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

10-15-2021 00:40 UTC

More Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Gonzalez	210,000	210,000
Nancy Matson	178,900	92,200
Uri Reichenstein	177,900	177,900
Giorgi Skhulukuiia	167,500	167,500
Anthony Nguyen	166,400	141,400
Ben Bianco	147,600	147,600
Adam Zeltser	144,300	79,800
Camille Brown	124,500	45,900
Lachezar Petkov	105,400	-52,400
Matt Affleck	49,800	16,400
Mike Shin	47,500	22,500
Gary Herstein	42,300	17,300
Brock Wilson	25,000	25,000

10-15-2021 00:35 UTC

PokerNews Podcast: Is Dan Bilzerian Set to Play $100M Match Against a Billionaire?

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

They offer behind-the-scenes interviews w/ bracelet winners like Millionaire Maker champ Daniel Lazrus, PLO Deepstack winner Michael Prendergast, and Ryan Leng, who captured his third career bracelet. They also discuss long-time poker pro Dylan Linde finally capturing his first gold bracelet.

Finally, they dive headfirst into the big news that GGPoker Dan Bilzerian may play an unprecedented $100,000,000 heads-up match against billionaire Alec Gores. Get that story and more in the latest episode of poker's most informative podcast.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

10-15-2021 00:31 UTC

More Day 1b Photos

Anthony Thompson

10-15-2021 00:14 UTC

A Round of Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nancy Birnbaum	132,400	30,100
Neal Corcoran	116,700	28,500
David Jackson	75,600	42,500
Ebony Kenney	73,200	12,000
Kathy Liebert	61,200	48,800
Yordan Petrov	26,700	-2,200
Ralph Massey	26,700	-9,700
Michal Nahum	22,300	22,300
Bobby Poe	20,200	-4,800
Jessica Meir	13,200	-17,200
Trung Pham	Busted
Aaron Massey	Busted
Mukul Pahuja	Busted
Carey Pickus	Busted
Jason Seitz	Busted
Andy Rubinberg	Busted
Tim Garles	Busted
David Larson	Busted
Al Cutler	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-15-2021 00:04 UTC

Costa Cracks Cowboys With Big Slick

Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After a late position raise and one caller, Sílvio Costa three-bet to 8,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, the initial raiser four-bet to 22,000 getting a fold from the hijack player while Costa five-bet all in for roughly 35,000.

Costa's opponent called and the two players tabled their hands.

Sílvio Costa:
Opponent:

Costa wasn't excited being up against kings but the flop put him in a better mood as it paired his ace.

Neither the turn nor the river changed a thing and Costa collected his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sílvio Costa	81,200

Tags: Sílvio Costa

10-14-2021 23:52 UTC

Java Hooks Opponent for KO

Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nipun Java raised to 2,000 from the hijack and was called by Asi Moshe from the cutoff before the player in the big blind squeezed all in for 23,200.

Action was back on Java who came over the top and got isolation after Moshe folded.

Nipun Java:
Opponent:

Java's opponent held two overs but couldn't find either on the runout and they were eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nipun Java	60,000
Asi Moshe	29,800	-3,700

Tags: Nipun Java Asi Moshe

10-14-2021 23:35 UTC

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 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.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-14-2021 23:19 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Luber	162,300
Victor Frank	148,300
Will Givens	121,300	7,900
Anthony Reategui	112,300
Femi Fashakin	110,800	60,800
Michael Merisier	101,200
Vlad Revniaga	99,800
Bruce Vandervort	77,500	9,700
Jeff Heiberg	68,200	-6,400
Abhinav Iyer	62,300	-26,300
Tim Reilly	48,200	10,600
Michael Marder	31,200	6,200
Malik Zaman	26,300	-56,000
Jerome Makonen	18,200	18,200