$1,100 Main Event 198 [$1,500,000 GTD]
Day 1a Completed
2022 MSPT Venetian
$1,100 Main Event 198 [$1,500,000 GTD]
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 MSPT Venetian
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,078,610
Entries
2,154
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
179
Players Left
22
Oberhauser Leads The Survivors Of Flight 1a of MSPT Venetian $1,100
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
After just over 10 hours of play, the starting field of 179 players in The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas Nevada has played down to just 22 players who will return on Wednesday June 15th to play Day 2.
Leading the way is French player Valentin Oberhauser who ended the day with 538,000. Oberhauser acquired chips early on in the day with multiple confrontations with WSOP bracelet winner Kenny Huynh where in one instance he called down three massive barrels with three of a kind. He holds a commanding lead over the field, and has put himself in prime position to make a deep run to go for his first MSPT title.
MSPT Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Valentin Oberhauser | France | 538,000 |
| 2 | Anselmo Villarreal | United States | 371,000 |
| 3 | Reg Powell | United States | 365,000 |
| 4 | Michael Liang | United States | 359,000 |
| 5 | Adrian State | Romania | 350,000 |
| 6 | Casey Stewart | United States | 278,000 |
| 7 | Justin Belforti | United States | 258,000 |
| 8 | Eluterio Rodriguez | United States | 242,000 |
| 9 | Sean Conklin | United States | 230,000 |
| 10 | Michael Luong | United States | 200,000 |
Also bagging at the end of the day was Reg Powell who ended third in chips with 365,000. Powell has been a staple of MSPT events for a while and his career best score was a runner up finish in the 2018 MSPT Iowa for $54,416. With this bag, he looks to get a large piece of the $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Other players that found their way to bags at the end of the night included Michael Liang (359,000), Casey Stewart (278,000), Justin Belforti (258,000) and last weeks MSPT Venetian fourth place finisher Jack O’Neill (173,000). Players who were unable to find bags included last week's final tablists Rohan Dhuper, and Fehim Hajdari, as well as Peter Lockwood and Kevin Garosshen. All of these players will have the option to play the following two days’ flights to try to make Day 2.
Given there was 18:35 left on the clock in level 13, the players will return on Day 2 and play the remainder of this level, unless one of the other flights ends earlier, with the blinds going up every 40 minutes after the completion of that level. The 22 players from this flight are the first players assured to play on the second day for this massive $1,500,000 guarantee. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding this tournament.
Full Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
538,000 | 146,000 |
|
371,000 | 43,000 |
|
365,000 | 90,000 |
|
359,000 | 50,000 |
|
350,000 | 7,000 |
|
278,000 | 151,000 |
|
258,000 | 258,000 |
|
242,000 | 242,000 |
|
230,000 | 230,000 |
|
200,000 | |
|
198,000 | 198,000 |
|
|
194,000 | 194,000 |
|
173,000 | 173,000 |
|
154,000 | 154,000 |
|
112,000 | 112,000 |
|
86,000 | |
|
|
86,000 | 86,000 |
|
|
76,000 | 76,000 |
|
72,000 | 13,000 |
|
71,000 | 71,000 |
|
51,000 | 51,000 |
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
Play Has Ended
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining 22 players have bagged up for the day with 18:35 left on the clock in level 13. A full recap with chip counts will soon follow.
Andrews Takes One Late
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river in a pot between Casey Andrews in the big blind and an opponent in the hijack with 35,000 in the center.
With a board reading 
Andrews led 19,000 and his opponent folded and Andrews took a pot in the later portion of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
149,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Recap Rewind: Shea Quintin Wins 2022 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
After just under four hours on Friday, it was Shea Quintin who took down the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) $1,600 Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas for $324,946 and his first MSPT title.
“I feel incredible,” the 26-year old said. “My previous best score was a little bit more than $28,000 and this is a little more than that.”
It was Quintin’s first trip out to Las Vegas as he lives in Florida and has only played a few tournaments out here. He was joined on the rail by his father and best friend who embraced him joyously as he won.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better rail," said Quintin, who bested a 1,644-entry field.
MSPT Venetian Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Shea Quintin | United States | $324,946* |
| 2nd | Yulia Lisichkina | Russia | $284,050* |
| 3rd | Fehim Hajdari | Denmark | $178,045 |
| 4th | Jack O'Neill | United Kingdom | $135,877 |
| 5th | Matthew Sabia | United States | $100,736 |
| 6th | Rohan Dhuper | United States | $74,966 |
| 7th | Kevin Ayow | Canada | $57,396 |
| 8th | Rickey Evans | Unitied States | $45,448 |
| 9th | Angelina Rich | Australia | $36,780 |
*Denotes heads-up deal.
Break
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The final 24 players have gone on a 15-minute
Play To 22
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The remaining 24 players will play down to 22 players and then players will bag up for the night.
A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.
The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:
- Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
- Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year
To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.
As of today, eight players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.
