Corey Hochman Leads 75 Players Returning for Today's Finale of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
After two days of poker and 671 total entries, the final 75 players will return to the Venetian Poker Room for Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event today to play for the championship and the $647,515 prize pool. The top 72 places will be paid and the min-cash is $2,137.
Corey Hochman of Phoenix, Arizona is the overall chip leader after a big pot late in Day 1b gave him the lead over 48 other surviving players with 703,000 in tournament chips. David Ouellette leads the 27 players from Day 1a with 484,000. Other Day 2 hopefuls include Kathy Liebert, Michael Berk, Ralph Massey, Terry Fleischer, Ryan Laplante, Chris Meyers, Katrina Weaver, and Mark Babekov.
Cards will go in the air at 11:00 a.m. Vegas time and players are encouraged to show up early to remove their chips from the bag. Play will start in Level 15 with 38:23 remaining and blinds of 5000/5000/3000. Blind levels are 40 minutes and play will continue today until there is a winner.
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