Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,100 MSPT Venetian Main Event
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,100 Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 11:10 a.m. for the first of two starting flights in this two-day event.
The $250,000 guarantee kicks off a full week of MSPT action at the Venetian, with a $1,600 Main Event to follow on Thursday, November 3 that guarantees $750,000. Today's surviving players will return on Thursday at 11 a.m. for the Day 2 finale.
The tour is coming off of a stop in Riverside, Iowa that drew 749 entries for a prize pool of $726,530 Lee Rzentkowski took home the top prize of $145,006. MSPT last visited Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend, and PokerGO commentator Jeff Platt outlasted 470 entries on his run to a $100,804 victory.
Players will start with 25,000 chips and play 40-minute levels. Registration remains open until approximately 5:55 p.m. local time and players can reenter as many times as they wish during either of the opening flights.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live reporters from the floor of the $1,110 MSPT Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas.
on the board when Mike Hack bet 7,000 from the small blind and his opponent called from late position. 
and Hack shoved the rest of his stack. His opponent folded quickly and Hack dragged the big pot without a showdown. 
and Muallem flopped a straight to triple his stack while the two remaining players split their side pot. 
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and both players checked. The turn was 
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and Lonis held on with pocket queens to secure the elimination.
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for eights full of aces. Truong tossed the losing hand in the muck.