2021 MSPT Venetian

Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,600 Main Event is officially in the books with 275 total entries tallied by night's end.

A full 15 levels were played to completion and when play ended, it was Josh Bobrosky with his stack of 675,000 leading the charge.

Bobrosky was seen stacking chips throughout the day and he never lost steam, gradually gathering chips to end the first starting flight on top of the chip counts.

The race for the top spot was a close one to the finish as Jeff Hill was another player seen throughout the day building a healthy stack but had to settle for second with 513,000.

Rounding out the top five are three other players who finished the day north of 400,000: Rob Wazwaz (474,000), Andrew Rogers (468,000), and Jarod Minghini (420,000).

The field saw some of pokers top pros in action and some others to advance through to Day 2 included MSPT Venetian Champ Landon Tice (380,000), Anton Wigg (359,000), Asher Conniff (340,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Zhi Wu (304,000).

Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night. Among those to fire and fall in Monday’s flight were Alex Foxen, Thomas Boivin, MSPT Hall of Famer's Kou Vang, and Rich Alsup, along with MSPT Champion Chris Moon, were just a few who took their shot at a bag on Day 1a only to come up short. All who have yet to advance will have two more starting flights for further attempts.

The tournament director has just announced the final four hands of the evening. Once completed, players will bag and tag for for the night.

Benjamin Underwood called his opponents all in preflop bet and the two players tabled their hands.

All-In Player:
Benjamin Underwood:

Underwood had his opponent dominated until a jack appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn however, came the giving Underwood a Broadway draw and luckily for him, the river completed it, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

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:

There were three players that saw a flop after an initial raise and the big blind player led out with an all in bet of 45,000.

Tyler Heng called from under the gun while Zhi Wu folded from middle position and the two players revealed their hands.

Tyler Heng:
Opponent:

Heng flopped top-pair and was well ahead of his opponent who held a Wheel draw.

Luckily for Heng, the turn didn't change a thing nor did the that completed the board on the river and he eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

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.

To date, the MSPT has awarded $120,741,370 in prize money.

Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List: