Welcome to Day 1b of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event at the Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas. Day 1a saw 238 entrants show up to play for the $500,000 prize pool and 27 surviving players will meet the remaining field from Day 1b on Monday September 6 to play for the title.
David Ouellette is the chip leader in a Day 1a field that includes WSOP gold bracelet winner Kathy Liebert. Previously at the MSPT in Las Vegas, Harlen Miller of Bismarck, North Dakota beat a field of 2,790 entries to win the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event in early June and later that month Chance Kornuth outlasted 2,011 entries to take down the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event. Many more MSPT regulars are expected throughout in the field throughout today.
Day 1b begins at 11:10 a.m. local time and it is the last of two starting days. The final day of the tournament will take place on Monday September 5 at 11:00 a.m. Players will start with 25,000 in chips and blinds open at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute break at the end of level nine. Levels will be 40 minutes long.
Play will continue on Day 1b until 11% of the field remain, or until 15 levels have been played. Registration will be open until around 6:40 p.m., when the late registration period ends at the conclusion of the dinner break that follows Level Nine. Player’s can re-enter as many times as they wish until late registration closes.
Stay tuned all day long as PokerNews will be on the floor to bring you all the action as it happens.
