Bin Weng Leads 32 Surviving Players From Day 1b of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event
Day 1b of the $1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event has come to an end and Bin Weng bagged the top stack after the final hand of Level 16, which proved to be the final hand of the day.
The second of three flights in the $750,000 guarantee attracted 282 entries and 32 players made the money by surviving to see Day 2.
Weng bagged the chip lead of 706,000 chips thanks to a late surge on the final hand of the night, when he found a fortunate runout to eliminate Bob Zeidman on the money bubble. Weng also flopped a straight earlier in the day to crack the aces of Adam Hendrix and eliminated two players on his way to the chip lead.
Jessica Vierling (653,000), Errol Samuel (653,000), Kane Lai (560,000), and Brazilian two-time bracelet winner Joao Simao (532,000) round out the top five bagged stacks on Day 1b.
$1,600 MSPT Venetian Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | DAY 2 BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Weng | United States | 706,000 | 117 |
| 2 | Errol Samuel | United States | 653,000 | 108 |
| 3 | Jessica Vierling | Germany | 653,000 | 108 |
| 4 | Kane Lai | United States | 560,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 532,000 | 88 |
| 6 | Ryan Rivers | Canada | 471,000 | 78 |
| 7 | Ryan Tosoc | United States | 452,000 | 75 |
| 8 | Gregor Sverko | Croatia | 431,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Aaron Massey | United States | 381,000 | 63 |
| 10 | Jason Blount | United States | 351,000 | 58 |
Others who secured their place into the Sunday finale include Aaron Massey (381,000), Ben Palmer (251,000), Martin Zamani (199,000), and Ankush Mandavia (108,000), who doubled with quads on a flip in one of the last levels of the day to secure his bag.
Some players in the field who weren’t able to bag a stack include Ryan Laplante, Chance Kornuth, Alex Foxen, Joseph Cheong, Rob Wazwaz, Rich Alsup, and MSPT Season 13 Player of the Year frontrunner Josh Reichard, who had an up-and-down day and ultimately was eliminated by quads near the end of the night. However, all will have another opportunity to bag a stack during the final starting flight tomorrow.
All 32 surviving players from Day 1b will be in the money and will combine with the 17 surviving players from Day 1a and the Day 1c survivors for the Sunday finale at 11:00 a.m. local time to play down to a winner. Day 1c will be the last starting flight and will commence on Saturday at 11:10 a.m.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to provide live updates from the floor of the $1,600 MSPT Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas all weekend long until a champion is crowned.
flop left him in rough shape. The 
and 
completed the board and Zeidman was eliminated on the bubble following the unfortunate runout, while Weng took the tournament chip lead as the remaining 32 players bagged and tagged for the night.
flop put Mandavia well ahead with a set. The 
turn provided a sweat, but the 
completed the board to give Mandavia quads and the double.
fell on the turn and Keshavarzi check-folded to a bet of roughly 60,000, conceding the pot to the current leader of the MSPT Season 13 Player of the Year race.
flop and action checked to the button who bet 10,000. Weng called and Hendrix moved all in for approximately 23,000. The middle position player folded, the button quickly jammed for roughly 50,000, and Weng quickly called.
turn and 
landed on the turn and Reichard check-called for 18,000.
completed the board and Reichard checked. Halverson moved all in for 85,500 to send Reichard into the tank, and after receiving a count, Reichard ultimately called.
completed board, Chance Kornuth checked the big blind and Landon Tice moved all in from the under-the-gun position, barely covering Kornuth's approximately 27,000 behind. Kornuth thought about it and called.
before sending the cards into the muck and exiting the table.
flop, James Romero bet 8,000 in the big blind and Josh Reichard raised to 19,000 in early position. Romero moved all in for roughly 55,000 and Reichard called.
completed board, a player in the big blind led out for 15,000, and Chance Kornuth had a decision in the under-the-gun position. Kornuth thought about it and ultimately tossed in the calling chips.