Welcome to Day 1b of the MSPT Venetian Main Event
Welcome to Day 1b of the $1,100 Mid-States Poker Tour(MSPT) Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 11:10 a.m. local time for the second of two opening flights in this two-day tournament.
Ezequiel Waigel is the Day 1a chip leader after 254 players turned out for just over 15 levels of play. Waigel leads a field of 28 returning players that includes Adam Hendrix, Jeremy Ausmus, Barry Shulman, Mitchell Halverson, Lokesh Garg, and Angela Jordison. Day 1b players are chasing Waigel’s top stack of 730,000 and Hendrix’s second-place total of 459,000.
MSPT Venetian Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezequiel Waigel | 730,000 | 122 |
| 2 | Adam Hendrix | 459,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Mitchell Halverson | 448,000 | 75 |
| 4 | Lokesh Garg | 384,000 | 64 |
| 5 | Angela Jordison | 304,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Barry Shulman | 297,000 | 50 |
| 7 | Gerald Luarca | 265,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Marquis Waters | 243,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Nesrin Can | 217,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Kfir Nahum | 217,000 | 36 |
* - based on the end of Day 1a
As the season comes to an end, Josh Reichard sits stop the 2023 leaderboard with 6,422 points, and he has one more opportunity to add to that total before the season wraps up on Friday. He’s followed on the leaderboard by CJ Peake with 5,775 and Dan Bekavac with 5,282. The total number of points available in a given tournament is based on the number of entries, but a win for Peake or Bekavac in the final week of the season could make things interesting.
Both Peake and Reichard made an appearance for Day 1a but they did not qualify for Day 2.
Players will start Day 1b with 25,000 in chips and they will play 40-minute levels until approximately 11% of the field remains. Registration is available until the end of the break after Level 9, and players may enter as many times as they wish.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the MSPT Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas.