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

10-14-2021 02:40 UTC

A Look Ahead to Next Week's MSPT $1,600 Main Event ($1 Million GTD)

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

From October 18-22, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will play host to a second Main Event, this one costing $1,600 to enter and featuring another $1,000,000 guarantee.

The three-day tournament will offer a trio of starting flights starting with Day 1a on Monday, October 18 at 11:10 a.m. Days 1b and 1c will take place at the same time on Tuesday, October 19, and Wednesday, October 20 respectively. Late registration for each flight will remain open until approximately 6:40 p.m. local time.

The tournament starts players with 30,000 in chips and plays 40-minute levels throughout.

The surviving players from each starting flight will return for Day 2 action at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 21. Those who make it through the day will then come back at the same time on Friday, October 22 to play down to a winner.

Once again, PokerNews will offer live updates from start to finish, so be sure to mark your calendar now.

Click here for a look at the full Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series schedule.

10-14-2021 02:55 UTC

More Stacks & Bust Outs

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Kermani	165,000 30,000	30,000
Al Cutler	125,500 -19,500	-19,500
Hieu Le	115,500 48,100	48,100
Neil Blumenfield	88,500 50,900	50,900
Gary Herstein	75,500 -11,000	-11,000
Jennifer Abad	67,500 67,500	67,500
Cedrric Trevino	50,000 -28,000	-28,000
Noam Fater	45,000 31,000	31,000
Mickey Ma	43,500 37,300	37,300
David Moses	Busted

John Lopez	Busted
Michelle Roberts	Busted
Casey Ryan Temper	Busted
Daniel Jones	Busted
Maurice Costigan	Busted
Christos Kakkalis	Busted
John Reiff	Busted
Yanni Orfanos	Busted
Greg Himmelbrand	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-14-2021 03:12 UTC

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 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 top ten point leaders of this season:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 12 Points
1	Cy Church	East Lancing, MI	3,925
2	Jason Crews	Clive, Iowa	3,075
3	Kyna England	Northbrook, Illinois	2,850
4	Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	2,733
5	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City, IN	2,500
6	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	2,500
6	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	2,300
7	Larry Wagner	Middleton, WI	2,200
8	Francis Anderson	Poughkeepsie, NY	2,075
9	Chance Kornuth	Las Vegas, NV	2,000

10-14-2021 03:26 UTC

Greenwood Won't Be Bullied

Anthony Thompson

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

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 flop was checked by both players bringing the turn.

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

Action went check-check and Greenwood rolled over to win the pot with a pair of eights.

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

Tags: Eli Greenwood Shan Jong

10-14-2021 03:40 UTC

Big Slick Does the Trick for Tatar

Anthony Thompson

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

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:
Opponent:

Tatar was trailing his opponents' pocket kings until an ace appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn didn't change a thing nor did the 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	345,000

Tags: Nemanja Tatar

10-14-2021 03:42 UTC

Last Break Of The Night

Anthony Thompson

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

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

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

10-14-2021 04:13 UTC

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

Anthony Thompson

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.

10-14-2021 04:26 UTC

A Round of Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Anthony Thompson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	260,000 74,500	74,500
Giovani Torre	255,000 98,500	98,500
Kennie Garrison	235,000 -30,500	-30,500
Grant Giftwood	140,000 42,500	42,500
Darius Kermani	140,000 -25,000	-25,000
Maxwell Young	125,000 22,000	22,000
Brett Apter	88,000 -12,000	-12,000

Everton Taylor	65,000
Bobby Doss	43,000
Noam Fater	36,000 -9,000	-9,000
Al Cutler	Busted
Jennifer Abad	Busted
Huhynil Hong	Busted
Cliff Conners	Busted
Jerome Makonen	Busted
Arman Sogomonian	Busted