The Venetian

Rich Green Soars to the Top to Take Overall Chip Lead into Day 2

Day 1c of the MSPT $1,100 Main Event at the Venetian Resort attracted 333 runners, which along with 1a's 97 and 1b’s 182 brought the total field up to 612 entries, blasting past the $500k guarantee.

The total field generated a $590,580 prize pool, and the top 69 players will get paid a minimum of $2,313, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $97,474 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 15 Venetian Main Event title!

At the end of the third and final flight, 37 players bagged and tagged with Rich Green bagging the overall chip lead after he started catching steam in the final levels to put a whopping 748,000 in his bag.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was Bryan Allen who was able run up an impressive 729,00 stack, which is good enough for third overall.

Others to bag big stacks where WSOP bracelet winner Joey Couden (670,000), Mark Dube (491,000), and Matt Paradis (485,000) who rounded out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff (384,000), Ronnie Lamb (315,000), Jay Yates (215,000), Ben Palmer (164,000), and Mike Holtz (151,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 69 (11 from Day 1a, 21 from 1b, and 37 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, September 8th to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 15 Venetian Remaining Schedule

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Richard Green	748,000	715,000
Bryan Allen	729,000	725,000
Joseph Couden	670,000	402,000
Mark Dube	491,000	219,000
Matt Paradis	485,000	222,000
Sven Rahmsdorf	390,000	183,000
Tyler Huculak	378,000	155,000
Gerald Cunniff	364,000	340,000
Andre Rieder	322,000	375,000
Fernando Gonzalez	321,000	376,000
Ronnie Lamb	315,000	310,000
Myles Mullaly	290,000	368,000
Nawaung Maran	287,000	295,000
James Morris	224,000	116,000
Jay Yates	215,000	324,000
Tawer Gilyana	196,000	356,000
Tyler Mitchell	187,000	309,000
Ben Palmer	164,000	115,000
Baurzhan Akimov	151,000	163,000
Michael Holtz	150,000	122,000
Harrison Ashdown	136,000	206,000
Peter Mundy	129,000	236,000
Byung Shin	128,000	74,000
David "Digger" Vig	128,000	74,000
Xiang Lin	110,000	80,000
Tim Acker	102,000	95,000
Robert Roher	102,000	165,000
Caio Rodrigues	100,000	50,000
Tristan Wade	99,000	52,000
Yiming Cao	97,000	129,000
Benjamin Levy	82,000	97,000
Kenneth Robbins	82,000	201,000
Anderson Silva	70,000	57,000
Edward Holstein Jr	60,000	89,000
Anthony Danna	54,000	67,000
Shannon Shorr	39,000	100,000
Sungwoo Tae	38,000	323,000

Ryan Stoker Bubbles Main Event; Play Has Ended

James Morris raised from the hijack and then called Ryan Stoker’s three-bet jam from the big blind.

Ryan Stoker:
James Morris:

Stoker was ahead holding an ace and the flop didn’t change a thing.

The turn, however, came the giving Morris top pair and left Stoker needing an ace on the river to stay alive.

Unfortunately for Stoker, it just wouldn’t be, as the paired the board and eliminated him on the bubble.

James Morris - 180,000
Ryan Stoker - Eliminated

Vig Doubles on the Bubble

Richard Green raised from middle position and then called David “Digger” Vig’s 60,000 three-bet jam from the big blind.

David “Digger” Vig:
Richard Green:

Vig was ahead holding an ace and that was all he needed as the runout kept his Main Event rolling.

Richard Green - 715,000
David “Digger” Vig - 120,000

Deardorff Loses Battle of the Blinds to Cunniff, Hand-for-Hand Begins

Action on the table folded to MSPT champ Gerlad Cunniff who raised all in from the small blind and Kristen Deardorff called off her shorter stack from the big blind.

Kristen Deardorff:
Gerald Cunniff:

Deardorff was behind holding two live cards, but neither came on the runout ending her tournament and starting the hand-for-hand process.

Gerlad Cunniff - 340,000
Kristen Deardorff - Eliminated

Prize Pool Information

MSPT Venetian
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 612
Prize Pool: $590,580

The MSPT Season 15 $1,110 Main Event at the Venetian Resort attracted a total of 612 entries through three starting flights and blew past the $500,000 GTD and generated a $590,580 prize pool.

A total of 69 places will be paid a minimum of $2,313, while the winner of the event will take home $97,474 along with the coveted MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event trophy!

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 32 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 37 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, September 8^th at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Late Night Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Bryan Allen	550,000	365,000
Richard Green	500,000	100,000
Joseph Couden	402,000	318,000
Fernando Gonzalez	376,000	310,000
Andre Rieder	375,000	257,000
Myles Mullaly	368,000	183,000
Tawer Gilyana	356,000	240,000
Jay Yates	324,000	230,000
Sungwoo Tae	323,000	296,000
Ronnie Lamb	315,000	171,000
Tyler Mitchell	309,000	100,000
Nawaung Maran	295,000	100,000
Peter Mundy	236,000	100,000
Matt Paradis	222,000	100,000
Mark Dube	219,000	225,000
Harrison Ashdown	206,000	140,000
Kenneth Robbins	201,000	100,000
Sven Rahmsdorf	183,000	177,000
Gerald Cunniff	170,000	162,000
Robert Roher	165,000	100,000
Baurzhan Akimov	163,000	100,000
Tyler Huculak	155,000	260,000
Yiming Cao	129,000	100,000
Michael Holtz	122,000	160,000
James Morris	116,000	100,000
Ben Palmer	115,000	126,000
Shannon Shorr	100,000	160,000
Tim Acker	95,000	130,000
Ben Levy	94,000	118,000
Ryan Stoker	93,000	100,000
Edward Holstein Jr	89,000	100,000
Xiang Lin	80,000	130,000
Byung Shin	74,000	88,000
Kristen Deardorff	72,000	68,000
Anthony Danna	67,000	148,000
Anderson Silva	57,000	50,000
Tristan Wade	52,000	175,000
Caio Rodrigues	50,000	100,000
Sonny Sangjinda	0	298,000
Stanley Lee	0	41,000
David Moshe	0	55,000
Zachary McDiarmid	0	100,000
Abbas Alikhani	0	107,000
Joel Baker	0	226,000

Molina Set Up by Gonzalez

Justin Molina open-jammed 78,000 from middle position and Fernando Gonzalez looked him up from the big blind.

Justin Molina:
Fernando Gonzalez:

It was a race with Molina falling way behind after the flop gave Gonzalez a set of sevens.

The turn wasn’t a good card for Molina as it left him drawing dead to the river.

Fernando Gonzalez - 310,000
Justin Molina - Eliminated

More Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Bryan Allen	365,000	250,000
Joseph Couden	318,000	220,000
Fernando Gonzalez	310,000	188,000
Sungwoo Tae	296,000	320,000
Tyler Huculak	260,000	202,000
Tawer Gilyana	240,000	180,000
Jay Yates	230,000	192,000
Mark Dube	225,000	345,000
Tristan Wade	175,000	134,000
Michael Holtz	160,000	107,000
Harrison Ashdown	140,000	206,000
Tim Acker	130,000	140,000
David "Digger" Vig	110,000	101,000
Byung Shin	88,000	129,000
Kristen Deardorff	68,000	70,000
Stanley Lee	41,000	44,000
Justin Molina	0	110,000
Umut Ozturk	0	30,000
Bobby Poe	0	76,000
Robert Buckenmayer	0	101,000
Irene Carey	0	36,000
Brandon Zuidema	0	141,000