The Venetian

Day 2 Seat Draw with Chip Counts

Here is a look at the Day 2 Seat Draw with chip counts.

Sean Hinton Leads 35 Survivors for Flight C

The final flight of the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event saw the field surpass the $500,000 guarantee with a total field of 543 runners. The chip leader at the end of play was Sean Hinton (pictured) who held a stack worth 543,000. The other top stacks were bagged up by Brent Wyndelts (541,000), and Venkatara Ganne (484,000). Here is a look at the full official chip counts for the Flight C survivors. The seat draw for Day 2 will be available when we get it from the tournament staff later tonight.

Sean Hinton - 543,000
Brent Wyndelts - 541,000
Venatara Ganne - 484,000
Euan McNicholas - 395,000
Viacheslav Fentisov - 382,000
Thien Tran - 350,000
Adam Kharman - 346,000
Zaicik - 334,000
Ross Ward - 324,000
Jaime Reyes - 289,000
Boris Shakmurov - 274,000
Robert Schulz - 267,000
Matt Schulte - 255,000
Huifang Zhang - 253,000
Valerie Kurzynski - 233,000
Michael Brewer - 215,000
Rusty Farrin - 213,000
Jose Carlos Lopez - 187,000
Stephen Song - 181,000
Woody Christy - 181,000
Alexander Wong - 155,000
Brock Wilson - 154,000
Truong Guap - 152,000
Nicholas Pasto - 152,000
Robert Georato - 140,000
Michael Molena - 131,000
Karapet Galstyan - 126,000
Robert Cornwell - 112,000
Frank McCool - 87,000
Justin Vaysman - 75,000
Dustin Lee - 73,000
Mike Holtz - 70,000
John Sun - 66,000
Senhao Cao - 39,000
Cooper Feltham - 37,000

These 35 players will join everyone else that has advanced to Day 2 of the tournament on Tuesday, May 28 with cards getting back in the air at 11:00 am for the final day of play. All of the 61 players remaining are now in the money in this $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament with a $500,000 guarantee here at the Venetian Poker Room right next to the Las Vegas Strip.

The total prize pool was set at $523,995 at the close of registration. Here is a look at the prize money up for grabs tomorrow:

1 $89,544.00
2 $66,019.00
3 $49,227.00
4 $37,125.00
5 $28,323.00
6 $21,860.00
7 $17,073.00
8 $13,493.00
9 $10,794.00
10 $8,740.00
11 $8,740.00
12 $7,165.00
13 $7,165.00
14 $5,948.00
15 $5,948.00
16 $5,948.00
17 $5,948.00
18 $5,001.00
19 $5,001.00
20 $5,001.00
21 $4,259.00
22 $4,259.00
23 $4,259.00
24 $3,674.00
25 $3,674.00
26 $3,674.00
27 $3,212.00
28 $3,212.00
29 $3,212.00
30 $3,212.00
31 $3,212.00
32 $3,212.00
33 $3,212.00
34 $3,212.00
35 $3,212.00
36 $2,846.00
37 $2,846.00
38 $2,846.00
39 $2,846.00
40 $2,846.00
41 $2,846.00
42 $2,846.00
43 $2,846.00
44 $2,846.00
45 $2,555.00
46 $2,555.00
47 $2,555.00
48 $2,555.00
49 $2,555.00
50 $2,555.00
51 $2,555.00
52 $2,555.00
53 $2,555.00
54 $2,327.00
55 $2,327.00
56 $2,327.00
57 $2,327.00
58 $2,327.00
59 $2,327.00
60 $2,327.00
61 $2,327.00

Level 17 Begins

Blinds are up to 4,000-8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 for the start of Level 17 in Flight C of the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Registration is now closed with 311 entries in the field today, and the final 35 remaining (36 still in the field at the moment) will advance to Day 2 on Tuesday later tonight. That puts the total field size at 543, which eclipses the $500,000 guarantee for this $1,100 buy-in main event.

Adam Kharman Busts One

The button was all in for 34,000 with in the hole, and Adam Kharman had him covered holding UTG+1.

The final board read , and Adam took out his opponent to stack up 368,000 after collecting the pot.

Adam Kharman - 368,000 (61 bb)

Level 16 Begins

Blinds are up to 3,000-6,000 with a big blind ante of 6,000 for the start of Level 16 in Flight C of the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Registration is now closed with 311 entries in the field today, and the final 35 remaining (38 still in the field at the moment) will advance to Day 2 on Tuesday later tonight. That puts the total field size at 543, which eclipses the $500,000 guarantee for this $1,100 buy-in main event.

Break Time

The players are taking another 15-minute break.

Robert Georato Doubles

Robert Georato was all in for 86,000 with pocket tens in the hole from the small blind, and the the button tanked before calling with behind.

The final board read , and Robert doubled up to survive with 185,000 after collecting the pot.

Robert Georato - 185,000 (37 bb)

Level 15 Begins

Blinds are up to 3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000 for the start of Level 15 in Flight C of the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Registration is now closed with 311 entries in the field today, and the final 35 remaining (47 still in the field at the moment) will advance to Day 2 on Tuesday later tonight. That puts the total field size at 543, which eclipses the $500,000 guarantee for this $1,100 buy-in main event.

Veselin Dimitrov Doubles

Veselin Dimitrov was all in short with pocket fours from the small blind, and the hijack had him covered holding .

The board ran out , and Dimitrov doubled up to survive with 75,000 after collecting the pot.

Veselin Dimitrov - 75,000 (18 bb)

Level 14 Begins

Blinds are up to 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000 for the start of Level 14 in Flight C of the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Registration is now closed with 311 entries in the field today, and the final 35 remaining (54 still in the field at the moment) will advance to Day 2 on Tuesday later tonight. That puts the total field size at 543, which eclipses the $500,000 guarantee for this $1,100 buy-in main event.