Welcome to Day 1b of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event
Welcome to Day 1b of the $1,600 Main Event of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) stop at Venetian Las Vegas. The action will begin at 11:10 a.m. local time for the second of three starting flights.
The $1,100 version drew 464 players to the Venetian earlier this week. The event offered a $250,000 guarantee but generated $447,760 for the prize pool, and Nghia Nguyen claimed the top prize of $90,215.
Today��s event offers a $750,000 guarantee, and yesterday on Day 1a, Jesse Lonis bagged 816,000 chips to hold the chip lead over 17 surviving players from the 153 entries in the first starting flight.
Players will begin with 30,000 chips and levels will be 40 minutes each. Registration remains open until approximately 8:10 p.m. local time and reentries are unlimited. Play will continue until approximately 11% of the field remains, and all surviving players will return on Sunday for the Day 2 finale.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team provides updates from the floor of the $1,600 MSPT Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas.