MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) Day 1b | MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)

06-11-2021 18:56 UTC-7

Riess Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player open-limped in early position and Ryan Riess raised to 20,000 from middle position, which constituted most of his remaining stack. Action folded around to the player on the button, who re-raised to 40,000. Everyone else folded back around to Riess, who called off to put himself at risk.

Riess:
Button:

It was a race, but the flop left Riess drawing to runner-runner. The left Riess drawing dead and a meaningless completed the board, eliminating Riess from Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	Busted

06-11-2021 19:00 UTC-7

Entries For Day 1b

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1b attracted a total of 665 entries, which is more than double Day 1a's 314 entries.

The final number of entries will be calculated after the third and final Day 1 tomorrow.

06-11-2021 19:19 UTC-7

Marquez Shows an Ace

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Anthony Marquez opened to 2,600 from the cutoff and found one caller in the big blind.

The flop came and Marquez continued for 2,100 after being checked to. His opponent called.

Both players checked the turn, however, the player in the big led out for 9,000 on the river. Marquez gave it some thought and eventually folded an face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Marquez	60,000 8,000	8,000

06-11-2021 19:22 UTC-7

Bye Bye Black Chips

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Each table is now racing off the black chips.

Level 11 will begin momentarily.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-11-2021 19:40 UTC-7

Moon Four-Bets

Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player in the cutoff raised to 3,000 and action folded to the player in the small blind, who three-bet to 11,000. Benjamin Moon, who was in the big, paused before sticking in a four-bet to 28,000.

The initial raiser folded after a bit of thought and the small blind folded immediately, conceding the pot to Moon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Moon	120,000 10,000	10,000

06-11-2021 20:05 UTC-7

The Current MSPT All-Time Money List

Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.

On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.

To date, the MSPT has awarded $110,657,533 in prize money.

Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List:

Place	Player	MSPT Winnings
1	Rich Alsup	$785,534
2	Pavel Plesuv	$681,212
3	Michael Soyza	$592,137
4	Mike Shin	$503,599
5	Blake Bohn	$502,720
6	David Levine	$499,752
7	Thomas Boivin	$461,505
8	Aaron Johnson	$453,683
9	[Removed:460]	$445,000
10	Felipe Davila	$427,942

06-11-2021 20:12 UTC-7

Cada Ships It

Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In what appeared to be a three-bet pot on a flop of , Joe Cada checked from the lojack to his lone opponent in the hijack, who bet 25,000. Cada then check-raised all in for a bit over 60,000 — sending his opponent deep into the tank.

He eventually folded and Cada scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	120,000 77,000	77,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-11-2021 20:37 UTC-7

Aces No Good For Affleck

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Matt Affleck opened to 4,500 from the lojack and action folded to the player in the small blind, who three-bet to 12,000. It was then folded back to Affleck, who smooth called.

Affleck's opponent continued for 13,500 on the flop and Affleck called.