$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]
Day 1b Started
2022 MSPT Venetian
$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 MSPT Venetian
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$2,342,700
Entries
1,644
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
432
Players Left
60
Welcome To Day 1B Of Venetian MSPT Main Event!
The second flight of The Mid-States Poker Tour: $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at The Venetian Resort In Las Vegas, Nevada. Day 1b of the $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Begins at 11:10 am, and is another opportunity for players to get a piece of the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Last night saw 34 players bag up for Day 2 out of 272 entries and it was Las Vegas Native, Mike Heck leading the way with 726,000. This field looks to be much larger than the former and could potentially have a new tournament chip leader.
Top Ten Counts From Day 1A
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hack | 726,000 |
| 2 | Ian Matakis | 564,000 |
| 3 | Hoi Wong | 510,000 |
| 4 | David Moore | 472,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Moreno | 444,000 |
| 6 | Mohammad Mufti | 406,000 |
| 7 | Pierce McKellar | 350,000 |
| 8 | Rob Wazwaz | 323,000 |
| 9 | Cristina Ilie | 313,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Van Sanford | 300,000 |
Many players are expected to come out and battle for an MSPT trophy, including former MSPT winners Daniel Sepiol, Kyna England, Blake Bohn, and Bobby Noel.
The players will begin with 30,000 in starting chips with blinds beginning at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. The blind levels will last 40 minutes each, with 10-minute blinds occurring after every 3 levels. Late registration will close after level 9, where a 60-minute dinner break will follow. The players will play down to 12.5% of the field, or a full 15 levels, whatever comes first.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event.
Shuffle Up And Deal
The tournament clock reads 104 and players have begun to play.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Early Faces In The Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bekavac Scoops One Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
A player in first position raised to 300 and action folded to Dan Bekavac on the button who called. The big blind three-bet to 1,500 and both players quickly called.
The flop came out 
and the big blind led for 2,000 which both the under the-gun player and Bekavac called.
The turn peeled off the 
and the big blind sized up to 6,000 which saw the under the-gun player fold and Bekavac call.
On the 
, the big blind checked and Bekavac bet 15,000. "You could have kings," said the big blind as he contemplated putting in the call. After some time, he tossed in a call and Bekavac turned over 
for three twos which was good for the pot as his opponent mucked and the 4-time MSPT champion nearly doubled his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Adams Takes One On the River
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
The player on the button raised to 300 and in the small blind, Chris Adams three-bet to 1,300 and the button called.
The board came out 
and Adams checked to the button who bet 3,000 which saw Adams call.
The turn of 
checked through to the 
river that saw Adams bet 6,500 and the button folded, giving Adams the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,400 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
MSPT Player Of The Year Sits Down
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
MSPT 2021 Player of the year Kyna England sat down and raised to 400 in the hijack and was called by both the button and the big blind.
The flop of 
saw action check through to the turn where England bet 600 and took down the pot with little fanfare.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,400 |
Steel Versus Liang Preflop
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Michael Liang raised to 400 from the cutoff and on the button, Jeremy Steel three-bet to 1,500 which was flatted by the big blind.
With action on Liang he three-bet to 5,800 and Steel responded by moving all-in for for 24,200 effective which sent Liang into the tank.
After some more time passed, Liang mucked his hand, giving the pot to Steel.
At another table Ralph Massey sat down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,800 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
18,400
-11,600
|
-11,600 |