MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
Day 1a Started
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
Day: 1a
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2021 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Buy-in $2 Million GTD Main Event
Last week, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) hosted an $1,100 Main Event with a guaranteed $1.5 million prize pool. By its conclusion this past Monday, that prize pool had swelled by over a million dollars, with Harlen Miller taking home the lions share after emerging victorious over a 2,790 entry field.
Starting today, the MSPT will host another main event featuring a larger $1,600 buy-in and $2 million guarantee. Unlike last week, this week’s event will only feature three starting days instead of four.
The tournament is set to begin at 11:10 a.m. local time. Players will start with 30,000 in chips and levels will last 40 minutes each, with level 1 starting at 100/100 blinds. A big blind ante will be introduced at the start of level four (200/300/300). Players will go on a 15-minute break after every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break at the end of level nine.
Late registration will be available until the end of dinner break (approximately 6:25 p.m.) and players will have the option re-enter an unlimited amount of times before then. Fifteen levels are scheduled to be played, which means action will conclude at around 10:40 p.m. The surviving players will bag and tag their chips and advance to Sunday's Day 2. Play will be nine-handed and tables no longer have dividers on them.
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Cards in The Air!
Play is now underway here at the MSPT $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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A Few Early Risers
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There are currently 85 entrants in the field so far.
| 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 |
Moon Runs into Flush
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A player in the cutoff limped and Benjamin Moon raised to 200 from the button. The small bind and cutoff both called.
The flop came 
and the small blind open mucked. Action then checked to Mono, who continued for 300. The player in the cutoff called.
Both players then checked down on the 
turn and 
river. Moon's opponent showed 
for a flush and Moon mucked.
Moon is off to a good start despite the hit, however. He currently sits with about 35,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | -1,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Moreno Lays on The Aggression
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player in the cutoff opened to 500 and found one caller in Andrew Moreno from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Moreno check-called a 300 bet from his opponent.
Both players checked on the 
, however, Moreno led out for 300 on the 
river. His opponent responded by raising to 2,100. Undeterred, Moreno then re-raised to 8,600 and his opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000 | 5,000 |
Rich Lays it Down
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Jacob Rich opened to 500 from under-the-gun and action folded around to the player in the big blind, who called.
The flop came 
and Rich's opponent check-called a 300 bet from Rich.
Both players checked the 
turn, but when the 
river completed the board, the big blind led out for 700. Rich responded by raising to 2,500 and his opponent then re-raised to 8,700. Rich folded after a bit of thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |