2021 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian | 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian

01-03-2021 15:04 UTC-7

Jason Seitz Earns Coveted Spot in MSPT Hall of Fame

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Minnesota's Jason Seitz made the money here on Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event. It marks his 25th-career MSPT Main Event cash, which means in coordination with his Season 2 win at the MSPT Running Aces, Seitz becomes just the seventh player to win their way into the MSPT Hall of Fame.

Seitz joins the likes of Blake Bohn, Patrick Steele, Mark Hodge, Aaron Johnson, Richard Alsup, and Kou Vang as the only players to achieve the remarkable feat.

The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.

The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:

Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year

To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.

Tags: Jason Seitz

01-03-2021 14:57 UTC-7

Henry Gets Lucky to Crack Aces; Eyzaguirre Eliminated

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

We're not sure how the chips got in, but a preflop raising war resulted in Hanson Henry getting his stack of 271,000 all in preflop against both Corel Theuma and Ricardo Eyzaguirre, with the latter also being all in for roughly 70,000 more.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre:
Hanson Henry:
Corel Theuma:

Theuma had the best of it but the 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.

Henry tripled in the hand while Theuma collected the smaller side pot to eliminate Eyzaguirre.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanson Henry	800,000 350,000	350,000
Corel Theuma	340,000 -310,000	-310,000
Ricardo Eyzaguirre	Busted

Tags: Ricardo Eyzaguirre Hanson Henry Corel Theuma

01-03-2021 09:16 UTC-7

Who Will Walk Away with the $190,850 First-Place Prize?

Chad Holloway

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.