The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 343 entries, surpassing the $300,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $329,280.
After the conclusion of the third and final starting flight, there are now just 44 players left to battle it out for the title and the top prize of $63,943. All remaining contenders have officially made the money by moving on to day 2, having locked up at least $2,314 for making it this far. A full listing of the payouts can be found here or at the bottom of this article.
Day 1C drew 183 entries, by far the largest of the three flights in this event. Day 1A had 60 entries, with another 100 on day 1B. Just 12.5 percent of the field advanced from each flight, with 23 moving on from day 1C to join the 8 from day 1A and 13 from day 1B.
The chip leader from day 1C is five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brian Yoon with 761,000. The California native has more than $6.6 million in career tournament earnings, and is well situated to add to that total in a major way in this event.
Yoon is virtually tied for the overall chip lead, as he trails day 1A’s Anthony An by just a single big blind. Other top stacks include 2024 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian Poker Bowl champion Terry Fleischer (701,000), day 1B top stack Jeremy Becker (649,000), and 2021 WPT Venetian main event third-place finisher Kyna England (576,000).
Other notables with a shot at the title include 2021 WSOP main event sixth-place finisher Hye Park (407,000), bracelet winner Francis Anderson (385,000), Matt Affleck (268,000), two-time bracelet winner Dan Heimiller (206,000), bracelet winner Nick Jivkov (199,000), 2021 WPT Venetian main event winner Qing Liu (180,000), Aaron Massey (178,000), and bracelet winner and WPT champion Dylan Linde (53,000).
Day 1C concluded with the elimination of Rahul Deevara, who ran pocket nines into the pocket aces of Elvin Simpson to burst the bubble.
Other notables who were eliminated during day 1C action included 2024 WSOP Circuit Commerce Casino main event winner Jessica Vierling, two-time bracelet winner Evan Sandberg, Card Player publisher and two-time bracelet winner Barry Shulman, four-time bracelet winner and three-time World Poker Tour champion Anthony Zinno, 2024 CPPT Venetian February main event champion Andrew Rodgers, and WPT champion James Romero.
Day 2 kicks off at 11:00 AM local time on Sunday, Sept. 22. Blinds are being rolled back to the earliest finish time of the three starting flights, which means that there will be 00:19 remaining in Level 15 (3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000) when play resumes.
Here is a look at the complete chip counts of all remaining 44 players:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Anthony An | 766,000 |
| 2 | Brian Yoon | 761,000 |
| 3 | Manuel Labandiera | 713,000 |
| 4 | Terry Fleischer | 701,000 |
| 5 | Xiang Lin | 683,000 |
| 6 | Jeremy Becker | 649,000 |
| 7 | Kyna England | 576,000 |
| 8 | Ivan Ruban | 453,000 |
| 9 | Hye Park | 407,000 |
| 10 | Ammar Alobaidy | 402,000 |
| 11 | Virab Zakaryan | 402,000 |
| 12 | Francis Anderson | 385,000 |
| 13 | Rolands Norietis | 383,000 |
| 14 | Amit Shah | 358,000 |
| 15 | Sergio Ribeiro Dantas | 333,000 |
| 16 | Baurzhan Akimov | 333,000 |
| 17 | Matthew Schulte | 316,000 |
| 18 | Jeffrey Chen | 306,000 |
| 19 | Kenny Lay | 277,000 |
| 20 | Matt Affleck | 268,000 |
| 21 | Mario Pichler | 268,000 |
| 22 | Tyler Mitchell | 264,000 |
| 23 | Lam Nguyen | 246,000 |
| 24 | Garen Zobian | 242,000 |
| 25 | Kfir Nahum | 240,000 |
| 26 | Spencer Simpson | 224,000 |
| 27 | Bobby Poe | 217,000 |
| 28 | Mario Colavita | 211,000 |
| 29 | Dan Heimiller | 206,000 |
| 30 | Elvin Simpson | 205,000 |
| 31 | Martin Schroeder | 203,000 |
| 32 | Nick Jivkov | 199,000 |
| 33 | Christopher McNulty | 193,000 |
| 34 | Sebatian Crema | 187,000 |
| 35 | Daniel Jones | 187,000 |
| 36 | Qing Liu | 180,000 |
| 37 | Aaron Massey | 178,000 |
| 38 | Bruce Greenberg | 158,000 |
| 39 | Allen Janian | 138,000 |
| 40 | Timothy Pai | 106,000 |
| 41 | Dustin Iannotti | 100,000 |
| 42 | Hal Marcus | 76,000 |
| 43 | Dylan Linde | 53,000 |
| 44 | Kevin Theodore | 28,000 |
Day 2 Table Draw:
| Table/Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 3/1 | Jeffrey Chen | 306,000 |
| 3/2 | Dan Heimiller | 206,000 |
| 3/3 | Francis Anderson | 385,000 |
| 3/4 | Daniel Jones | 187,000 |
| 3/5 | Dustin Iannotti | 100,000 |
| 3/6 | Tyler Mitchell | 264,000 |
| 3/7 | Matthew Schulte | 316,000 |
| 3/9 | Kevin Theodore | 28,000 |
| 4/1 | Kfir Nahum | 240,000 |
| 4/2 | Qing Liu | 180,000 |
| 4/3 | Elvin Simpson | 205,000 |
| 4/4 | Terry Fleischer | 701,000 |
| 4/5 | Baurzhan Akimov | 333,000 |
| 4/6 | Virab Zakaryan | 402,000 |
| 4/7 | Mario Colavita | 211,000 |
| 4/8 | Matt Affleck | 268,000 |
| 4/9 | Sergio Ribeiro Dantas | 333,000 |
| 5/1 | Hal Marcus | 76,000 |
| 5/2 | Mario Pichler | 268,000 |
| 5/3 | Timothy Pai | 106,000 |
| 5/4 | Spencer Simpson | 224,000 |
| 5/5 | Nick Jivkov | 199,000 |
| 5/6 | Manuel Labandiera | 713,000 |
| 5/7 | Lam Nguyen | 246,000 |
| 5/8 | Rolands Norietis | 383,000 |
| 5/9 | Martin Schroeder | 203,000 |
| 7/1 | Sebatian Crema | 187,000 |
| 7/2 | Allen Janian | 138,000 |
| 7/3 | Ammar Alobaidy | 402,000 |
| 7/4 | Xiang Lin | 683,000 |
| 7/5 | Kenny Lay | 277,000 |
| 7/6 | Amit Shah | 358,000 |
| 7/7 | Aaron Massey | 178,000 |
| 7/8 | Hye Park | 407,000 |
| 7/9 | Ivan Ruban | 453,000 |
| 8/1 | Christopher McNulty | 193,000 |
| 8/2 | Dylan Linde | 53,000 |
| 8/3 | Anthony An | 766,000 |
| 8/4 | Bobby Poe | 217,000 |
| 8/5 | Brian Yoon | 761,000 |
| 8/6 | Garen Zobian | 242,000 |
| 8/7 | Bruce Greenberg | 158,000 |
| 8/8 | Kyna England | 576,000 |
| 8/9 | Jeremy Becker | 649,000 |
Check out the full list of payouts below:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $63,943 |
| 2 | $45,598 |
| 3 | $32,998 |
| 4 | $24,235 |
| 5 | $18,069 |
| 6 | $13,697 |
| 7 | $10,517 |
| 8 | $8,214 |
| 9 | $6,519 |
| 10 – 11 | $5,259 |
| 12 – 13 | $4,312 |
| 14 – 17 | $3,596 |
| 18 – 26 | $3,051 |
| 27 – 35 | $2,633 |
| 36 – 44 | $2,314 |