MSPT $1,100 Venetian
Day 1b Started
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
MSPT $1,100 Venetian
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
671
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
30,000
Entries
433
Players Left
48
Welcome to Day 1b of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event at the Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas. Day 1a saw 238 entrants show up to play for the $500,000 prize pool and 27 surviving players will meet the remaining field from Day 1b on Monday September 6 to play for the title.
David Ouellette is the chip leader in a Day 1a field that includes WSOP gold bracelet winner Kathy Liebert. Previously at the MSPT in Las Vegas, Harlen Miller of Bismarck, North Dakota beat a field of 2,790 entries to win the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event in early June and later that month Chance Kornuth outlasted 2,011 entries to take down the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event. Many more MSPT regulars are expected throughout in the field throughout today.
Day 1b begins at 11:10 a.m. local time and it is the last of two starting days. The final day of the tournament will take place on Monday September 5 at 11:00 a.m. Players will start with 25,000 in chips and blinds open at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute break at the end of level nine. Levels will be 40 minutes long.
Play will continue on Day 1b until 11% of the field remain, or until 15 levels have been played. Registration will be open until around 6:40 p.m., when the late registration period ends at the conclusion of the dinner break that follows Level Nine. Player’s can re-enter as many times as they wish until late registration closes.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event. Day 1b has 117 entries so far and many more are expected throughout the day.
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
In August, Venetian hosted the DeepStack Showdown Tournament Series, which was comprised of 28 tournaments that catered to a combined 5,450 entrants and awarded more than $3.5 million in prize money. Among those to capture titles during the series were Adam Demersseman, Lisa Pickell, Michael Azzaro, and Veerab Zakaryan. Here’s a look at all those who won titles:
| ?*Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown | Prize* |
| 8/2/21 | Event #1: $250 NLH | 139 | $28,495 | Dustin Lee | Waipahu, HI | $7,000 |
| 8/2/21 | Event #2: $200 NLH Survivor | 61 | $9,760 | 6 winners | N/A | $1,600 |
| 8/4/21 | Event #3: $340 NLH | 412 | $115,360 | Adam Demersseman | San Diego, CA | $17,800 |
| 8/3/21 | Event #4: $200 NLH Bounty | 79 | $12,640 | John Schwantes | Irvine, CA | $2,953 |
| 8/5/21 | Event #5: $250 NLH | 150 | $30,750 | Thomas Cage | Mammoth Lakes, CA | $6,300 |
| 8/7/21 | Event #6: $600 NLH | 539 | $272,195 | Richard Munro | Las Vegas, NV | $48,050 |
| 8/8/21 | Event #7: $200 NLH Bounty | 53 | $8,480 | Marco DiMarino | Miami, FL | $2,186 |
| 8/10/21 | Event #8: $400 NLH | 503 | $165,990 | Lisa Pickell | Las Vegas, NV | $27,000 |
| 8/9/21 | Event #9: $200 NLH | 46 | $7,360 | Alfredo Pacheco | Los Angeles, CA | $1,600 |
| 8/11/21 | Event #10: $400 NLH | 101 | $33,835 | William Tidmore | Richland, MS | $7,919 |
| 8/12/21 | Event #11: $10,000 High Roller | 30 | $300,000 | Andrew Lichtenberger | Las Vegas, NV | $120,000 |
| 8/13/21 | Event #12: $10,000 High Roller | 34 | $340,000 | Ali Imsirovic | Vancouver, WA | $136,000 |
| 8/14/21 | Event #13: $25,000 High Roller | 29 | $725,000 | Sean Perry | Las Vegas, NV | $290,000 |
| 8/15/21 | Event #14: $10,000 High Roller | 14 | $350,000 | Andrew Lichtenberger | Las Vegas, NV | $125,350 |
| 8/16/21 | Event #15: $250 NLH | 152 | $31,160 | David McConachie | New York, NY | $8,941 |
| 8/16/21 | Event #16: $200 NLH Survivor | 68 | $10,880 | Six Winners | N/A | $1,600 |
| 8/17/21 | Event #17: $400 NLH $250K GTD | 1,218 | $405,594 | Seth Evans | Henderson, NV | $59,144 |
| 8/17/21 | Event #18: $200 NLH Bounty | 84 | $13,440 | Marvin Lim | Henderson, NV | $2,856 |
| 8/19/21 | Event #19: $200 NLH Survivor | 51 | $8,160 | 6 Winners | N/A | $1,460 |
| 8/19/21 | Event #20: $200 NLH Survivor | 51 | $8,160 | 5 Winners | N/A | $1,600 |
| 8/22/21 | Event #21: $300 NLH | 105 | $25,725 | Jordan Laubaugh | Las Vegas, NV | $7,000 |
| 8/25/21 | Event #22: $400 NLH | 467 | $155,511 | Andrew Reider | Boulder, CO | $30,972 |
| 8/23/21 | Event #23: $200 NLH Survivor | 64 | $10,240 | 7 Winners | N/A | $1,408 |
| 8/24/21 | Event #24: $200 NLH Bounty | 66 | $10,560 | Darko Ercegovac | Mount Prospect, IL | $1,900 |
| 8/25/21 | Event #25: $500 NLH | 148 | $62,160 | Mehdi Saleh | Tempe, AZ | $13,000 |
| 8/29/21 | Event #26: $600 NLH | 661 | $333,805 | Michael Azzaro | Henderson, NV | $60,339 |
| 8/26/21 | Event #27: $400 PLO | 49 | $16,660 | Alexander Tafesh | Las Vegas, NV | $7,081 |
| 8/29/21 | Event #28: $400 NLH | 76 | $25,460 | Veerab Zakaryan | Las Vegas, NV | $5,396 |
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
After a hot start that saw him run him it up to three times the starting stack, Matt Affleck opened the betting with a raise to 1,700 from the button. Action folded around to Michael Wang in middle position for a three-bet to 4,400. Affleck made the call.
The flop was 
and Wang continued for 2,300. Affleck made the flat call and the turn was 
.
Both players checked the turn and the 
river. Wang turned over 
for two pair, aces and twos. Affleck mucked his cards and Wang scooped an early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
36,000 | |
|
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Action opened with a raise from Michael Berk in middle position for 800. The player in the cutoff called and the rest of the table got out of the way.
The flop was 
and Berk led out for 700. The player in the cutoff made the call to see a turn 
.
Berk fired 5,800 at the turn and the player in the cutoff tanked for a brief moment before making the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,500 |