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

06-11-2021 22:57 UTC-7

Seven More Hands

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament staff just announced that each table will deal seven more hands until bagging and tagging for the evening.

06-11-2021 23:04 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	Busted

Chris Moorman	Busted

Play Wraps up For The Day

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1b has come to an end.

Stay tuned for a recap.

06-11-2021 23:16 UTC-7

Assorted End-Of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	645,500 320,500	320,500

Osmin Dardon	618,000
Tommy Tran	553,000
Michael Foley	538,000 538,000	538,000
Rittie Chuaprasert	518,500
Zachary Gutierrez	477,000 477,000	477,000
Steven Saklad	476,000
Rajai Wazwaz	465,000 465,000	465,000
William Givens	436,000 436,000	436,000
Carlos Aldaz	417,500 417,500	417,500
Hao Sun	388,000 388,000	388,000
Benjamin Thomas	376,500 376,500	376,500
Denise Pratt	372,500 500	500
Brendan Shiller	365,000 365,000	365,000
Adam Demersseman	362,000 -40,000	-40,000
Eugene Lee	360,000 360,000	360,000
Alan Wentz	356,000 356,000	356,000
Aaron Motoyama	355,000 355,000	355,000
Tan Nguyen	355,000 355,000	355,000
Denis Bagdasarov	325,000 325,000	325,000
Patrick Eskandar	324,500
Shohei Miyazaki	322,500
Brady Seeley	320,000
Francis Rusnak	313,000 313,000	313,000
Sora Park	311,000 311,000	311,000

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06-11-2021 23:33 UTC-7

Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin Bags Day 1b Chip Lead of MSPT $1,600 Main Event

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1b of the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour $1,600 Venetian Main Event ($2 Million GTD) has concluded with Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin bagging today’s chip lead with 645,500 in chips.

The two-time WSOP-bracelet winner is certainly no stranger to poker success and currently leads Day 1a chip leader Osmin "Oddie" Dardon (618,000).

Baldwin got off to a hot start and never looked back, increasing his stack steadily throughout the day, including taking down a four-bet pot with pocket nines. Trailing Baldwin, but still with a monster stack is Michael Foley with 538,000 in chips.

Day 1b more than doubled the amount of entries from Day 1a with 665 by the end of late registration. From those entries, 98 players remained by the day’s end.

Among those who managed to bag into Day 2 include Stephen Song (127,000), Joseph Cheong (164,500), Justin Saliba (301,500), and Lee Markholt (64,000)

Some notables who tried and fell short were Benjamin Moon, Kathy Liebert, Matt Affleck, Maria Konnikova, Tuan Le, and Chris Moorman and Joe Cada — both of whom were eliminated on the last level of the day.

All players who failed to bag today will have one last chance tomorrow during Day 1c — wherein players will be able to enter and re-enter as many times as they'd like until the end of dinner break after level nine.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews for another full day of poker action as the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) continues for the third and final Day 1 tomorrow beginning at 11:10 a.m. local time.

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

Day 1b Completed