Anthony Scarborough Wins Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl

The Venetian Poker Room unveiled the state-of-the-art Venetian Poker Live studio on Monday, Feb. 10 on the Las Vegas Strip. The debut broadcast featured the ultimate desk of the 2025 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl $1,000,000 assured $1,600 no-limit maintain’em occasion. The match attracted 892 entries to surpass the assure by $271,100. In the tip, South Dakota’s Anthony Scarborough got here away with the trophy and the highest prize of $152,243.

This was the primary recorded stay match title for Scarborough, and the second-largest payday of his poker profession. It trails solely his fourth-place end within the 2023 World Series of Poker $777 ‘Lucky Sevens’ occasion for $168,777.

“It was a bucket list poker win,” Scarborough instructed MSPT reporters after popping out on prime. “This is the only Midwest tour that comes where I’m from so it’s like I would rather win this I think then a bracelet to be honest.”

Scarborough was awarded 912 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win, which was ample to catapult him inside the highest 30 within the 2025 POY race standing offered by Global Poker.

Venetian Poker Live is produced and distributed by PokerGO. The new studio room will likely be devoted to filming vlogging periods, huge money video games, and match ultimate tables, together with the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,000,0000 assured $1,600 no-limit maintain’em important occasion that runs from Feb. 12-16. The ultimate desk will likely be broadcast on Feb. 16.

The prime 99 finishers cashed on this occasion, with payouts starting from $3,457 all the way in which as much as the $152,243 that Scarborough earned because the champion. Several huge names fell simply in need of making the ultimate day, together with bracelet winner Francis Anderson (seventeenth), MSPT champion Kyna England (tenth), and 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship winner Daniel Sepiol (eighth).

The ultimate day started with Kfir Nahum out in entrance of the pack of seven remaining contenders. The first knockout of the day noticed Stanley Weng run A7 into the AOk of two-time bracelet winner Dan Heimiller. Weng was unable to attach with the board and was despatched to the rail with $37,554 for his seventh-place displaying.

Nahum had a tough go of it, dropping a number of huge arms within the first few hours of the day to seek out himself among the many quick stacks regardless of beginning the day atop the chip counts. His ultimate hand was extra of the identical, along with his A-Ok dropping an all-in confrontation towards the Q-10 suited of Alex Kim. Nahum settled for $47,932 because the sixth-place finisher.

From chip chief to the rail! Former MSPT Poker Bowl Champion Kfir Nahum out in sixth! pic.twitter.com/AsxcwhGYWk

— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker) February 11, 2025

Michael Ung’s run got here to an finish when he shoved with Ok-3 from the small blind for about seven huge blinds. Rick Green made the decision with A-3 suited from the large blind and made aces up by the river to earn the knockout. Ung’s fifth-place displaying got here with $61,821 in prize cash.

The ultimate 4 hashed out a deal to redistribute the remaining prize cash, locking up a minimum of $105,000 for all remaining contenders whereas leaving $40,000 and the trophy to play for.

The largest assured share was put aside for Heimiller. He ended up being the primary to hit the rail after the settlement, although. Scarborough doubled by means of him to go away Heimiller fairly quick. He then ran A-9 into Scarborough’s A-Ok. Neither participant related with a paired six-high runout and Heimiller was eradicated in fourth place, incomes the $136,124 he negotiated for.

Dan Heimiller Runs Smack Dab into Ace King! Eliminated in 4th Place. pic.twitter.com/TbsVEjYdPF

— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker) February 11, 2025

Rick Green was the following to fall. He shoved with Q8 from the small blind and Scarborough referred to as with A7. Scarborough flopped aces up and improved to sevens full on the river to pull the pot. Green walked away with $123,936 per the deal.

Heads-up play started with Scarborough holding 18,550,000 to Kim’s 8,250,000. It didn’t take too lengthy for him to transform that lead into the title. Kim slid a bit earlier than discovering a double-up. Kim’s stack dwindled once more earlier than the ultimate hand arose. Scarborough open-shoved for simply over 10 huge blinds from the button with Ok6 and Kim referred to as off with Q10. The board ran out Ok9874 and Kim was eradicated because the runner-up. He walked away with $105,000 for his efforts.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

*Indicates a four-way deal.

Photo credit score: MSPT.