$1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2021 MSPT Venetian

$1,100 Main Event

Day 1c Completed

10-15-2021 06:40 UTC

Boris Kolev Takes Chip Lead After Final Flight of MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The field has been set for Day 2 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event after Day 1c pulled together a staggering 951 total entries, bringing the overall total up to 1,741.

The final starting flight drew more entries than the first two flights combined and when all was said and done for the night, Boris Kolev (775,000) was atop the counts, beating out Day 1b leader Jason Bral's count of 757,000.

Kolev was seen throughout the day stacking chips and was over the 400,000 at the beginning of the final level of the night, and he ascended from there, winning the final two hands of the evening to take the top stack into Friday’s Day 2.

Day 1c was the largest field of the three starting flights and with it came even more big stacks. Ran Jiani (664,000), Cord Garcia (642,000), Robert Clark (609,000), Jesse Lonis (562,000), and Matt Affleck (561,000) round out the top stacks.

Just below them are two more formidable opponents in Taylor Howard (345,000) and Michael Mizrach (297,000), both of which also saw their stacks multiply through the final three levels of the night.

Others were not as fortunate. Andrew Ostapchenko, Mukul Pahuja, MSPT Hall of Famer Jason Seitz, Donnie Phan, and Asi Moshe were just a few players who came short.

In total, 199 players will be returning Friday's for Day 2’s 11 a.m. start time, but only 189 of them will make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $2,184, though players are sure to have their eyes set on the first-place prize of $260,008.

Flight	Entries	Advancing to Day 2
Day 1a	385	46
Day 1b	405	42
Day 1c	951	111
Totals	1,741	199

PokerNews will be back on hand for tomorrow for Day 2, so make sure to come back and see who makes it through to the final day!

Tags: Andrew Ostapchenko Boris Kolev Cord Garcia Donnie Phan Jason Seitz Jesse Lonis Matt Affleck Michael Mizrachi Mukul Pahuja Taylor Howard

10-15-2021 06:28 UTC

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	775,000 290,000	290,000

Ran Jiani	664,000 -1,000	-1,000
Cord Garcia	642,000 117,000	117,000
Robert Clark	609,000 609,000	609,000
Jesse Lonis	562,000 562,000	562,000

Matt Affleck	561,000 316,000	316,000
Dylan Thomassie	474,000 474,000	474,000
Cody Wells	435,000 435,000	435,000
Karl Held	423,000 423,000	423,000
Alan Wentz	421,000 -44,000	-44,000
Uri Reichenstein	400,000 222,500	222,500
Quang Vu	391,000 391,000	391,000
David Moses	390,000 382,200	382,200

John Press	382,000 382,000	382,000
Albert Shenker	370,000 10,000	10,000
James Heath	358,000 358,000	358,000
Michael Young	352,000 352,000	352,000
Alexandre Reard	346,000 346,000	346,000

Taylor Howard	345,000 207,000	207,000
Weston Pring	345,000 345,000	345,000
Arun Malhorta	336,000 336,000	336,000
Christopher Barton	333,000 333,000	333,000
James Calderaro	308,000 308,000	308,000

Matt Davis	300,000 300,000	300,000
Michael Mizrachi	297,000 32,000	32,000

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10-15-2021 06:01 UTC

Final Five Hands

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament director has just announced the final five hands of the tournament for today.

10-15-2021 05:48 UTC

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 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.

Here's a look at the top ten point leaders of this season:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 12 Points
1	Cy Church	East Lancing, MI	3,925
2	Jason Crews	Clive, Iowa	3,075
3	Kyna England	Northbrook, Illinois	2,850
4	Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	2,733
5	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City, IN	2,500
6	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	2,500
6	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	2,300
7	Larry Wagner	Middleton, WI	2,200
8	Francis Anderson	Poughkeepsie, NY	2,075
9	Chance Kornuth	Las Vegas, NV	2,000

10-15-2021 05:31 UTC

Late Night Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Jiani	665,000 665,000	665,000
Cord Garcia	525,000
Alan Wentz	465,000 465,000	465,000
Anthony Marquez	265,000 -15,000	-15,000

Michael Mizrachi	265,000 240,000	240,000

Ebony Kenney	140,000 20,000	20,000
Qing Liu	140,000 15,000	15,000

Taylor Howard	138,000 114,500	114,500
Victor Frank	135,000 -500	-500
Nancy Matson	135,000 -51,500	-51,500
DJ Buckley	89,000 65,500	65,500
Manuel Gomez	80,000 -20,000	-20,000
Giorgi Skhulukuiia	75,000 -91,500	-91,500
Greg Himmelbrand	67,000 -20,500	-20,500
Bruce Vandervort	40,000 -113,500	-113,500

10-15-2021 05:22 UTC

Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	485,000 175,000	175,000

Brandon Hamlet	265,000 120,000	120,000
Karolis Sereika	250,000 105,500	105,500

Malik Zaman	216,000 138,500	138,500
Will Givens	135,000 12,500	12,500

Camille Brown	Busted
Mike Shin	Busted
Femi Fashakin	Busted

David Jackson	Busted

Michal Nahum	Busted
Asi Moshe	Busted

Ralph Massey	Busted
Eric Baldwin	Busted

Michael Marder	Busted
Kyna England	Busted
Kathy Liebert	Busted

Brock Wilson	Busted
Tony Miles	Busted
Bobby Poe	Busted
Robert Mitchell	Busted
Viet Vo	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-15-2021 05:10 UTC

Shenker Sets Up Affleck for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Albert Shenker raised from the hijack and then called the 25,000 three-bet Matt Affleck made from the button.

The flop came and Shenker check-called Affleck's, 35,000 continuation bet, bringing the turn.

Shenker check-jammed for around 130,000 after Affleck fired out a 100,000 bet. Affleck didn't appear as if he liked it but made the call and the two players revealed their hands.

Matt Affleck:
Albert Shenker:

Shenker pulled ahead after flopping a set of sixes and the river secured his healthy double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Shenker	360,000 210,000	210,000
Matt Affleck	245,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Albert Shenker Matt Affleck

10-15-2021 04:56 UTC

Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables in Single Season

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 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.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event final table in a single season:

Player	Hometown	Season	Final Tables
Patrick Steele	Chelsea, Michigan	4	4
Brett Kuznia	Stephen, Minnesota	4	4
Dan Sun	Cedar Rapids. Iowa	3	3
Christian Pham	St. Paul, Minnesota	4	3
Everett Carlton	St. Paul, Minnesota	1	3
Kou Vang	Maplewood, Minnesota	5	3
Michael Deis	Ann Arbor, Michigan	5	3
Nick Pupillo	Addison, Illinois	5	3
Mark Hodge	Fernandina Beach, Florida	6	3
DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	6	3