MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD) Day 1b | MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD)

06-03-2021 19:49 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Moon	186,000	16,000
Maria Konnikova	32,000	1,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Reg Powell	90,000	13,000
Rodger Johnson	38,000	-59,000

Liu Won't be Pushed Around

Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Nicholas Palma opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and was called by a player in the small blind and JJ Liu in the big blind.

Action checked to Liu, who led out for 5,500 on the flop. Palma got out of the way, but the player in the small blind then check-raised to approximately 15,000. Undeterred, Liu quickly shoved for a bit more than 60,000 and her opponent rapped the table before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	90,000	40,000
Nicholas Palma	38,000	-19,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-03-2021 19:18 UTC-7

Color Up

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Each table is currently racing off everyone's black chips.

Play will resume shortly.

06-03-2021 19:15 UTC-7

Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables in History

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.

On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.

Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."

Here's a look at the top eight MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:

Place	Player	Hometown	Main Event Final Tables
1	Richard Alsup	New Hope, Minnesota	12
2	Kou Vang	Maplewood, Minnesota	10
3	Blake Bohn	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	9
4	Rob WazWaz	Minneapolis, Minnesota	9
5	Jason Bender	Keota, Iowa	9
6	Aaron Johnson	Red Wing, Minnesota	9
7	Jeremy Dresch	Fridley, Minnesota	8
8	Everett Carlton	St. Paul, Minnesota	8
9	Joe Matheson	Monticello, Minnesota	7
10	Dan "DQ" Hendrickson	Faribault, Minnesota	7

06-03-2021 18:48 UTC-7

The Numbers Are in

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With late registration now closed, Day 1b of MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.5M GTD) saw 530 entries, which is more than double the 251 from Day 1a. The field still has 224 remaining players with five levels to go before bagging and tagging for the day.

06-03-2021 18:44 UTC-7

More Counts

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Franklin	170,000	109,000
Mike Dentale	115,000	60,000
Anthony Marquez	107,000	-19,000
Jerod Smith	95,000	-5,000
Reg Powell	77,000	6,000
Ryan Laplante	76,000	58,000
John Morgan	60,000	-5,000
Nicholas Palma	57,000	-18,000
Roger Campbell	56,000	-26,000
JJ Liu	50,000	-33,000
Jonathan Kim	48,000	10,000
Allen Kessler	42,000	-11,000
Maria Konnikova	31,000	13,000
Kathy Liebert	25,000	-26,000
Aaron Massey	14,000	-5,000
Joe McKeehen	12,000	2,000
Matt Affleck	Busted
Eyal Bensimhon	Busted
Jeremy Calverley	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-03-2021 18:08 UTC-7

Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series Winners Thus Far...

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Date	Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Hometown	Prize
5/3/21	Event 1: $500 NLH Survivor	68	$29,580	7 winners	N/A	$4,300
5/3/21	Event 2: $200 NLH Bounty	87	$13,920	Oscar Tobar	San Francisco, CA	$2,379
5/4/21	Event 3: $500 NLH Survivor	50	$21,750	6 winners	N/A	$4,300
5/4/21	Event 4: $200 NLH Bounty	87	$13,290	Kilo Krahn	Sandy, Utah	$2,678
5/5/21	Event 5: $400 NLH Monster Stack	122	$40,870	Virab Zakaryan	Las Vegas, NV	$10,252
5/5/21	Event #6: $200 NLH Survivor	96	$15,360	9 winners	N/A	$1,600
5/8/21	Event #7: $400 NLH $50K GTD	690	$229,770	Austin Roberts	Monterery, California	$35,552
5/6/21	Event #8: $200 NLH Survivor	85	$13,600	8 Winners	N/A	$1,600
5/9/21	Event #9: $300 NLH Freeze Out	135	$33,075	Kennii Nguyen	Las Vegas, NV	$6,786
5/11/21	Event #10: $400 NLH	543	$180,819	Ricardo Eyzaguirre	Las Vegas, NV	$29,277
5/10/21	Event #11: $200 NLH Survivor	89	$14,240	11 winners	N/A	$1,295
5/12/21	Event #12: $400 NLH	204	$68,340	Christopher Marshall	Las Vegas, NV	$11,810
5/16/21	Event #13: $600 NLH	832	$421,824	Matthew Wantman	Stoneham, MA	$70,000
5/13/21	Event #14: $200 NLH Survivor	96	$15,360	9 winners	N/A	$1,600
5/16/21	Event #15: $300 NLH	171	$41,895	Leo Creger	Mililani, HI	$6,686
5/20/21	Event #16: $400 NLH	739	$243,870	Dylan Wilkerson	Las Vegas, NV	$48,270
5/17/21	Event #17: $200 NLH Survivor	91	$14,560	9 winners	N/A	$1,600
5/20/21	Event #18: $400 NLH	230	$77,050	Mehdi Saleh	Tempe, AZ	$12,647
5/22/21	Event #19: $600 NLH	646	$326,230	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	$57,088
5/23/21	Event #20: $400 NLH	186	$62,310	Oleksandr Symonenko	Ukraine	$16,514
5/26/21	Event #21: $400 NLH MonsterStack	549	$182,817	Ross Ward	Charleston, SC	$31,073
5/24/21	Event #22: $200 NLH Survivor	110	$17,600	11 winners	N/A	$1,600
5/26/21	Event #23: $400 NLH MonsterStack	186	$62,310	Justin Mevs	Seattle, WA	$8,485
5/29/21	Event #24: $600 NLH	867	$437,835	Tuan Mai	San Jose, CA	$75,000
5/27/21	Event #25: $10,000 High Roller	77	$770,000	Ali Imsirovic	Vancouver, WA	$200,200
5/27/21	Event #26: $400 Limit Omaha 8/B	92	$31,280	Khamar Xaythavone	West Valley, UT	$9,383
5/27/21	Event #27: $300 NLH Bounty	89	$22,250	Alan Sugano	Rancho Pals Verdes, CA	$3,573
5/28/21	Event #28: $10,000 High Roller	65	$650,000	Shawn Daniels	Henderson, NV	$175,500
5/28/21	Event #29: $400 PLO	69	$23,460	Nohad Teliani	Canada	$8,211
5/28/21	Event #30: $300 NLH Bounty	85	$21,250	Andrew Meyer	Manhattan, KS	$4,058
5/30/21	Event #32: $500 PLO 8/B	142	$60,634	David Brookshire	Chatsworth, CA	$16,977
5/30/21	Event #34: $600 NLH	177	$90,270	Lawrence Engerman	Las Vegas, NV	$21,135
5/31/21	Event #35: $400 NLH	351	$117,585	Bejnamin Garrick	Gold Beach, OR	$22,745
5/31/21	Event #36: $200 NLH Survivor	183	$29,280	18 winners	N/A	$1,600