$1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 MSPT Venetian November

11-01-2022 18:28 UTC-7

Some Chip Stacks and Their Owners

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Yepez	207,000 6,000	6,000
Noam Muallem	201,000 105,000	105,000
Chance Kornuth	178,000 168,500	168,500

Christina Gollins	108,000 15,000	15,000
Josh Sizemore	101,000 82,400	82,400
Kathy Liebert	75,000 -34,000	-34,000

Mike Hack	73,500 -15,700	-15,700
Michael Evans	56,500 -3,500	-3,500
Alex Foxen	53,000 -32,000	-32,000

Kyna England	41,000 16,000	16,000
Gregor Sverko	40,000 -200	-200
Gianluca Pace	34,000 4,900	4,900
Michael McCauley	14,500 6,300	6,300

11-01-2022 18:30 UTC-7

Lonis Chips Up With Big Slick

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player in early position raised to 3,500 and Jesse Lonis three-bet to 11,000 from the next seat over. Action folded around and his opponent made it 33,500 before Lonis shoved with more. His opponent called and was at risk.

Opponent:
Jesse Lonis:

The board ran out and Lonis made aces and kings to secure the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	123,000 86,500	86,500

Tags: Jesse Lonis

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-01-2022 18:50 UTC-7

Williams Sends Bekavac to the Rail

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dan Bekavac jammed his last 27,000 and Michael Williams shoved with more from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and Bekavac was at risk.

Dan Bekavac:
Michael Williams:

The board ran out and the nines held for Williams to score the elimination.

Elsewhere at the table, Eric Baldwin is hanging in there as the late levels of the evening approach.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Williams (MN)	151,000 151,000	151,000
Eric Baldwin	47,500

Dan Bekavac	Busted

Tags: Dan Baldwin Dan Bekavac Michael Williams

11-01-2022 19:03 UTC-7

MSPT Season 13 Player of the Year Race

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard leads the Season 13 Player of the Year race with just a few events to go. Reichard recently earned his spot in the MSPT Hall of Fame with his 26th Main Event cash at the last MSPT Venetian Main Event.

He's coming off an eighth-place finish at last week's MSPT Riverside event.

Season 13 Points Leaders

Rank	Name	Hometown	2022 Points
1	Josh Reichard	Janesville, WI	6,125
2	Dan Bekavac	Chicago, IL	4,950
3	CJ Peake	Cleveland, OH	4,225
4	Justin Barnum	Fargo, ND	4,200
5	John Dennehey	Savage, MN	3,850
6	Michael Estes	Coralville, IA	3,400
7	Wesley Cannon	Minneapolis, MN	3,300
8	Miroslav Semanisin	Wisconsin Dells, WI	3,100
9	Craig Trost	Madison, WI	3,000
10	Scott Sisler	Novi, MI	2,700

Tags: CJ Peake Craig Trost Dan Bekavac John Dennehey Josh Reichard Justin Barnum Michael Estes Miroslav Semanisin Scott Sisler Wesley Cannon

11-01-2022 19:12 UTC-7

Kornuth Setting the Pace

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chance Kornuth has chipped up in a big way in recent levels. He now sits at 410,000 with 34 players remaining in the flight. Play will continue this evening until 19 players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	410,000 232,000	232,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-01-2022 19:33 UTC-7

Truong Spikes the River to Bust One

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Patrick Truong jammed and an opponent called from the blinds for his last 60,000.

Patrick Truong:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Truong made a set of threes on the river to eliminate his opponent.

Elsewhere at the table, Chance Kornuth just sat down with his big stack. He joins the big stack of Ori Hasson and Alex Foxen, who is hanging in there with 35,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	365,000 -45,000	-45,000

Ori Hasson	360,000 110,000	110,000

Patrick Truong	135,000 60,000	60,000
Alex Foxen	35,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Chance Kornuth Ori Hasson Patrick Truong

11-01-2022 19:44 UTC-7

Foxen Takes From Truong

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Foxen raised to 5,500 from the button and Patrick Truong called from the big blind. The flop was .

Truong check-called when Foxen bet 4,500. The turn was .

Both players checked the turn and the river was . Truong checked once more and went into the tank when Foxen bet 24,500. After a few moments of thought, Truong put out the chips to call and Foxen showed for eights full of aces. Truong tossed the losing hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Truong	92,000 -43,000	-43,000
Alex Foxen	84,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Patrick Truong

11-01-2022 19:56 UTC-7

A Few Late Night Faces

Matt Hansen