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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Heeb	786,500 231,500	231,500
Stanley Statkiewicz	411,000
Scott Mobark	376,500 116,500	116,500
Zachary Reinbold	373,500
Brandon Lombardo	303,000 172,000	172,000
Nadya Magnus	297,500 107,500	107,500
Blake Whittington	271,000 271,000	271,000

Ricardo Eyzaguirre	251,500 18,500	18,500
Ben Klier	227,000 4,000	4,000
Jon Bennett	195,000 26,000	26,000
John Sun	158,500 68,500	68,500
Marquez Davis	155,000 5,000	5,000
David Larson	111,000 1,000	1,000
Nick Pupillo	108,000 136,000	136,000

Todd Sladek	102,000 10,000	10,000
Sean Yu	89,000 28,000	28,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Brian Heeb

786,500

231,500

Stanley Statkiewicz

411,000

Scott Mobark

376,500

116,500

Zachary Reinbold

373,500

Brandon Lombardo

303,000

172,000

Nadya Magnus

297,500

107,500

Blake Whittington

271,000

Ricardo Eyzaguirre

251,500

18,500

Ben Klier

227,000

4,000

Jon Bennett

195,000

26,000

John Sun

158,500

68,500

Marquez Davis

155,000

5,000

David Larson

111,000

1,000

Nick Pupillo

108,000

136,000

Todd Sladek

102,000

10,000

Sean Yu

89,000

28,000

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.