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

10-20-2021 23:58 UTC

Apter Doubles With Big Slick

Anthony Thompson

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

A series of preflop raises saw WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter get his 28,700 stack in the middle from the small blind and he was called by the button player.

Brett Apter:
Opponent:

Apter had his opponent dominated until the flop hit the felt pairing their queen.

Luckily for Apter, the fell on the turn putting Apter back out in front and the river secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Apter	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Brett Apter

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-21-2021 00:09 UTC

Check Out Episodes of PokerNews Podcast for All the UpA-to-Date News

Anthony Thompson

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

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10-21-2021 00:20 UTC

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Moret-Rojas	215,400 136,500	136,500
Panda Chen	146,700
Ryan Eriquezzo	127,400 66,200	66,200

Adrian Mateos	122,300 122,300	122,300

Zach Daly	113,400 113,400	113,400
Nick Blackburn	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mukul Pahuja	86,700 86,700	86,700
Ezequiel Waigel	81,200 -28,500	-28,500
Jacob Rich	72,100 42,100	42,100
Seung Mook Jung	60,000 60,000	60,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	58,600 27,200	27,200
Michael Wang	51,200 18,800	18,800

Boris Kolev	45,600 -10,000	-10,000

Nipun Java	45,300 12,900	12,900

Eric Baldwin	40,200 17,900	17,900

Huhybil Hong	32,400 -13,800	-13,800
Sohale Khalili	29,100 -10,300	-10,300
Donnie Phan	28,700 -2,500	-2,500
David Jackson	26,500 26,500	26,500

Ebony Kenney	24,300 -5,700	-5,700
Vinny Pahuja	24,300 5,000	5,000
David McDermott	13,200 -26,700	-26,700

10-21-2021 00:30 UTC

Donnie Phan Sets Up a Double

Anthony Thompson

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

Donnie Phan open-jammed for his last 5,700 from late position and was called by the button player.

Donnie Phan:
Opponent:

Phan was in rough shape until the flop fell giving him a set of fours.

The turn brought possible chop outs if a six were to fall on the river but luckily for Phan, the completed the board and secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donnie Phan	15,000 -13,700	-13,700

Tags: Donnie Phan

10-21-2021 00:42 UTC

Dinner Break

Anthony Thompson

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

Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break. Registration for the event will be closed upon return.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

10-21-2021 01:45 UTC

Registration Closed

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The late registration/re-buy period has ended for Day 1c with 617 entries showing on the tournament clock though that number will gradually grow as there're still plenty of alternates who needed to be seated.

Official numbers and prize pool will follow.

10-21-2021 01:58 UTC

MSPT Season 12 Cashes

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 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 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	DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, MN	5
5	Terence Reid	Sioux Falls, SD	4
6	Gary Hersten	Chicago, IL	4
7	Jordan Cristos	Los Angeles, CA	4
8	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	4
9	Tim Garles	Des Moines, IA	4
10	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City,	4

10-21-2021 02:05 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts Form After Dinner Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Seung Mook Jung	175,000 115,000	115,000
Adrian Mateos	175,000 52,700	52,700

Panda Chen	140,000 -6,700	-6,700
Mukul Pahuja	126,500 39,800	39,800
Ezequiel Waigel	110,000 28,800	28,800
Nick Blackburn	105,000 5,000	5,000
Shannon Shorr	95,000 65,000	65,000

Sohale Khalili	90,500 61,400	61,400
Andrew Ostapchenko	78,500 19,900	19,900
Brett Apter	70,000 10,000	10,000

Christian Dressler	67,500 24,300	24,300
Ryan Eriquezzo	67,500 -59,900	-59,900

Donnie Phan	60,000 45,000	45,000
Jacob Rich	58,500 -13,600	-13,600
Eric Baldwin	50,000 9,800	9,800

Ebony Kenney	45,500 21,200	21,200
Dylan Linde	30,000 30,000	30,000

Martin Zamani	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Jackson	25,000 -1,500	-1,500

Tomas Soderstrom	19,500 -6,100	-6,100
Mitchell Halverson	Busted