$1,600 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 MSPT Venetian

10-19-2021 05:30 UTC

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 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	Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	3,633
3	Jason Crews	Clive, Iowa	3,075
4	Kyna England	Northbrook, Illinois	2,850
5	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City, IN	2,500
6	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	2,500
7	Ryan Dodd	Runnemede, NJ	2,350
8	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	2,300
9	Larry Wagner	Middleton, WI	2,200
10	Francis Anderson	Poughkeepsie, NY	2,075

10-19-2021 05:40 UTC

Underwood Rivers Broadway to Eliminate Opponent

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Underwood	300,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Benjamin Underwood

10-19-2021 05:52 UTC

Final Four Hands

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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

10-19-2021 06:10 UTC

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Bobrosky	675,000 86,000	86,000
Jeff Hill	513,000 -27,000	-27,000
Rob Wazwaz	474,000 119,000	119,000

Andrew Rodgers	468,000 328,000	328,000
Jarod Minghini	420,000 -5,000	-5,000
Landon Tice	380,000 130,000	130,000
Anton Wigg	359,000 219,000	219,000

Asher Conniff	340,000 -60,000	-60,000

Ignacio Moron	334,000 334,000	334,000
Tyler Heng	311,000 -84,000	-84,000
Zhi Wu	304,000 104,000	104,000

Benjamin Underwood	287,000 -13,000	-13,000
Mehdi Annoshahr	266,000 266,000	266,000
Manato Matsuda	263,000 263,000	263,000
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	261,000
Anthony Hu	240,000 240,000	240,000
Benjamin Chalot	207,000 -103,000	-103,000
Sanket Desai	201,000 201,000	201,000
Mario Mosböck	189,000 189,000	189,000
Joseph Cond	156,000 156,000	156,000
Fabian Bernhauser	142,000 142,000	142,000
Matthew Myers	139,000 139,000	139,000
Erwann Pecheux	136,000 136,000	136,000
Aram Zobian	135,000 -50,000	-50,000

Norman Michalex	128,000 128,000	128,000

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10-19-2021 06:22 UTC

Josh Bobrosky Leads 34 Survivors After Day 1a of MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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.

Day 1b will get underway at 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19th. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 9 (approximately 6:40 p.m.). PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then!

Tags: Alex Foxen Anton Wigg Asher Conniff Chris Moon Jarod Minghini Jeff Hill Kou Vang Landon Tice Rich Alsup Rob Wazwaz Thomas Boivin Zhi Wu

$1,600 Main Event

Day 1a Completed