MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event

11-13-2020 19:34 UTC-7

Registration Closed

HillKerby

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The dinner break is over and registration has officially closed for Day 1a of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event as Level 10 is underway. In total, 485 entries were logged for the first of two starting flights, more than doubling the guaranteed prize pool with another full day tomorrow to add to the tally.

Coming back from break, 206 players remain with six full levels left in the night unless the field reaches 11% (53 players) before that time.

11-13-2020 21:17 UTC-7

Seitz Chips Up With Top Set

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jason Seitz raised to 3,500 under the gun and saw Prasie Ogwo three-bet to 12,500 in the hijack. Action folded back to Seitz and he called, bringing a flop of . Both players checked.

The turn came and Seitz fired 13,000. Ogwo called and the river fell . Seitz bet again, this time for 38,000, and Ogwo thought for a little over a minute before electing to call.

Seitz showed for top set and Ogwo shook his head before sending his hand to the muck. The dealer shipped the pot to Seitz and Ogwo tapped the table again a few moments later to signify a nice hand to Seitz once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Seitz	184,000 72,000	72,000
Praise Ogwo	130,000 -107,000	-107,000

11-13-2020 22:00 UTC-7

Maas Loses Coin Flip To Bust

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Maas was under the gun and shoved all in for 52,000. Sam Devers asked for a count in the hijack and called once he got the number. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races with Maas at risk for his tournament life.

Alex Maas:
Sam Devers:

A ten-high runout of left Maas' hand second best and his remaining chips were sent across the table in the direction of Devers, who now finds himself with 202,000 after knocking Maas out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Devers	202,000 108,500	108,500
Alex Maas	Busted

Tags: Alex Maas Sam Devers

11-13-2020 22:53 UTC-7

Massey Flops Quads and Doubles

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aaron Massey just doubled on a board of . There was around 75,000 in the pot going to the river when his opponent put him in and he quickly called.

Massey's opponent's hand had already been mucked as his nearly pot-sized stack was being counted out, leaving only his flopped quads with still displayed on the table. The pot was made right and shipped his way, and Massey now finds himself with a stack of

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Massey	205,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Aaron Massey

11-14-2020 00:29 UTC-7

Findlay In Pole Position For Day 1a of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event Friday has just played to its conclusion with a total 485 entries more than doubling the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool on the first of two initial starting flights and surpassing the guarantee in Level 1. When chips went into bags, 62 players were remaining and Alan Findlay was out in front with a stack of 612,500.

Findlay was spotted with a monster stack shortly before the final break of the night, experiencing a heater that mowed down anyone in his way before coasting to the end-of-day chip lead over the last two hours of play. He finished well clear of the next closest stacks in Benjamin Craig (425,000), Siddharth Siddharth (412,500), and Frank Funaro (380,500).

Other notables to find a bag at the end of the day were 2020 MSPT Canterbury Park champion Derek McMaster (301,000), Kyna England (273,000), Jason Seitz (235,500), and 2019 MSPT Player of the Year Mike Shin (112,500). Players such as Faraz Jaka, Jeff Madsen, Tim Reilly, Nick Pupillo, and Ryan Phan were among the list of players who fell short of a bag on Day 1a.

All who did not advance in Friday's flight will have another opportunity on Day 1b Saturday morning at 11:10 a.m. PT. Once again, unlimited re-entries will be available through the first six hours of play plus breaks; and with Day 1a drawing nearly 500 entries, the possibility of a seven-figure prize pool is very real.

How many more will try their hand on Saturday, and will anyone challenge Findlay's chip lead? Come back to PokerNews on Saturday and find out.