Felicio Bags Colossal Stack In The Final Flight Of The $1,100 MSPT Venetian
Seeing an impressive 1,153 entrants, Flight 1c came to an end with just 144 after the dust settled. They will return on Wednesday June 15th where 225 will receive a piece of the $2,078,610 prize pool, with a minimum payout of $2.079 for their efforts. All eyes, however, will be on the massive first place prize of $294,327 as well as the title for The Mid States Poker Tour $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event At Venetian Las Vegas.
At the higher end of the chip counts was WSOP bracelet winner Roberly Felicio who ended his day with 540,000 in chips. Felicio jostled with a table full of capable players, all of whom had a lot of chips, but through some fortunate timing and good plays, was able to rise above the rest towards the top of the counts. Navigating large fields is nothing new for Felicio, who’s bracelet win came in the WSOP 2018 $565 Colossus for $1,000,000 in a field of 13,070. Felicio looks to add one more trophy to his resume, in the form of an MSPT title.
Also bagging at the end of the day was Matt Morfitt with 405,000. Morfitt has come close to a victory before, with his biggest live cash being $115,053 for his runner-up finish at MSPT Minnesota 2021. With this positioning, he has a chance to top his best live score and add his list to the names of MSPT champions.
Winner of that MSPT Minnesota 2021 Kyna England also found her way to bagging 140,000 at the end of the night. Other players that found their way to bags at the end of the night included Ronnie Bardah (302,000), Dennis Stevermer (257,000), Christina Gollins (195,000), Camille Brown (171,000) and Nicholas Marchington (168,000). Players who’s final flight run did not result in bagging included Joey Weissman, Greg Himmelbrand, Brian Altman, Manig Loeser, and Jesse Lonis.
Despite the players playing a full 15 levels, because the clock was stopped on level 13 with 18:35 remaining in flight 1a, the players in this flight will be going back to that level. Day 2 will begin at 11 a.m., continue with 40-minute levels and 15-minute breaks in between there as well as a 60-minute dinner break occurring after nine levels Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the MSPT.
and Brown's flopped pair of aces were good for the pot as she made an uneeded flush on the river to get a full double through her opponent.
that saw Reichard check-call a bet of 13,000. 
saw Reichard check once more to Shea who moved all-in for 29,000 effective and Reichard quickly called. 
. Barton's wish was answered as the turn came a 
, but the river 
gave Barton the best hand with a pair of queens and he ended up eliminating his opponent.
and Lukina's full house was good enough to send her opponent to the rail.
and Hajdari checked over to his opponent who bet 1,000 which Hajdari called. 
which saw Hajdari check once more to his opponent who sized up to 7,000 which Hajdari called once more. 
which saw his opponent bet 15,000, leaving himself a single 500 chip behind. Hajdari thought about it for a bit and after some time tossed in the chip for the call. His opponent turned over 
kept his opponent in the lead, but the river 
gave Bardah aces and eights with a king kicker against aces and eights with a nine kicker. The player left the tournament area as Bardah pushed his stack nearer to 100,000.
turn and England sized up to 12,300 which saw her opponent quickly fold. England flashed a 
before taking in the pot and the MSPT 2021 Player of Year took down a pot form the small blind.
and the flopped two pair was good for the double as his chip stack rose to over 80,000.
