2021 MSPT Venetian

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 MSPT Venetian

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$230,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,680,065
Entries
1,741
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
405
Players Left
42

More Chip Counts

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nemanja Tatar me
Nemanja Tatar
406,000 61,000
Hieu Le us
Hieu Le
263,000 147,500
Ethan Yau us
Ethan Yau
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
235,000 119,500
Ken Baime us
Ken Baime
230,000 94,500
Christian Dressler de
Christian Dressler
229,000 53,500
Shan Jong us
Shan Jong
215,000 15,000
Danny Illingworth us
Danny Illingworth
183,000 73,500
Kevin Wan us
Kevin Wan
166,000 -14,000
Jose Reyes us
Jose Reyes
165,000 6,500
Hung Trung us
Hung Trung
135,000 135,000
Eli Greenwood us
Eli Greenwood
91,000 -54,000
Kevin Garosshen us
Kevin Garosshen
83,000 58,000
Cedrric Trevino us
Cedrric Trevino
75,000 -26,000
Mickey Ma us
Mickey Ma
52,500 9,000
Sean Davidson us
Sean Davidson
48,000 -107,500

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Herstein Eliminated by Bral

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

There was four-way action after a {4-}{5-}{7-} flop and Gary Herstein lead out with an all in bet. The player under the gun folded while a player from late position came over the top for roughly 80,000 and Jason Bral called.

Jason Bral: {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Gary Herstein: {j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
All-In Player: {q-}{q-}

Bral was ahead after flopping two-pair but still had a sweat as Herstein held an open-ended straight draw and the {j-Hearts} turn paired his jack.

Unfortunately for Herstein, the river was a brick {2-Diamonds} and secured Bral the double elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Bral us
Jason Bral
365,000 70,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
Busted

Tags: Jason BralGary Herstein

A Round of Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
260,000 74,500
Giovani Torre pt
Giovani Torre
255,000 98,500
Kennie Garrison us
Kennie Garrison
235,000 -30,500
Grant Giftwood us
Grant Giftwood
140,000 42,500
Darius Kermani us
Darius Kermani
140,000 -25,000
Maxwell Young us
Maxwell Young
125,000 22,000
Brett Apter us
Brett Apter
WSOP 1X Winner
88,000 -12,000
Everton Taylor us
Everton Taylor
65,000
Bobby Doss us
Bobby Doss
43,000
Noam Fater il
Noam Fater
36,000 -9,000
Al Cutler us
Al Cutler
Busted
Jennifer Abad us
Jennifer Abad
Busted
Huhynil Hong us
Huhynil Hong
Busted
Cliff Conners us
Cliff Conners
Busted
Jerome Makonen ca
Jerome Makonen
Busted
Arman Sogomonian us
Arman Sogomonian
Busted

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

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

MSPT Hall of Fame
MSPT Hall of Fame

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Big Slick Does the Trick for Tatar

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

A player from early position raised to 6,500 only to be faced with a four-bet by Nemanja Tatar, which he made from the hijack after the payer to his left three-bet to 19,000.

Action folded back to the initial raiser who called off his 131,000 stack and the player in late position folded.

Nemanja Tatar: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Opponent: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Tatar was trailing his opponents' pocket kings until an ace appeared in the window on the {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Clubs} flop.

The {2-Hearts} turn didn't change a thing nor did the {2-Clubs} that followed on the river and Tatar eliminated his opponent while climbing to the top of the chip counts in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Nemanja Tatar me
Nemanja Tatar
345,000

Tags: Nemanja Tatar

Greenwood Won't Be Bullied

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

Action on the table folded around to Eli Greenwood who limped-in from the small blind and then called the 7,500 raise from Shan Jong in the big blind.

The {7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop was checked by both players bringing the {a-Clubs} turn.

Greenwood check-called Jong's 5,000 bet and the {4-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

Action went check-check and Greenwood rolled over {8-Spades}{6-Clubs} to win the pot with a pair of eights.

Player Chips Progress
Shan Jong us
Shan Jong
200,000
Eli Greenwood us
Eli Greenwood
145,000

Tags: Eli GreenwoodShan Jong

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

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

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 top ten point leaders of this season:

PlacePlayerHometownSeason 12 Points
1Cy ChurchEast Lancing, MI3,925
2Jason CrewsClive, Iowa3,075
3Kyna EnglandNorthbrook, Illinois2,850
4Taylor HowardAltoona, IA2,733
5Daniel SepiolMichigan City, IN2,500
6Jordan CristosLas Vegas, NV2,500
6Saad GhanemBloomington, MN2,300
7Larry WagnerMiddleton, WI2,200
8Francis AndersonPoughkeepsie, NY2,075
9Chance KornuthLas Vegas, NV2,000