Day 1c of the inaugural MSPT $1,600 Heart Poker Championship at the Venetian Resort attracted more players than the first two flights combined adding another 628 entries, bringing the total field up to 1,051 entries.

At the end of the third and final flight, just 70 players bagged and tagged with Lukas Hafner bagging the top stack with a whopping 1,471,000, taking the overall chip lead into Day 2.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was Ryan Rivers who ended the night an impressive 850,000 stack to put into his bag, and he will bring the second overall stack into Day 2.

Others to bag big included six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings (768,000), Timothy Pai (695,000), and Daniel Smiljkovic (664,000), as the rounded out the top five stacks of this flight.

They were joined by MSPT champ Noel Eicher (557,000), Frank Lagodich (480,000), Andrew Moreno (322,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (290,000), and fellow Hall of Famer Aaron Massey (213,000).

Among those not as lucky at the felt included Lexy Gavin, Matt Affleck, Asher Conniff, WPT legend Eric Afriat, WSOP bracelet winner David Moses, and defending WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Tamayo.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 118 (5 from Day 1a, 43 from 1b, and 70 from 1c) – will return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow Saturday, June 7^th, and will play until seven players remain.

The final seven will then return to action on Sunday, June 8^th at 11:00 a.m. to play down to a winner which will be live streamed in the Venetian Poker Live streaming studio!

MSPT Venetian Remaining Schedule

Congratulations to everyone who made Day 2, we will be back tomorrow for full coverage right here on MSPTPoker.com from the Venetian Las Vegas!