There are 80 players currently remaining out of 268 entrants so far. Registration for this second flight will remain open for one more level before it closes at approximately 8:10 p.m.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Just before this $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event, the $1,100 MSPT Venetian Main Event played out and attracted 464 runners which generated a $447,670 prize pool. At the end of it, Nghia Nguyen defeated Dylan Linde in heads-up play to claim the title and $90,215.
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nghia Nguyen | $90,215 |
| 2 | Dylan Linde | $61,274 |
| 3 | Noam Muallem | $43,209 |
| 4 | Kfir Nahum | $30,895 |
| 5 | Jared Kingery | $23,284 |
| 6 | Eric Siegel | $17,463 |
| 7 | Saad Ghanem | $12,985 |
| 8 | Jeff Madsen | $9,851 |
| 9 | Eric Salazar | $8,060 |
Maziar Keshavarzi opened to 5,500, and after a player flatted, Mitchell Halverson three-bet to 17,000. Keshavarzi moved all in for 75,000 and only Halverson called.
Maziar Keshavarzi: 
Mitchell Halverson: 
Keshavarzi held the inferior pocket pair, but the 
flop vaulted him into the lead, and the 
and 
confirmed the result as he got up and gave a clap of his hands following the unlikely runout.
"I've never seen you lose an all-in," remarked Halverson as Keshavarzi collected the pot from the fortunate double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | -90,000 |
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
Just before the blinds went up, a player under the gun flatted, Ankush Mandavia raised to 5,000 in the cutoff, Alex Foxen flatted the button, and the under-the-gun player called.
The trio checked the 
flop to the 
turn, and action checked to Mandavia who bet 16,000. Foxen folded and the under-the-gun player thought for a while before eventually sending his cards into the muck as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 55,000 |
|
75,000 | 15,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
With roughly 10,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Rich Alsup checked the big blind, Adam Hendrix checked in early position, and Pierce McKellar bet 4,000 in middle position.
Alsup responded with a check-raise to 12,000, and both opponents folded as the MSPT Hall of Famer added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
177,000 | 57,000 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
33,000 | 8,000 |
With 10,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Joseph Cheong checked the hijack and the cutoff bet 3,000. Cheong check-raised to 8,000 and his opponent continued.
The landed on the turn and Cheong tossed in enough chips to cover his opponent's roughly 15,000 behind. His opponent called.
Opponent: 
Joseph Cheong: 
The 
river failed to improve the aces to a flush, and Cheong claimed the pot with his straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 45,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 25,000 |
|
215,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
165,000 | 25,000 |
|
155,000 | -20,000 |
|
125,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
110,000 | 50,000 |
|
95,000 | 62,000 |
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
75,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
55,000 | 17,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
30,000 | -5,000 |
|
28,000 | 10,500 |
|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
|
17,000 | -5,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
