Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event Begins at 11 a.m.
Sunday marks the first time the tournament field of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will all be under one roof at the same time, as 326 players will return for Day 2 from the 1,069 entries logged across three starting flights to continue their quest for the next MSPT Main Event title.
With registration still open through the first two hours of Day 2, those 326 will be joined by countless more that have already registered since they had the chance to do so on Saturday night. A full house will guarantee some if not all Day 2 registrants will be placed onto an Alternate list and seated when there is space to accommodate.
Day 1c chip leader Scott Sisler (353,000) enters the day with the chip lead, though Day 1b chip leader Jora Beit (345,000) is right behind. Aaron Van Blarcum (337,000), Matt Bond (321,500), and Day 1a chip leader Salim Admon (293,000) round out the top five coming into Day 2.
A stacked field is looking up at those players, with mainstays to the poker world such as Viet Vo (186,000), Nipun Java (145,500), Nick Pupillo (122,000), Farid Jattin (108,000), and Mike Shin (53,000) spread throughout the counts. Last week's $1,100 Main Event champion Landon Tice (108,000) is also still in contention and looking to earn back-to-back titles.
Cards are in the air at 11 a.m. sharp with play set to resume at the start of Level 11 (1,000/1,500/1,500). Ten one-hour levels are on the schedule for Day 2 with 15-minute breaks after Levels 12, 14, and 18 along with a 45-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 16. All who remain at the end of Level 20 will once again bag and tag their chips to come back for Monday's Day 3 to play down to a winner.
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did him no favors. He began to slide his chair back as the turn came 
, but just as quickly thereafter the river 
rolled onto the felt to give him a pair of aces and save him.
and Brown checked to Toma, who made a continuation-bet of 19,000. Brown called.
. Toma went into the tank, thinking for close to two full minutes before finding a call.
for the nut flush and the dealer pushed forward the three diamonds on board to confirm. Toma was unable to top it and sent his cards to the muck, earning Brown the pot to bring him near 300,000.
and Van Blarcum cut out a continuation-bet of 40,000. His opponent slid in raise to 100,000, and Van Blarcum thought for about 35 seconds before asking to have 40,000 pulled in from each player. Van Blarcum also asked to see the player's remaining stack of 68,000, and half a minute went by before he announced he was all in. The player called.
to improve to a set of aces and send his opponent packing, bringing his stack back up to 465,000 after an earlier dip. Will Pengelly also finds himself on Van Blarcum's table with another large stack of 455,000, and while the two are seated next to each other, their table is likely to be among the next few to break.
and the big blind checked again. Massey threw out a bet of 10,000 and the big blind called. The river fell 
and Gonzalez checked. Jackson made a continuation-bet of 36,000 and Gonzalez check-raised to 78,500. Jackson went all in over the top and Gonzalez called.
and river 
