The Venetian

While MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard was busy securing his second MSPT title in the Heart Poker Championship, the second $1,000,000 GTD event of the DeepStack Extravaganza got underway with runners taking their shot in the $1,100 Main Event.

Almost a full 17 levels were needed to reach 11% of the 156 player-field with Jay Chaudhary leading the 18 advancing players by a wide margin with a whopping 812,000.

Claudiu Burlacu was able to sniff out a big bluff at the end of the night against MSPT champ Kyna England to take 500,000 into Day 2 while John Hardie (387,000), Stuart Young (381,000), and Noah Krever (304,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others finding a Day 2 berth after the first flight included Jevon Lam (283,000), Jack Nathan (229,000), and Francesco Morales (150,000) but of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night.

Among those to fire and fall in Sunday’s starting flight included MSPT Hall of Famer Rodger Johnson, Keerat Bawa, Maria Lampropoulos, MSPT champ Lee Rzentkowski, Noah Curhan, and Martin Stausholm, who were just a few who took their shot at a bag on Day 1a only to come up short.

All who have yet to advance will have two more starting flights to try to do so with Day 1b getting started at 11:10 a.m. local time tomorrow, followed by Day 1c at the same time on Tuesday, June 10^th.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 9 (approximately 5:55 p.m.).

Full coverage of this event will begin tomorrow on MSPTpoker.com so make sure to tune in!

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MSPT champ Kyna England moved her 105,000 stack into the middle and Gaurav Sood looked her up from the cutoff.

Kyna England:
Gaurav Sood:

It was a cooler situation for the former MSPT Player of the Year as she woke-up with a premium made hand only to run into a better one as the runout ended her night on the bubble.

Gaurav Sood - 300,000
Kyna England - 0

After the elimination of Jimmy Kebe, just 19 players remain meaning the hand-for-hand process has begun.

Jay Chaudhary opened for 16,000 from the button, only to have John Pointer fire out a 60,000 three-bet from the big blind.

With action back on Chaudhary, he decided to four-bet jam and Pointer called off his 303,000 stack.

John Pointer:
Jay Chaudhary:

Pointer rolled over a suited Big Slick, but had a sweat after the flop fell giving Chaudhary more outs with a gut shot straight draw.

Unfortunately for Pointer, his sweat didn’t last long, as the dealer turned the giving Chaudhary the nut straight while the river sent him packing.

Jay Chaudhary - 698,000
John Pointer - 0

Samuel Mullur tossed out his last 59,000 from the hijack and Jevon Lam looked him up from the button.

Samuel Mullur:
Jevon Lam:

Mullur rolled over a dominated ace with the flop not changing much.

The dealer then turned the pairing the board bringing possible chop outs, but the completed the board and ended his night.

Jevon Lam - 295,000
Samuel Mullur - 0

Thijs Hilberts raised all in for 66,000 from the hijack and was called by MSPT champ Kyna England from the small blind.

Thijs Hilberts:
Kyna England:

Hilberts rolled over a dominated ace and his kicker issue proved to be vital as the runout ended his night.

Kyna England - 400,000
Thijs Hilberts - 0

Playing Day 1a of the MSPT $1,100 Main Event at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas?

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