The Venetian

Level 10 has started meaning registration for the MSPT $1,600 Heart Poker Championship at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas is now closed.

Day 1d attracted almost as many players as the first three flights combined, adding another 408 entries, putting the final tally at 878.

The plan is to play until the hard stop of 11% of the field (45 players) is reached.

The tournament clock reads 200 players remaining in tonight’s flight, and the final 45 hopefuls will look to join the other 54 players who already advanced to Day 2 tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

: JACK Cleveland Casino - Cleveland, OH

: August 18-23, 2026

: Main Event 321 : $1,110 buy-in / $500,000 GTD
$3,500 MSPT Championship Seat ADDED to Main Event 1st Place

: 5 Gold Card Tournaments

Event Schedule: https://msptpoker.com/showpdf.aspx?eventID=715msptpoker.com

There was all-in action on a board between two-time bracelet winner JC Tran from middle position and Daniel Charlton from the big blind, with Tran holding 19,500 effective.

JC Tran:
Daniel Charlton:

Tran was ahead holding a set of fives, and luckily for him, the river paired the board, securing his double-up.

JC Tran - 60,000

Photo: Mitch Garshofsky

Mitch Garshofsky opened for 3,000 from middle position and found one caller before Atanas Palov fired out a 10,500 three-bet from the big blind.

Only Garshofsky called, and the two went heads-up to a flop.

Palov led out with a 3,700 continuation bet and then called Garshofsky’s all-in raise.

Mitch Garshofsky:
Atanas Palov:

Garshofsky was behind holding the inferior made-hand, but the turn and river put a straight on the board, chopping up the pot.

Atanas Palov - 55,000
Mitch Garshofsky - 35,000

These 14 Players have already earned a $3,500 Seat to the $2M GTD RRPO MSPT Championship Main Event

Matthew Wantman

Kevin Meyers

Zilong Zhang

Vincent Moscati

June 'Oh Geez' Kim

Alex Foxen

Umut Ozturk

Jorden Helstern

Aaron Johnson

Wesley Cannon

Michael Estes

Yuchen "Carson" Chen

Lee Rzentkowski

Hamid Izadi

Sai Mudduluru

Peter Walsworth

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL POKER OPEN (RRPO)

MSPT Championship (MAJOR)

: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Hollywood, FL

: Nov. 18 - Dec. 2, 2026

: $3,500 Main Event (1.5X POY) / $2M GTD (Nov. 27 - Dec. 2)

: MSPT will be ADDING a $3,500 RRPO MSPT Championship Seat to every Main Event 1st Place in 2026

Photo: Tony Phan

There was all-in action preflop between Tony Phan and Wojciech Brazantny, with Phan holding 61,600 effective.

Tony Phan:
Wojciech Brazantny:

Phan picked up a pair of aces at the perfect time, and he didn’t have a sweat as the runout gave him quad aces to collect a double-up.

Tony Phan - 125,000
Wojciech Brazantny - 22,500

Photo: Cameron Rezaie

Cameron Rezaie and Antonio Torpoco took to a flop for 6,000 a pop, and Torpoco check-called a 4,000 continuation bet from Rezaie.

The dealer then turned the , and Torpoco check-called another 16,000 bet from Rezaie.

Once the completed the board on the river, Torpoco checked his option one last time, only to fold his hand after Rezaie fired out a final 48,000 bet.

Cameron Rezaie - 135,000
Antonio Torpoco - 65,400

: Rivers Casino - Des Plaines, IL

: August 4-9, 2026

: Illinois Poker State Championship

: $1,110 Main Event / $750,000 GTD

$3,500 MSPT CHAMPIONSHIP SEAT ADDED TO MAIN EVENT 1ST PLACE

: 11 Gold Card Tournaments

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Event Schedule: https://msptpoker.com/showpdf.aspx?eventID=723