$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]
Day 1a Completed
2022 MSPT Venetian
$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 MSPT Venetian
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$2,342,700
Entries
1,644
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
272
Players Left
34
Hack Cuts Through Flight 1a, Matakis and Moreno Bag Big
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After just over 12 hours of play, The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event came to a close with just 34 out of the initial 272 entrants.
Leading the way is Mike Hack who bagged 726,000. The Las Vegas resident has a long list of cashes dating all the way back to 2009. He will be looking to add to his $830,520 in lifetime earnings, perhaps even top his best lifetime cash of $125,103, and has put himself in prime position to do so.
Nipping at his heels are Ian Matakis with 564,000 and Andrew Moreno with 444,000. Mitakis is coming hot off of his best lifetime cash of $125,326 for a 13th place in the Wynn millions and spent the whole day as one of the top stacks. Moreno found himself knocking out MSPT all-time money leader Rich Alsup, when his pocket tens beat Alsup’s ace-king, to shoot up the leaderboards late in the day.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hack | 726,000 |
| 2 | Ian Matakis | 564,000 |
| 3 | Hoi Wong | 510,000 |
| 4 | David Moore | 472,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Moreno | 444,000 |
| 6 | Mohammad Mufti | 406,000 |
| 7 | Pierce McKellar | 350,000 |
| 8 | Rob Wazwaz | 323,000 |
| 9 | Cristina Ilie | 313,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Van Sanford | 300,000 |
Others that managed to find bags include Rob Wazwaz (323,000), Cristina Ilie (313,000), Ryan Van Sanford (300,000), Samantha Cohen (140,000), and Peter Lockwood(108,000). Not all were as fortunate though as players like Barry Hutter, Vojtech Ruzicka, 4-time MSPT Champion Dan Bekavac, and WSOP 2007 Main Event Winner Jerry Yang all found themselves eliminated throughout the course of the day.
This tournament has unlimited re-entry throughout all flights and those players, as well as others, will have to play the flights of the following two days to make Day 2. The remaining 34 players will bag up and return on Thursday, June 9th at 11 AM with blinds returning at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Day 1B kicks off tomorrow at 11:10 AM at Venetian Resort In Las Vegas, Nevada, with players beginning with 30,000 starting chips. Two more flights to make day 2 of this $2,000,000 guaranteed tournament. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding this tournament.
Play Has Ended; End Of Day Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
34 players have bagged up for tonight and will return on Day 2, Thursday June 9th. A recap and full chip counts are soon to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
726,000 | 197,000 |
|
564,000 | 198,000 |
|
510,000 | 510,000 |
|
472,000 | 472,000 |
|
444,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
406,000 | 176,000 |
|
350,000 | 60,000 |
|
323,000 | -62,000 |
|
313,000 | -10,000 |
|
300,000 | 300,000 |
|
296,000 | 296,000 |
|
279,000 | |
|
273,000 | |
|
268,000 | 24,000 |
|
252,000 | |
|
246,000 | |
|
237,000 | |
|
200,000 | 104,000 |
|
197,000 | |
|
156,000 | |
|
|
153,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
140,000 | -34,000 |
|
137,000 | |
|
|
113,000 |
Moreno Knocks Out Alsup; Six More Hands
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Rich Alsup was all-in for his remaining 160,000 against Andrew Moreno.
Rich Alsup: 
Andrew Moreno: 
The board ran out as a straight for Moreno and he took a massive pot towards the end of the night by eliminating Alsup.
Immediately after, the floor announced six more hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
434,000 | 309,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Getting Close To Hard Stop
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The tournament clock reads 36 players. The players will either play down to 33 or the remaining 25 minutes on the level, whichever comes first.
Hack Builds More
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mike Hack had called in the small blind and his opponent moved all-in from the big blind for 74,000 which Hack called.
Big blind: 
Mike Hack: 
The board ran out 
giving Hack a set of twos to eliminate another opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
529,000 | 59,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Late Night Chip Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | 413,000 |
|
|
424,000 | 424,000 |
|
|
366,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
323,000 | 111,000 |
|
|
244,000 | 140,600 |
|
|
230,000 | -71,000 |
|
|
174,000 | 130,000 |
|
89,000 | 56,500 |
Alsup Rivers It For Heaps
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A player in late position raised to 8,000 and Rich Alsup called in the hijack with Andrew Moreno calling on the button. A player moved all-in from the small blind for 22,000 and the initial raiser moved all-in for 250,000 effective which sent Alsup into the tank. After thinking for about a minute, he called and Moreno folded.
Small blind: 
Rich Alsup: 
Early position: 
The flop came out 
which gave the early position player a pair of kings. The turn gave wheel outs for Alsup and the river 
straightened Alsup out to give himself the winning wheel to more than double up to one of the tournament big stacks.
At another table Michael Jozoff was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
375,000 | 279,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000