$1,600 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2022 MSPT Venetian November
$1,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 MSPT Venetian November
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,151,400
Entries
808
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
153
Players Left
17
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,600 Main Event of the Mid-States Poker Tour(MSPT) stop at Venetian Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 11:10 a.m. local time for the first of three opening flights.
The $1,100 version drew 464 players to the Venetian on Tuesday and Thursday, and the 52 surviving players reconvene today to play down to a winner. The event offered a $250,000 guarantee but generated $447,760 for the prize pool.
Today’s event offers a $750,000 guarantee, and it is sure to draw a field of high-profile players and local grinders throughout the weekend.
Players will start with 30,000 in chips and play 40-minute levels. Reentries are unlimited and registration will remain open until approximately 8:10 p.m. Play will continue until approximately 11% of the field remain, and all surviving players will return on Sunday for the Day 2 finale.
Be sure to keep it with PokerNews all day long for updates live from the floor of Day 1a of the $1,600 Main Event and Day 2 of the $1,100 Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are now in the air for Day 1a of the $1,600 Main Event.
Early Runners
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
There are currently six runners as the tournament kicks off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
30,000 | |
Serry Applies Pressure
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was heads up with 
on the flop when Mohamed Serry checked and Dan Bekavac bet 1,700. Serry raised to 4,100 and Bekavac fired back with 10,000.
Serry thought for a very brief moment and went all in. Bekavac looked at his cards and shook his head before he tossed them in the muck.
"Like a boss!" Rob Wazwaz said in table talk. "He said 'Not in my house!'"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | |
|
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19,200
-10,800
|
-10,800 |
More Early Runners
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
There are currently 16 total entries in the tournament. Dan Bekavac has bowed out in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Wazwaz Finds an Early Double
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Rob Wazwaz fell behind in the early level but got his last 9,000 into the middle.
Rob Wazwaz: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Wazwaz held on with ace-king to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
|
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A Few More Runners
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There are currently 28 entries in the tournament at the midway point of Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
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