MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
Day 1b Started
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
Day: 1b
Welcome to Day 1b of the MPST Venetian $1,600 Buy-in $2 Million GTD Main Event
Yesterday, Day 1b of the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour $1,600 ($2M GTD) Main Event saw 314 entrants battle it out on the green felt until there were just 44 remaining. When all was said and done, Osmin “Oddie” Dardong emerged as the chip leader after amassing 618,000 in chips.
Today, a fresh batch of players will take their seats in pursuit of an MSPT title and the lion’s share of a guaranteed $2 million prize pool.
Play is set to begin at 11:10 a.m. local time. Players will begin with 30,000 in chips and levels will be 40-minutes long. Blinds will begin at 100/100 and a big-blind ante will be introduced at the start of level four (200/300/300). Players will get 15-minute breaks at the end of every three levels and an hour-long dinner break at the end of level nine.
Late registration is available until the end of dinner break 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 11 p.m. The surviving players will bag and tag their chips and advance to Sunday's Day 2. Play will be nine-handed as tables no longer have dividers on them.
Stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you Day 1 action of the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event!
Cards in The Air
With 148 entrants to start, cards are now in the air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Early Runners
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 |
Wang Runs Into a Set
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
On a flop of 
, Michael Wang was heads up from the cutoff against a player in the small blind, who checked. Wang bet 2,000 and his opponent then check-raised to 5,000. Wang called.
The turn brought the 
and the small blind bet another 5,000. Wang again called.
Both players checked on the 
river and the player in the small revealed 
for a flopped set. Wang conceded and mucked.
Wang, who won a WSOP bracelet in 2015, is down early, but still has plenty of chips to work with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | -10,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
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Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
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Moon Wins Race to Accumulate Early
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player first-to-act opened and action folded to Benjamin Moon, who three-bet to 1,600. Action then folded to the big blind, who cold called. The original raiser then four-bet to 6,200 and Moon shoved enough to put both his opponents all in. The cold-caller folded and the initial raiser called off.
Utg: 
Moon: 
It was a classic Hold'em race, but the 
runout came clean for Moon, who eliminated his opponent and has more than doubled his starting stack since the day began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000 | 45,000 |