$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Started
$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Started
Two flights down, one to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event.
The third and final starting flight presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seats for a Day 2 birth.
Tuesday’s first starting flight saw 385 entries take to the felt while yesterday's Day 1b saw another massive 405 added to the tally, bringing the two-day total up to 790.
Just like the previous starting flights, cards will be in the air at 11:10 a.m. local time and players will start with a stack of 25,000. Levels will be of 40 minutes in length with a 15-minute break coming after every two hours. A 60-minute dinner break will take place after Level 9 and late registration/re-entries will remain available until the start of Level 10. Players are allowed unlimited re-entries until that point.
As for the happenings on the first two days, Day 1b chip leader Jason Bral (757,000) leads the way with WSOP bracelet winner Ethan 'Rampage Poker' Yau (521,000) currently second in chips. So far, over half of the 88 players currently on the Day 2 bagged north of the chip average and one last group of players will try to add their names to the list today.
Flight | Entries | Advancing to Day 2 |
---|---|---|
Day 1a | 385 | 46 |
Day 1b | 405 | 42 |
Day 1c | - | - |
Totals | 790 | 88 |
All who advance will return on Friday at 11 a.m. local time for Day 2 to join the 88 already on that roster. PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the rest of the tournament to provide updates. Keep it here to catch all the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The final starting flight of the MSPT Venetian $1,110 Main Event is officially underway!
Day 1c looks to have the largest turnout with the tournament clock reading 280 entries off the bat and this last group of players will try to add their names to the list of 88 have have found a Day 2 birth through the first two starting flights.
PokerNews has activated the My Stack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live-action that you're involved in.
Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Neil Blumenfield |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Donnie Phan | 25,000 | |
Trung Pham |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Nancy Matson |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Kathy Liebert |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
David Moses |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Camille Brown |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Andy Rubinberg |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Danny Illingworth |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matt Affleck |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Michael Marder |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Cody Brinn |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stanislav Angelov |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Eric Baldwin |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Al Cutler |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Kristen Deardorff |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Ralph Massey |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Wendy Freedman |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Tim Garles |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Kyna England |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Taylor Howard |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Michael Hudson |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
David Jackson |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Ebony Kenney |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Larson | 25,000 | |
Michael Liang | 25,000 | |
Qing Liu | 25,000 | |
|
||
Aaron Massey | 25,000 | |
Jessica Meir | 25,000 | |
kfir Nahum | 25,000 | |
Anthony Nguyen | 25,000 | |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 25,000 | |
Mukul Pahuja | 25,000 | |
Lachezar Petkov | 25,000 | |
Dean Phelps | 25,000 |
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 |