Welcome to Day 2 of the 2021 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Buy-in $1.5 Million GTD Main Event
Today, each of the surviving players of their respective Day 1 will convene and battle it out on the green felt in pursuit of a Mid-Stakes Poker Tour title.
Of the 2,790 entries generated from Days 1a through 1d, just 396 remain. Of those, 297 will be guaranteed some cheddar, with a min-cash being worth $2,423. Should a player survive until the Day 3 finale – they will have a chance to compete for the top prize of $367,801.
The big dogs going into Day 2 include overall chip leader Sean Banahan (587,000), Max Corcoran (548,500), Kyrylo Kobzyev (523,000), Jeremy Koehler (522,000), and Michael Rocco (521,000).
Other notables still in contention include Joe Cada, Jordan Cristos, Jared Jaffee, Faraz Jaka, Aaron Massey, and Shannon Shorr.
Play is set to begin at 11 a.m. local time and will start at level 16 with 2,500/5,000 blinds and a 5,000 big blind ante. Players are encouraged to come a bit early to unbag their chips before play resumes. Play will continue until a final table is reached.
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flop. The 
turn brought him closer to elimination, but Shorr struck gold on the 
river, pairing up his seven and giving him the double up.
fell on the turn and the cutoff checked, prompting a 80,000 bet of his own from Vampan. The cutoff called. 
filled the river and Vampan's opponent open-shoved for about 800,000 total. Vampan called rather quickly and his opponent shook his head and showed 
for a missed flush draw that turned into a pair of tens. Vampan tabled 
for trip jacks and took down the massive pot.
and the 
with over one million in the pot, Aaron Massey had bet enough to put Michael Rocco all in for his last 100k. The floor was called over and a countdown was started until Rocco's hand would be declared dead. 
and Eskandar was eliminated.
of Ryan Dodd.