The final day of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Season 14 Finale at the Venetian Las Vegas is here as the conclusion to the $1,100 buy-in, $300K GTD Main Event gets underway at 11:00 a.m. local time.
Two starting flights pulled together 550 total entries (227 from Day 1a; 323 from 1b), which generated a $530,750 prize pool.
A total of 61 players found a bag during the starting flights and those lucky enough to do so are returning today for Day 2.
| Flight |
Entries |
Advanced |
| Day 1A |
227 |
25 |
| Day 1B |
323 |
36 |
| Total |
550 |
61 |
Coming into the final day with the chip lead is Byungeun Shin (700,000) who holds a slight edge over WSOP bracelet winner Jared Jaffee (658,000) as both players look to capture their first MSPT Main Event title.
Top 10 Stacks After Day 1 Flights
| Rank |
Player |
Main Event Titles |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Byungeun Shin |
0 |
700,000 |
| 2 |
Jared Jaffee |
0 |
658,000 |
| 3 |
Lovell "Da Wiz" Wilkerson |
0 |
596,000 |
| 4 |
Shannon Shorr |
0 |
485,000 |
| 5 |
Umut Ozturk |
1 |
483,000 |
| 6 |
Peter Mavro |
0 |
453,000 |
| 7 |
Nicholas Milgrom |
0 |
418,000 |
| 8 |
Robert Russ |
0 |
398,000 |
| 9 |
Bogdan Chornyy |
0 |
387,000 |
| 10 |
Jack Salter |
0 |
383,000 |
Sitting outside the top ten are a list of poker pro’s which included WSOP bracelet winner’s Darren Rabinowitz (297,000), Stephen Song (201,000), Ankush Mandavia (157,000) & Anthony Spinella (149,000), defending champ Eric Baldwin (228,000), MSPT champ James Romero (130,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Massey (103,000.
A total of 61 players will be returning for Day 2 action and luckily for them, each will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool with a min-cash paying $2,375, but the $90,592 first-place prize is the end goal that the eventual champion will be taking home, along with the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event trophy.
MSPT Season 14 Venetian Finale Event Payouts
| Place |
Prize |
POY |
| 1 |
$90,692 |
1,700 |
| 2 |
$66,870 |
1,500 |
| 3 |
$49,861 |
1,400 |
| 4 |
$37,604 |
1,300 |
| 5 |
$28,688 |
1,200 |
| 6 |
$22,142 |
1,100 |
| 7 |
$17,293 |
1,000 |
| 8 |
$13,667 |
900 |
| 9 |
$10,933 |
800 |
| 10-11 |
$8,853 |
700 |
| 12-13 |
$7,258 |
600 |
| 14-17 |
$6,025 |
500 |
| 18-20 |
$5,066 |
400 |
| 21-23 |
$4,314 |
300 |
| 24-26 |
$3,722 |
200 |
| 27-35 |
$3,254 |
150 |
| 36-44 |
$2,882 |
100 |
| 45-53 |
$2,588 |
75 |
| 54-61 |
$2,375 |
50 |
MSPT Player of the Year
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The MSPT Season 14 Player of the Year race went down to the wire, and it was MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk who was able to claim the top spot after his fellow Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz was eliminated late in yesterday’s Day 1b flight.
Ozturk and WazWaz had been neck-to-neck throughout the season, leapfrogging each other throughout the year racking up a record 16 cashes with five final table appearances apiece.
Ozturk has now cemented himself in the record book for most cashes in a single season (17) and will look notch another final table appearance in hopes of claiming his second MSPT title.
Cards will be in the air at 11:00 a.m. sharp with blind levels lasting 40-minutes in length and since Day 1b reached the earliest hard stop, that's the point where Day 2 will begin.
Action will pick up from Level 16 with 38:00 remaining on the clock where blinds will be 3,000/6,000/6,000.
Stay tuned to here for all updates regarding the conclusion of MSPT Season 14 Finale!