MSPT $1,100 Venetian | MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

MSPT $1,100 Venetian

Day 2 Started

09-06-2021 09:00 UTC-8

Corey Hochman Leads 75 Players Returning for Today's Finale of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event

Matt Hansen

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.

Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day as the live reporting team brings you all the action as it happens on the floor.

09-06-2021 09:58 UTC-8

Day 2 Table Draw

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Matt Hansen

Table	Seat	Player	Count
10	1	Sean Yu	312000
10	2	Kent Buckingham	163,000
10	3	Fredger West	98,000
10	5	Katrina Weaver	182,000
10	6	Todd Wilson	98,000
10	7	Jason Hickey	177,000
10	8	Daniel Sepiol	371,000
10	9	Saad Ghanem	217,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
11	1	Daniel Nack	154,000
11	2	Thu Nguyen	388,000
11	4	Ryan Laplante	74,000
11	5	Eric Salazar	478,000
11	6	Ilyas Muradi	338,000
11	7	Artem Zverkhovskyy	261,000
11	8	Jason Obinger	219,000
11	9	Steven Buckner	121,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
12	1	Kathy Liebert	373,000
12	2	Cody Wiegmann	283,000
12	3	Chris Meyers	219,000
12	4	John Thrasher	108,000
12	5	Terry Fleischer	239,000
12	6	Jordan Flaschner	78,000
12	7	Jason Crews	60,000
12	9	Dillyn Foy	329,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
13	1	Chen Xiaochun	154,000
13	3	Dhimitri Lleshi	231,000
13	4	Bilguun Odgerel	173,000
13	5	Blair Mathieson	478,000
13	6	Joseph Lam	183,000
13	7	Christopher Carey	107,000
13	8	Alex Mazzola	450,000
13	9	Satheesh Francis	182,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
14	1	Tony Wasaya	427,000
14	2	S L	143,000
14	3	Henry Liang	252,000
14	4	Elvis Toomas	198,000
14	5	Corey Hochman	703,000
14	6	Rohan Long	252,000
14	7	Demetrius Kermani	66,000
14	8	Dave Alfa	206,000
14	9	Cy Church	358,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
15	1	Mario Quijano	154,000
15	2	Francis Anderson	352,000
15	3	Thong Tran	154,000
15	4	Cole Keenan	278,000
15	5	Matthew Schultz	345,000
15	6	Jason Wheeler	156,000
15	7	Kenny Ho	177,000
15	8	Mark Babekov	524,000
15	9	Leonard August	80,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
16	1	Tyler Jamison	400,000
16	2	Jordan Cristos	161,000
16	3	Kenny Han	88,000
16	5	Michael Wang	23,000
16	6	Zach Donovan	77,000
16	7	Ashley Sleeth	58,000
16	8	Justin Scott	381,000
16	9	William Serra	16,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
17	1	Tan Nguyen	160,000
17	3	Michael Williams	167,000
17	4	Jerry Hapunik	170,000
17	5	Tsz Shing	144,000
17	6	Michael Bailey	109,000
17	7	Rupesh Pattni	164,000
17	8	Joel Baker	110,000
17	9	James Vales	311,000

Table	Seat	Player	Count
18	1	Chau Nguyen	274,000
18	2	Katsushi Yoshida	149,000
18	4	Robert Pisel	210,000
18	5	Michael Berk	363,000
18	6	Matthew Lambrecht	235,000
18	7	Michael Laake	267,000
18	8	David Ouellette	484,000
18	9	Shahin Shojaeyan	437,000

09-06-2021 10:00 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Matt Hansen

Cards are in the air in Day 2 of the MSPT $1,100 Venetian Main Event. The top 72 places will pay out and there are 75 players remaining.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

09-06-2021 10:25 UTC-8

Bailey Chips Up with Kings

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

With around 50,000 in the pot and on the board, Michael Bailey bet 27,000 into James Vales in the small blind. Vales tanked for a brief time before making the call. Bailey showed for three kings and Vales mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Vales	233,000 -78,000	-78,000
Michael Bailey	157,000 48,000	48,000

09-06-2021 10:32 UTC-8

Ghanem Busts Buckingham to Burst Money Bubble

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

With on the flop, Saad Ghanem check-raised to 45,000 from the small blind. Action folded around to Kent Buckingham for the three-bet shove to 190,000. Ghanem went deep into the tank for a few minutes, lamenting how "sexy" his hand was before finally making the call.

Buckingham turned over for a flopped set of eights. Ghanem showed for a flush draw and the chance at a straight.

The turn was and the river fell to give Ghanem the flush in a celebration that included chicken noises.

The bubble is now burst and 72 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $2,137.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saad Ghanem	432,000 215,000	215,000
Kent Buckingham	Busted

09-06-2021 10:38 UTC-8

Final Payouts (Top 72)

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Matt Hansen

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

Place	Payout
1	$135,268.00
2	$89,681
3	$62,938
4	$45, 974
5	$34,059
6	$25,447
7	$19,296
8	$14,699
9	$11,332
10-12	$8,741
13-15	$6,864
16-18	$5,504
19-21	$4,597
22-24	$3,885
25-27	$3,302
28-36	$2,849
37-45	$2,590
46-54	$2,396
55-63	$2,266
64-72	$2,137

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

09-06-2021 10:58 UTC-8

Early Bustouts After the Bubble

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Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Mathieson	Busted
Kenny Ho	Busted
Tyler Jamison	Busted
Ashley Sleeth	Busted
Dillyn Foy	Busted
Todd Wilson	Busted
Darius Kermani	Busted
Dave Alfa	Busted
Kenny Han	Busted
Katsushi Yoshida	Busted
Leonard August	Busted