Harlen Miller beats 2,790 players in the MSPT Venetian Main Event
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An amazing 2,695 entries were made in the four starting days for the price of a $1,100 entry fee Mid-States Poker Tour ( MSPT Main Event Venetianmeaning there was a total of $2,694,309 up for the prize pool.
The lion's share eventually went to 63-year-old Harlen Miller, who more than tripled his earnings with a $385,695 first place prize.
It was his second Venetian title, after beating the $385 senior tournament with a $67,510 buy-in back 935.
"I skipped my niece's wedding to participate in this tournament," PokerNews Miller told reporters. “I just had a hunch. At least now I can buy her a better wedding gift. "
Miller entered the game one-on-one with Ryan Dodd with a significant chip lead, but found a couple of timely doubles to take the lead. On the final hand, Dodd moved all in with AJ. against Pocket queens Miller.
Flop AJ.6
gave Dodd two pair and a good chance to double back to the game, but the turn and river dropped 002
K.
to give Miller a back-call straight and the tournament's final pot.
The final table was also attended by top poker players Aaron Massey (9th), Jimmy Tran (6th) and Jonathan Tamayo (5th).
Tamayo picked up a $86.692 for fifth place, making his career live tournament earnings just over $ 2 million. A poker player from Texas only lost a week from winning 1$, the 86th event in Wynn Summer Classic for the $236,927 and now sits 15th in Card Player Player of the Ranking of the year.
Here are the final table results.
Place
Player
Payment
POY Points
1
Harlen Miller
$309,800
1,177
2
Ryan Dodd
$155,892
1,
3
Albert Knafo
$107,800
800
4
Matthew Elsby
$86 ,
600
5
Jonathan Tamayo
$86,600
500
6
Jimmy Tran
$67, 86
500
7
Robert Noah l
$67,309
177
8
Jimmy Lujan
$15, 801
177
9
Aaron Massey
$15,367
86
This MSPT the event is part of DeepStack Championship Poker Series currently taking place between May 3 and August 1 at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
* Photo of the winner courtesy of @VenetianPoker on Twitter.
