MSPT $1,100 Venetian Day 1b | MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

09-05-2021 12:14 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Josias Santos	57,000
Harlen Miller	Busted

Smith Chips Up Early

Matt Hansen

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

2021 MSPT Grand Falls main event champion Nicholas Smith was in middle position and called a 500 raise from a player under the gun. The small blind came along for a three-way pot and the flop was .

All three players checked the flop and the turn was . Action checked to Smith and he led out for 1,300 to get a fold from the other two players.

The small pot caps off an early run by the champ. Smith looks to make it back to back main event titles on the MSPT circuit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Smith	54,700 54,700	54,700

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/200

Ante: 300

09-05-2021 12:50 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	77,000 8,500	8,500
Michael Berk	68,500 31,000	31,000
Josias Santos	63,400 6,400	6,400
Nicholas Smith	58,000 3,300	3,300
Ralph Massey	53,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Wang	47,000 11,000	11,000

Mike Runnels	37,500 12,500	12,500
Renato Spahiu	31,000 6,000	6,000

PokerNews came into the action as the board was being run out. Mika Gilmore was all in from middle position for 26,000 and a player in the big blind made the call. Gilmore had and her opponent had .

The board was , and Gilmore was left with just a few chips when her aces were busted by three sevens. Gilmore busted on the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mika Gilmore	Busted

09-05-2021 13:07 UTC-7

Harmon Clashes with Berk

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

With around 1,000 in the pot and a flop of , Wayne Harmon led out for 1,100 from the big blind. Michael Berk made the call from middle position.

The turn was and Harmon fired 3,500. Berk made another call and the river was .

Harmon bet 14,000 on the river to a call from Berk. Harmon showed for three sevens to take the pot and chip back up after falling behind early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Berk	55,000 -13,500	-13,500
Wayne Harmon	53,000 53,000	53,000

09-05-2021 13:16 UTC-7

Break Time

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break. So far the tournament has seen 227 entries and 198 players remain.

09-05-2021 13:23 UTC-7

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Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

09-05-2021 13:40 UTC-7

Garcia Moves Up the Leaderboard

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Recent WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia was heads-up in a pot of around 5,000 with a flop of .

The player in middle position bet 2,700 and Garcia three-bet to 5,400 from the next seat over. Garcia's opponent made the lay down after a short tank and Garcia scooped a pot to cap off a huge run that started before the break with a big pot on a nut flush.