$1,600 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2022 MSPT Venetian November
$1,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
282
Players Left
32
Welcome to Day 1b of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event
Welcome to Day 1b of the $1,600 Main Event of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) stop at Venetian Las Vegas. The action will begin at 11:10 a.m. local time for the second of three starting flights.
The $1,100 version drew 464 players to the Venetian earlier this week. The event offered a $250,000 guarantee but generated $447,760 for the prize pool, and Nghia Nguyen claimed the top prize of $90,215.
Today’s event offers a $750,000 guarantee, and yesterday on Day 1a, Jesse Lonis bagged 816,000 chips to hold the chip lead over 17 surviving players from the 153 entries in the first starting flight.
Players will begin with 30,000 chips and levels will be 40 minutes each. Registration remains open until approximately 8:10 p.m. local time and reentries are unlimited. Play will continue until approximately 11% of the field remains, and all surviving players will return on Sunday for the Day 2 finale.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team provides updates from the floor of the $1,600 MSPT Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air and play is now underway for Day 1b of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event.
Some Early Runners
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Johnson Takes with Check-Raise
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Ori Hasson opened to 300 from middle position, the cutoff called, and Darrell Johnson defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the 
flop and action checked to the cutoff who bet 600. Hasson folded and Johnson called.
The 
landed on the turn and Johnson checked. The cutoff tossed out a bet of 600 and Johnson responded with a check-raise to 2,200, prompting his opponent to muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
29,500 | -500 |
More Faces in the Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
There are now more than 50 players already in the field as the first level of play winds down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Cowboys Hold for McCauley
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
A cutoff player opened to 800 and Michael McCauley three-bet to 2,700 on the button. Action folded back to the cutoff who called.
Both players ended up committing 11,000 each to the pot on the 
flop, and the cutoff moved in his remaining stack of roughly 15,000 on the turn. McCauley called.
Cutoff: 
Michael McCauley: 
The 
river bricked out to keep McCauley's kings in front, and after a count confirmed his 15,800 chips slightly covered his opponent, McCauley collected the pot for a near double as his opponent exited the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 58,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
46,000 | 16,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -3,000 |