Welcome To Day 1B Of Venetian MSPT Main Event!
The second flight of The Mid-States Poker Tour: $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at The Venetian Resort In Las Vegas, Nevada. Day 1b of the $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Begins at 11:10 am, and is another opportunity for players to get a piece of the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Last night saw 34 players bag up for Day 2 out of 272 entries and it was Las Vegas Native, Mike Heck leading the way with 726,000. This field looks to be much larger than the former and could potentially have a new tournament chip leader.
Top Ten Counts From Day 1A
| 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 |
Many players are expected to come out and battle for an MSPT trophy, including former MSPT winners Daniel Sepiol, Kyna England, Blake Bohn, and Bobby Noel.
The players will begin with 30,000 in starting chips with blinds beginning at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. The blind levels will last 40 minutes each, with 10-minute blinds occurring after every 3 levels. Late registration will close after level 9, where a 60-minute dinner break will follow. The players will play down to 12.5% of the field, or a full 15 levels, whatever comes first.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event.
and the big blind led for 2,000 which both the under the-gun player and Bekavac called. 
and the big blind sized up to 6,000 which saw the under the-gun player fold and Bekavac call. 
, the big blind checked and Bekavac bet 15,000. "You could have kings," said the big blind as he contemplated putting in the call. After some time, he tossed in a call and Bekavac turned over 
for three twos which was good for the pot as his opponent mucked and the 4-time MSPT champion nearly doubled his starting stack.
and the big blind led out for 2,300 which Ruiz called. 
saw the big blind check and Ruiz go into the tank. After a decent amount of time passing, Ruiz put in 5,000 and his opponent snap-called to turn over 
. It was no good against Ruiz though, who had flopped a broadway straight with 
and took down the pot.
which gave Soriano a pair of kings and the 2020 MSPT Venetian Champion left the tournament area.
came and the turn 
sealed the deal before the river 
and one player moved all-in for 16,100 and Fish being next to act called and the other player began talking to the table. He asked the dealer what he should do, exposing his 
and Massey moved all-in for 38,000 effective which sent his opponent into the tank. After roughly three minutes, another player at the table called clock and the cutoff player had thirty seconds to act on their hand. 
giving no help to the ace-queen and Lendvai doubled up through his opponent.
