Welcome to Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Welcome back for Day 2 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event.

There were three starting flights that pulled together a staggering 1,741 total entries, which was enough to blast by the $1,000,000 guarantee.

A total of 199 players found a bag during the last three days and those lucky enough to do so will be returning for Day 2 action today at 11 a.m. local time.

Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Boris Kolev who bagged large in Day 1c.

Top 10 Stacks After Day 1 Flights

Position	Player	Chip Count
1	Boris Kolev	775,000
2	Jason Bral	757,000
3	Ran Jiani	664,000
4	Cord Garcia	642,000
5	Robert Clark	609,000
6	Jesse Lonis	562000
7	Matt Affleck	561,000
8	Ethan Yau	521,000
9	Thomas Eychenne	512,000
10	Dylan Thomassie	474,000

Many other familiar faces will be battling it out for a shot at the six-figure top prize which include Andrew Moreno (369,00), Taylor Howard (345,000), Ken Baime (330,000), Michael Mizrachi (297,000), Ryan Dodd (260,500), Alex Ziskin (257,000), Chad Holloway (215,000), Brett Apter (198,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang (134,000), Ebony Kenney (93,000), Kami Hudson (78,000) and JDavid Brookshire (56,000).

There will be 199 players returning for Day 2 action and only 189 spots will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool. Starting the day fairly close to the money might make for some conservative play, but judging by the first three flights the tournament should retain the action-filled play that has been up to this point.

A min-cash will be paying $2,184, but all eyes will be on the $260,008 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home, along with an MSPT title.

MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$260,008	1,900
2	$168,007	1,700
3	$126,005	1,600
4	$94,084	1,500
5	$72,243	1,400
6	$55,442	1,300
7	$43,682	1,200
8	$33,601	1,100
9	$26,881	1,000
10-12	$21,421	900
13-15	$18,145	850
16-18	$15,625	800
19-21	$13,273	750
22-24	$10,920	700
25-27	$8,904	650
28-36	$6,888	600
37-45	$5,208	550
46-54	$4,704	500
55-63	$4,200	450
64-72	$3,696	400
73-81	$3360	350
82-90	$3,192	300
91-99	$3,024	250
100-117	$2,856	200
118-135	$2,688	150
136-153	$2,520	100
154-171	$2,352	75
172-189	$2,184	50

Day 2 Schedule

Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time with action picking up from level 16 where blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Blinds will remain 40-minutes in length and the plan is to play another 15 full levels.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante	Standard Ante
16	40 minutes	3,000	6,000	6,000	1,000
17	40 minutes	4,000	8,000	8,000	1,000
18	40 minutes	5,000	10,000	10,000	2,000
19	40 minutes	6,000	12,000	12,000	2,000
20	40 minutes	10,000	15,000	15,000	3,000
21	40 minutes	10,000	20,000	20,000	3,000
22	40 minutes	15,000	25,000	25,000	4,000
23	40 minutes	15,000	30,000	30,000	4,000
24	40 minutes	20,000	40,000	40,000	5,000
25	40 minutes	25,000	50,000	50,000	5,000
26	40 minutes	30,000	60,000	60,000	10,000
27	40 minutes	40,000	80,000	80,000	10,000
28	40 minutes	50,000	100,000	100,000	20,000
29	40 minutes	60,000	120,000	120,000	20,000
30	40 minutes	100,000	150,000	150,000	30,000