$1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 MSPT Venetian

10-13-2021 04:44 UTC

More Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Jaspar	365,000	200,000
Andrew Moreno	272,000	54,000
Joseph Hebert	260,000	50,000
Adrian Bertini	255,000	105,000
DJ MacKinnon	238,000	166,000
Huy Nguyen	170,000	42,000
Alyssa Stachowski	170,000	9,000
Noam Fater	160,000	8,000
Al Gomez	130,000	62,000
Samy Dubonnet	125,000	-78,000
Grant Giftwood	117,000	-18,000
David Brookshire	91,000	13,000
Maurice Costigan	82,000	-69,000
Huhynil Hong	77,000	-66,000
Min So	50,000	-41,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-13-2021 04:32 UTC

Holloway Doubles After Flopping Full House

Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chad Holloway opened under the gun for 6,500 and the hijack player called bringing the action heads-up to the flop.

Holloway check-raised to 26,000 after his opponent fired out 9,000 and was called. After the turn put three spades on the paired board, Holloway jammed for 52,000 and was snap-called by his opponent.

Chad Holloway:
Opponent:

Holloway had his opponent drawing dead after flopping a full house and the river secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Holloway	230,000	90,000

Tags: Chad Holloway

10-13-2021 04:20 UTC

Updated Chip Counts & Bust Outs After Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Ma	265,000	85,000
Tony Zharnitsky	220,000	48,000
Andy Rubinberg	195,000	78,000
David Moses	138,000	38,000
Richard Block	134,000	-20,000
Ryan Dodd	115,000	15,000
Derrick Yamada	78,000	41,000
Brad Rhodes	72,000	45,000
Arman Sogomonian	70,000	-16,000
Carol Hart	46,000	23,000
Brett Apter	Busted
Cody Brinn	Busted

10-13-2021 04:12 UTC

MSPT Season 12 Cashes

Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.

On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.

Here's a look at the players who have cashed the most this season so far:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 12 Cashes
1	Cy Church	East Lansing, MI	7
2	Jason Crews	Clive, IA	6
3	Kyna Engand	Northbrook, IL	6
4	Adam Demersseman	San Diego, CA	4
5	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	4
6	Terence Reid	Sioux Falls, SD	4
7	Gary Hersten	Chicago, IL	4
8	Jordan Cristos	Los Angeles, CA	4
9	DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, MN	4
10	Tim Garles	Des Moines, IA	4

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

10-13-2021 03:42 UTC

Final Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are on their final 15-minute break of the evening.

10-13-2021 03:34 UTC

Big Slick Does the Trick for Brookshire

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

There was all in action preflop between David Brookshire from the big blind and the cutoff player with Brookshire's stack at risk.

David Brookshire:
Opponent:

Brookshire had his opponent dominated and the flop didn't change a thing.

The turn did give Brookshire a sweat as it gave his opponent a better gutshot straight draw but luckily for him, the completed the board on the river and secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Brookshire	78,000	78,000

Tags: David Brookshire

10-13-2021 03:24 UTC

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

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.

As of today, seven players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.

10-13-2021 03:12 UTC

Holloway Finds Jack in the Window

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In the last level, a player from late position raised and Chad Holloway three-bet to 11,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to the initial raiser who four-bet jammed for 52,500 and Holloway reluctantly called.

Chad Holloway:
Opponent: