johnson and Josh Reichard, WSOP bracelet winners Taylor Paur, Ryan D’Angelo, and Thomas Cannuli, high-stakes poker pro and commentator Olivier Busquet, and the bubble boy Jack Duong.

Once the bubble burst, a few players took home a cash before the night came to a close including WSOP bracelet winners Sam Soverel (18th - $14,000) and Elio Fox (17th - $14,000), Josias Santos (14th - $16,000), Robin Hegele (13th - $16,000) and Dylan Linde (11th - $19,000).

Day 3 will kick off at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday and play down to a winner. Not only will we capture the action here in the live updates, we will be live streaming the action on our RFID table complete with hole cards and commentary. Be sure to tune in and catch all the action as the remaining 10 players shoot for the $270,000 first-place prize!

Dylan Linde Eliminated In 11th Place ($19,000)

Dylan Linde ripped his last 159,000 from the hijack, and Kahle Burns called in the cutoff.

Linde:
Burns:

Linde didn’t improve on a flop, and the turn meant he needed a king or queen to avoid bubbling the live-streamed final table. The was safe for Burns, and players are now bagging and tagging for the night.

Dylan Linde - Eliminated in 11th place for $19,000

Jan Schwippert Eliminated In 12th Place ($19,000)

Blake Whittington raised to 22,000 on the button, then called a three-bet shove to 120,000 from Jan Schwippert in the big blind.

Whittington:
Schwippert:

Whittington needed an ace to take the lead, and he found one on the flop, giving him two-pair and the advantage. The turn meant that Schwippert needed a seven to survive, but he was left wanting with the on the river.

Blake Whittington - 620,000 (77.5 bb)
Jan Schwippert - Eliminated in 12th place for $19,000

Dylan Linde Doubles Through Kahle Burns

Dylan Linde raised to 17,000 from the button, and Kahle Burns three-bet to 55,000 from the small blind. Linde four-bet jammed for 139,000 and Burns called.

Linde:
Burns:

Burns didn’t find any help on a flop, but the turn gave him some hope with a flush draw. He bricked off on the river, however, and Linde doubled up.

Kahle Burns - 782,000 (98 bb)
Dylan Linde - 294,000 (37 bb)

Robin Hegele Eliminated In 13th Place ($16,000)

Kahle Burns raised to 17,000 on the button, and Robin Hegele three-bet shoved for 164,000 in the big blind. Burns called.

Burns:
Hegele:

Burns’ kicker was in command, and the flop and turn meant Hegele needed a deuce or three to win, or a five or four to chop. The river kept Burns in front with kings with an ace-queen-six kicker, and Hegele headed to get paid.

Kahle Burns - 950,000 (119 bb)
Robin Hegele - Eliminated in 13th place for $16,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Kahle Burns	773000	410000
Kristen Bicknell	700000	436500
Pavel Plesuv	620000	534000
Alex Foxen	570000	650000
Jake Schindler	560000	575000
Blake Whittington	500000	470000
Conor Beresford	377000	198000
Joey Weissman	355000	261500
Jan Schwippert	246000	228000
Phong Nguyen	175000	150000
Robin Hegele	172000	195000
David Malka	145000	160000
Dylan Linde	138000	156000

Brock Wilson Eliminated In 15th Place ($16,000); Josias Santos Eliminated In 14th Place ($16,000)

Kristen Bicknell raised to 14,000 from the lojack, and Josias Santos called from the button. Brock Wilson then three-bet shoved for 105,000 from the big blind, and Bicknell four-bet shoved to cover Santos’ last 135,000 total. Santos called.

Bicknell:
Santos:
Wilson:

Bicknell’s jacks increased their lead on a dry flop, and Wilson was drawing dead after the hit the turn. Santos could survive with an ace or queen, but he found neither on a river, and both he and Wilson hit the rail.

Kristen Bicknell - 700,000 (117 bb)
Josias Santos - Eliminated in 14th place for $16,000
Brock Wilson - Eliminated in 15th place for $16,000

Seth Davies Eliminated In 16th Place ($14,000)

Seth Davies raised to 16,000 from the cutoff, and Alex Foxen called from the button, as did Kahle Burns in the big blind.

The flop was checked by Burns and Davies, and Foxen bet 16,000. Burns check-raised to 51,000, and Davies three-bet jammed for 161,500. Foxen folded, and Burns said, “Gotta try to get lucky,” before sticking in a call.

Davies:
Burns:

Burns got lucky in a hurry with a on the turn, meaning Davies needed to fill up to survive. The was no help, however, and Davies headed to the payout desk.

Kahle Burns - 795,000 (132.5 bb)
Seth Davies - Eliminated in 16th place for $14,000

Sam Soverel Eliminated in 18th Place ($14,000); Elio Fox Eliminated In 17th Place ($14,000)

Sam Soverel and Elio Fox busted out shortly after the bubble burst, each taking home $14,000.

Jack Duong Bubbles MSPT $5,000 Venetian Main Event

Jack Duong opened from the cutoff, and Jake Schindler three-bet shoved for 175,000 effective from the small blind, forcing out Sam Soverel. Duong elected to call, and the hands were tabled.

Duong:
Schindler:

It was a flip for Duong, who needed to hold on to avoid missing out on a minimum $14,000 payday. The flop was disaster for Duong, however, as he now had just two outs to survive. The was no good for Duong, and the river gave Schindler a higher flush and left Duong as our bubble boy.

Jake Schindler - 575,000 (96 bb)
Jack Duong - Busted