The Venetian

Eyer Leads Day 1a Of The $1,100 Main Event; Wazwaz and Buckley Advance

This winter iteration of the MSPT $1,100 Main Event saw a total of 139 players make their way out to play and grab a piece of the $200,000 prize pool and the elusive title. From that starting field to just 15 players, all of whom are guaranteed a shot at winning the title on Monday, November 27th.

Leading the way is Jeremy Eyer, who bagged 717,000. Eyer is already coming off of a record year for himself, scoring his biggest live score of $649,550 after winning a WSOP bracelet in 2023. The Mississippi native has two MSPT cashes here at Venetian and with this massive bag, he looks to make his third cash his biggest with the tour.

End of Day Counts

MSPT legend DJ Buckley (336,000) found a bag after hopping in at the last minute of registration. MSPT hall of famer Rob Wazwaz (285,000) also found a bag, adding more drama to the MSPT player of the year race. Others that found bags included WSOP bracelet winner Eric Baldwin (206,000), Yi “KitKat” Klassen (192,000), Qing Liu (167,000), and Michael Holtz (158,000). Each one of them is looking to be the newest champion on the tour.

Not all saw fortune smile on them. 5-time MSPT champion Blake Bohn saw his hopes for a bag vanish by day’s end. Others who didn’t make it included MSPT champions Kyna England and Rodger Johnson, as well as players like Brendan Shiller, Nicholas Pupillo, Terry Fleisher, and Christina “BabyShark” Gollins. Camille Brown and Jefferey Viergutz became the two bubbles at the end of the night. Each one of them will have plenty of opportunities tomorrow to play and secure a bag.

Play ended at the very beginning of Level 16, meaning that unless the players in the following flight end earlier, this will be the level they will return to on Monday November 27th. Stay tuned to MSPTPoker.com for all updates regarding The Venetian series.

End Of Day Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jeremy Eyer	717,000	415,000
Daniel Marcus	449,000	449,000
Hyuk Chang	352,000	352,000
DJ Buckley	336,000	343,000
Rob WazWaz	285,000	310,000
Eric Baldwin	206,000	161,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	192,000	133,000
Qing Liu	167,000	42,000
Michael Holtz	158,000	73,000
Moises Torres	146,000	146,000
Soohyun Chang	142,000	142,000
Janos Kurtosi	124,000	124,000
Sampanis Dimitrios	96,000	96,000
Hal Marcus	79,000	103,000
Jacques Mayer	55,000	55,000

Camille Brown and Jeffrey Viergutz Eliminated on Day 1a Bubble

Camille Brown moved in her final 24,000 from late position and action folded around to Rob Wazwaz in the small blind who three bet to isolate and the big blind folded.

Camille Brown:
Rob Wazwaz:

The board ran out and Wazwaz’s pair of eights turned into kings up and was good to eliminate Brown from the tournament on the bubble.

At the other table, Jefferey Viergutz was all in for his last 12,000 with Jeremy Eyer having him at risk.

Jefferey Viergutz:
Jeremy Eyer:

The board ran out and Eyer’s full house was good to eliminate Viergutz as well from the tournament.

Stay tuned for a full recap and chip counts for the flight.

Jeremy Eyer - 717,000
Rob Wazwaz - 285,000
Camille Brown - Eliminated
Jefferey Viergutz - Eliminated

Holtz Doesn't Bubble Yet

A player raised to 11,000 from early position which saw Michael Holtz move all in from the big blind for 80,000 and his opponent called.

Michael Holtz:
Opponent:

“Alrighty, bubble time guys,” Holtz said with a smile on his face.

The board ran out and the tens held up for Holtz to double up.

Michael Holtz - 158,000

Klassen Sends Out Suerko; Hand for Hand

Gregor Sueko moved all in for 36,000 from the hijack and in the big blind, Yi “KitKat” Klassen called to put him at risk.

Gregor Sueko:
Yi “KitKat” Klassen:

The board ran out and no improvement was seen for the king-jack and and Sueko exited the tournament.

With this elimination, the clock now reads 17 players and they are now on hand for hand play.

Yi “KitKat” Klassen - 181,000
Gregor Sueko - Eliminated

Updated Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jeremy Eyer	415,000	415,000
DJ Buckley	343,000	381,000
Rob WazWaz	310,000	241,000
Eric Baldwin	161,000	189,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	133,000	55,000
Camille Brown	131,000	82,000
Michael Holtz	73,000	81,000

Marcus Doubles With Kings

Action was picked up with Hal Marcus all in and at risk for his last 40,000 which saw a player with a covering stack call to put him at risk.

Hal Marcus:
Opponent:

The board ran out and the kings held up for Marcus to secure a double and survive.

Hal Marcus - 90,000

Baum Sends Two Packing

A player moved all in for 7,000 from middle position which saw Justin Baum move all in from the cutoff for 35,000 and in the big blind a third player called for 29,000 total.

Middle Position:
Big blind:
Justin Baum:

The flop of seemed as though two players were going to chop up Baum, but the runout gave Baum a straight to eliminate two.

Justin Baum - 85,000

Buckley Adding To His Lead

A player raised to 7,000 from middle position and in the big blind, MSPT legend DJ Buckley called.

The flop came out and both players checked to the turn that saw Buckley bet 7,000 which his opponent called.

On the river , Buckley moved all in for 29,000 effective which sent his opponent into the tank. After some thought he folded and Buckley raked in another pot as the field got smaller.

DJ Buckley - 381,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
DJ Buckley	311,000	30,000
Rob WazWaz	241,000	94,000
Eric Baldwin	189,000	211,000
Tjam Tepeh	154,000	254,000
Gregor Suerko	114,000	114,000
Camille Brown	82,000	31,000
Kenny Broad	81,000	83,000
Michael Holtz	81,000	87,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	55,000	92,000
Qing Liu	42,000	39,000
Jeffery Viergutz	25,000	61,000
Matthew Hunt	0	0