The Venetian

Jay Chaudhary Leads 18 Survivors After Day 1A

While MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard was busy securing his second MSPT title in the Heart Poker Championship, the second $1,000,000 GTD event of the DeepStack Extravaganza got underway with runners taking their shot in the $1,100 Main Event.

Almost a full 17 levels were needed to reach 11% of the 156 player-field with Jay Chaudhary leading the 18 advancing players by a wide margin with a whopping 812,000.

Claudiu Burlacu was able to sniff out a big bluff at the end of the night against MSPT champ Kyna England to take 500,000 into Day 2 while John Hardie (387,000), Stuart Young (381,000), and Noah Krever (304,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others finding a Day 2 berth after the first flight included Jevon Lam (283,000), Jack Nathan (229,000), and Francesco Morales (150,000) but of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night.

Among those to fire and fall in Sunday’s starting flight included MSPT Hall of Famer Rodger Johnson, Keerat Bawa, Maria Lampropoulos, MSPT champ Lee Rzentkowski, Noah Curhan, and Martin Stausholm, who were just a few who took their shot at a bag on Day 1a only to come up short.

All who have yet to advance will have two more starting flights to try to do so with Day 1b getting started at 11:10 a.m. local time tomorrow, followed by Day 1c at the same time on Tuesday, June 10^th.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 9 (approximately 5:55 p.m.).

Full coverage of this event will begin tomorrow on MSPTpoker.com so make sure to tune in!

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End Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jay Chaudhary	812,000	698,000
Claudiu Burlacu	500,000	139,000
John Hardie	387,000	362,000
Stuart Young	381,000	344,000
Noah Krever	304,000	211,000
Gaurav Sood	300,000	200,000
Jacob Kurtz	290,000	186,000
Jevon Lam	283,000	184,000
Cheng Xiong	236,000	63,000
Jack Nathan	229,000	183,000
Kenny Deffrasnes	172,000	117,000
Francesco Morales	150,000	104,000
Iurii Senchylo	150,000	127,000
Grant Gardner	147,000	141,000
Ryan Andrada	134,000	68,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	102,000	157,000
Zehong Zong	79,000	119,000
Jason Calvert	51,000	40,000

Kyna England Cooled Off on the Bubble

MSPT champ Kyna England moved her 105,000 stack into the middle and Gaurav Sood looked her up from the cutoff.

Kyna England:
Gaurav Sood:

It was a cooler situation for the former MSPT Player of the Year as she woke-up with a premium made hand only to run into a better one as the runout ended her night on the bubble.

Gaurav Sood - 300,000
Kyna England - 0

Hand-for-Hand Begins

After the elimination of Jimmy Kebe, just 19 players remain meaning the hand-for-hand process has begun.

Pointer Straightened Out by Chaudhary

Jay Chaudhary opened for 16,000 from the button, only to have John Pointer fire out a 60,000 three-bet from the big blind.

With action back on Chaudhary, he decided to four-bet jam and Pointer called off his 303,000 stack.

John Pointer:
Jay Chaudhary:

Pointer rolled over a suited Big Slick, but had a sweat after the flop fell giving Chaudhary more outs with a gut shot straight draw.

Unfortunately for Pointer, his sweat didn’t last long, as the dealer turned the giving Chaudhary the nut straight while the river sent him packing.

Jay Chaudhary - 698,000
John Pointer - 0

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jay Chaudhary	698,000	406,000
Lam Nguyen	245,000	195,000
John Pointer	0	303,000
Michael Shivnen	0	71,000
Thijs Hilberts	0	236,000
Lindsey Kludt	0	263,000
Luka Bojovic	0	30,000

Mullur Dropped by Lam

Samuel Mullur tossed out his last 59,000 from the hijack and Jevon Lam looked him up from the button.

Samuel Mullur:
Jevon Lam:

Mullur rolled over a dominated ace with the flop not changing much.

The dealer then turned the pairing the board bringing possible chop outs, but the completed the board and ended his night.

Jevon Lam - 295,000
Samuel Mullur - 0

Hilberts Out Kicked by England

Thijs Hilberts raised all in for 66,000 from the hijack and was called by MSPT champ Kyna England from the small blind.

Thijs Hilberts:
Kyna England:

Hilberts rolled over a dominated ace and his kicker issue proved to be vital as the runout ended his night.

Kyna England - 400,000
Thijs Hilberts - 0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jay Chaudhary	406,000	301,000
John Hardie	362,000	322,000
Stuart Young	344,000	247,000
Kyna England	305,000	297,000
Lindsey Kludt	263,000	245,000
Thijs Hilberts	236,000	140,000
Jimmy Kebe	231,000	300,000
Noah Krever	211,000	211,000
Jacob Kurtz	186,000	160,000
Jevon Lam	184,000	180,000
Jack Nathan	183,000	242,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	157,000	102,000
Grant Gardner	141,000	141,000
Claudiu Burlacu	139,000	139,000
Zehong Zong	119,000	119,000
Kenny Deffrasnes	117,000	98,000
Francesco Morales	104,000	139,000
Ryan Andrada	68,000	68,000
Cheng Xiong	63,000	63,000
Jason Calvert	40,000	26,000
Luka Bojovic	30,000	45,000

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