Huy Nguyen Leads 43 Contenders From Day 1a of the 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI
Only 43 players remain out of 385 entries in the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian Poker Bowl VI $1,100 Main Event. The biggest stack was bagged by Huy Nguyen, who finished with a solid stack of 640,000 chips.
Other notables to make it through the day include reigning MSPT Player of the Year Kyna England (509,000), Jason Wheeler (253,000), Tim Reilly (170,000), and recent MSPT Main Event winner Gianluca Pace (75,000).
Day 1b will commence tomorrow and the 43 players today will combine with those remaining players for Day 2, which will play to a winner on Saturday, Feb 12.
Day 1a Top Ten Stacks
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huy Nguyen | 640,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Elvis Toomas | 566,000 | 94 |
| 3 | Kyna England | 509,000 | 85 |
| 4 | Derrick Yamada | 456,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Daniele Marsili | 436,000 | 73 |
| 6 | James Vales | 436,000 | 73 |
| 7 | Cedrric Trevino | 396,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Ron West | 355,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Brian Sivertsen | 351,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Kyle Kitagawa | 349,000 | 58 |
Some of the notables who weren’t able to bag a stack today include Michael Wang, Marle Cordeiro, Benjamin Spragg, Matt Affleck, Ryan Laplante, and Jesse Lonis.
Day 1b action for the 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI picks up on Feb 11 at 11:10 a.m. local time. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow the event in its entirety.
and Reilly's hand remained superior as he took the pot and his opponent was sent to the rail.
board, the big blind checked and Steve Wilkie jammed for approximately 90,000 in the cutoff. His opponent went deep into the tank for a couple of minutes before ultimately laying down his hand.
before slowly revealing his other card as the 
, which he enthusiastically threw down onto the table and raked in the pot.
. "That's the best laydown of the tournament."
flop, the big blind checked, Michael Wang checked, and Luke Blindert jammed the button for 6,300. The big blind folded and Wang called.
kept him ahead and knocked out Blindert.
flop changed nothing, but the 
completed the board to confirm Laplante's demise as he tapped the table and made his exit following the unfortunate runout.
and the blinds and Spragg checked. The middle position player bet 6,000, the cutoff called, and action folded back to Spragg. Spragg jammed, the middle position player called for his stack of about 25,000, and the cutoff folded.
harmlessly completed the board to send the pot to Spragg.
, Tim Reilly bet in the small blind and Harlen Miller raised to 10,000 in the big blind. Reilly thought about it and called.