Who Will Walk Away with the $190,850 First-Place Prize?
What began with 1,009 runners over two starting flights in the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event is now down to 133 players, who will return today for Day 2 action.
The $250K guarantee was nearly quadrupled as a $978,730 prize pool is up for grabs amongst the top 104 finishers. A min-cash will be worth $2,251 and the eventual winner taking home $190,850.
After 15 levels of play, just 76 players remained with Justin Ligeri and his stack of 458,500 leading the way. That is still a ways behind that of
Day 1a chip leader Bill Kachel begins today as the big stack with 658,000, while Day 1b chip leader Justin Ligeri starts with 458,500. Others returning to action include former MSPT Venetian champ Kfir Nahum (440,000), Brent Hart (398,500), Daniel Jones (363,000), MSPT Canterbury Park champ (290,500), James Carroll (238,000), Saad Ghanem (235,500), Vic Peppe (222,500), Ben Keeline (208,500), Marle Cordiero (199,500), Josh Prager (129,500), Lexy Gavin (120,500), Denise Pratt (113,000), poker couple Missy Bartleme (496,500) and Dan Dombrowski (112,500), Nizom Abdukadyrov (448,000), MSPT Venetian champ Landon Tice (286,000), Lokesh Garg (235,500), and Michael Rocco (55,500).
Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. PST and PokerNews will offer live updates throughout.
Here's a look at the final table payouts:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $190,850 |
| 2 | $125,277 |
| 3 | $84,171 |
| 4 | $57,745 |
| 5 | $38,170 |
| 6 | $28,383 |
| 7 | $21,532 |
| 8 | $15,660 |
| 9 | $13,702 |
Remember, during the latest Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza, players must wear a mask and sanitize their hands before sitting down. Action is 8-handed at tables featuring Plexiglass dividers, which are wiped down each time a new player comes in. Additionally, dealers are required to sanitize their hands each time they enter and exit a table, and fresh decks of cards are circulated every two hours.
Click here for a look at the current Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza schedule.
flop did pair Henry. The 
turn was interesting as it gave both Henry and Eyzaguirre outs, and the former hit when the 
spiked on the river to give him two pair.
flop, Bartelme moved all-in and was called by Ligeri.
and Nahum, a former MSPT Venetian champ, was eliminated in 13th place.
and the 
flop as about as bad it got for him.
turn. Close, but not quite on the river as the dealer delivered the 
instead.
board as they checked down until Carroll bet small on the river. 
won against Dimitrov's 
.
flop Carroll continued for 200,000, which got a fold from Sammarco and a check-raise to 550,000 which Carroll called.
