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

10-19-2021 20:44 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts After Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Alsup	77,600	50,600
Jay Ginsbach	62,300	24,300
Brad Sailor	52,300	22,300
Kevin Garosshen	45,600	13,200
Donnie Phan	34,500	4,500
Bryan Sandrock	32,400	2,400
Kathy Liebert	32,100	2,100
Klemens Roiter	30,000
Stanley Lee	28,700	-1,300
Sean Banahan	28,200	28,200
Alexander Greenblatt	22,100	-17,900
Andrew Ostapchenko	16,200	16,200
Guo Chen	15,400	-14,600

10-19-2021 20:35 UTC

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-19-2021 20:11 UTC

First Break of the Day

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.

10-19-2021 20:05 UTC

Jamison Drops One

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

The hijack player raised and was called by Kevin Garosshen from the button, Noam Fater from the small blind, along with Tyler Jamison from the big blind.

The flop was checked to Jamison who fired out 2,800 and each player called bringing the turn.

Action was checked again to Jamison who fired out 6,500 and the hijack player raised all in. Both Garosshen and Fater folded while Jamison called.

Tyler Jamison:
Opponent:

Jamison was ahead after flopping a set of eights and the river sent his opponent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Jamison	51,200	21,200
Kevin Garosshen	32,400	2,400
Noam Fater	29,800	-200
Ryan Dodd	26,500	-3,500

Tags: Kevin Garosshen Noam Fater Tyler Jamison

10-19-2021 19:55 UTC

Some Day 1b Photos

Anthony Thompson

10-19-2021 19:44 UTC

The Current MSPT All-Time Money List

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

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:

Place	Player	MSPT Winnings
1	Rich Alsup	$789,761
2	Pavel Plesuv	$681,212
3	Michael Soyza	$592,137
4	Mike Shin	$507,898
5	Blake Bohn	$502,720
6	David Levine	$499,752
7	Thomas Boivin	$461,505
8	Aaron Johnson	$453,638
9	[Removed:460]	$445,000
10	Felipe Davila	$427,942

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/200

Ante: 300

10-19-2021 19:29 UTC

Greenblatt Won't Back Down

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

James Pennella raised from middle position and then called the 2,100 three-bet Alexander Greenblatt put out from the small blind.

The flop saw Greenblatt continue for 3,000 and Pennella quickly called bringing about the turn.

Greenblatt continued with his aggression and fired out 6,000. The bet did the trick as Pennella mucked his hand giving the pot to Greenblatt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Greenblatt	40,000	10,000
James Pennella	20,000	-10,000

Tags: Alexander Greenblatt James Pennella

10-19-2021 19:23 UTC

Dodd Starts Off Fresh

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ryan Dodd was seen having his last 4,000 chips in the middle from under the gun on a board and Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez isolated directly to his left.