MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
1,123
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
638
Players Left
84
Brian Heeb Leads the Overall Field After Day 1b of the 2020 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Another 15 full levels were played to their completion on Saturday night in the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event, a day where the room was full before the tournament began and remained that way until well after registration closed more than seven hours later. In total, 638 entries were logged to bring the two-day total to 1,123 and generate a massive prize pool of $1,089,310.
When play finished for the day, 84 players remained and Brian Heeb found himself as the man on top of the leader board, finishing play with a massive stack of 786,500. Heeb was spotted with over 500,000 shortly after the last break of the evening and continued to climb as the minutes wound down off the clock until he ended the day with a stack that significantly surpassed Alan Findlay's Day 1a chip lead of 612,500.
Other big stacks included Illinois' Stanley Statkiewicz (411,000), Scott Mobark (376,500), Zachary Reinbold (373,500), and Brandon Lombardo (303,000). Plenty more familiar names to the MSPT and the overall poker world also advanced, including the likes of Blake Whittington (271,000), Ricardo Eyzaguirre (251,500), John Sun (158,500), Nick Pupillo (108,000), and Todd Sladek (102,000).
Many others were less fortunate: Faraz Jaka, Ben Keeline, Rob Wazwaz, Dapo Ajayi, and DJ Buckley were some of those who found the rail prior to the night's completion.
In total, 148 are set to advance to Sunday's Day 2, and those players will come back at 11 a.m. local time to compete for a share of the seven-figure prize pool with the eventual champion set to lock up $201,529 for their weekend's efforts. The top 128 will make it into the money, meaning there is still some work left to be done for all in contention.
PokerNews will be back at it and in for the long haul Sunday morning with updates on all the action. See you then.
Assorted End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
One table is in the process of bagging up their chips and all other players have finished the process and made their way from the poker room. Leading the way by a large margin is Brian Heeb, who further increased his stack in the last level of the night to finish with 786,500.
The tournament clock displays 96 remaining players, though official numbers will be provided as soon as they are compiled. In the meantime, an assortment of end-of-day chip counts has been provided below, and a recap of the day's action will soon follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
786,500 | 231,500 |
|
411,000 | |
|
376,500 | 116,500 |
|
373,500 | |
|
303,000 | 172,000 |
|
297,500 | 107,500 |
|
271,000 | 271,000 |
|
251,500 | -18,500 |
|
|
227,000 | -4,000 |
|
195,000 | 26,000 |
|
158,500 | 68,500 |
|
155,000 | -5,000 |
|
111,000 | 1,000 |
|
108,000 | -136,000 |
|
102,000 | 10,000 |
|
89,000 | -28,000 |
Eyzaguirre Sends One Home Before Bagging
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action was three handed on a flop of 
with a bet of 12,000 on the table that Ricardo Eyzaguirre raised to 33,000. The third player in the hand came over the top, re-jamming for 61,500. A fold brought action back to Eyzaguirre, who wasted no time calling.
All-In Player: 
Ricardo Eyzaguirre: 
The turn 
cemented the pot for Eyzaguirre and the all-in player stood up and gathered his belongings to head home as the river 
came to complete the runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 |
Six More Hands
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped at 12 minutes and an announcement was just made that six hands will be played to their completion on all remaining tables with 96 players now remaining.
Klier Folds Out Jackson
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ben Klier opened the action with a raise to 8,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 32,000 by David Jackson, who was in the small blind. Klier came over the top, announcing he was all in for Jackson's effective remaining stack.
Jackson went into the tank for close to three minutes, taking some time to visibly display that he was unsure of his decision during that time. Eventually, he chose to fold and Klier took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
231,000 | |
|
101,000 | -19,000 |
Prize Pool Released!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A total of 1,123 entries have officially been tallied to generate a massive overall prize pool of $1,089,310. The top 128 players will make it into the money on Sunday's Day 2 and earn at least a first-level payout of $1,961.
All players who make the final table will earn $17,429 with payouts ascending for each subsequent finish until the eventual winner earns $201,529. Complete prize pool information can be located in the Payouts Tab, with final table payouts posted below.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $201,529 |
| 2 | $135,074 |
| 3 | $91,502 |
| 4 | $62,091 |
| 5 | $40,304 |
| 6 | $30,501 |
| 7 | $22,876 |
| 8 | $17,429 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Late-Night Chip Counts
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | |
|
|
257,000 | |
|
|
244,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
230,000 | |
|
|
190,000 | 28,000 |
|
170,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
120,000 | -11,000 |
|
110,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -67,000 |
|
|
90,000 | -75,500 |
|
Busted |
Yu Saved by a Queen
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
All of the chips got into the middle preflop between Sean Yu in the small blind and Brian Heeb, who was under the gun. Yu was at risk.
Sean Yu: 
Brian Heeb: 
Yu needed to improve to stay alive and the flop 
was all he would need as the turn 
and river completed the runout to score the double.
Despite the lost pot, Heeb has amassed a huge stack and still has over 500,000, making him the likely chip leader nearing the final level of play for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000 | 555,000 |
|
|
117,000 | -24,000 |