$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD] Day 2 | 2022 MSPT Venetian

$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]

Day 2 Completed

06-10-2022 00:43 UTC-7

Lisichkina Leads Final Ten in MSPT $1,600 Main Event; Rich Gunning For Second Title

Liam Gannon

Level 30 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

After twelve hours and fifteen levels of play, the start of the day field of 233 was brought down to the final 10 in The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at Venetian Las Vegas Nevada. The final ten players are all guaranteed $36,780, but all eyes remain on the first place prize of $360,670.

Leading the way with a commanding lead is Russian-born player Yulia Lisichkina who ended the day with 12,575,000. Lisichkina played multiple bigger pots with a few tables left that had her at, or floating around the chip lead for the latter half of the day. It wasn’t until the last level of play where she called a massive all-in against Arman Sogomonian, where she cemented her lead as by far and away the chip leader. Lisichkina saw some success last WSOP with seven cashes, but with her guaranteed score of $36,780, she has already topped her best score to add to her $139,894 of lifetime earnings.

Following behind her is Fehim Hajdari who bagged 8,575,000. While Hajdari found a steady increase of chips throughout the day, it was a late night surge that ended up propelling him to second in chips with a knockout of Ricardo Gonzalez, and a massive pot against Angelina Rich where he had made the nut flush. The Danish player has already more than doubled his lifetime earnings to secure his biggest cash of his career, and is setting himself to be potentially the first winner of an MSPT from Denmark.

Shea Quintin bagged third in chips with 6,175,000, many of which came from the knocking out of two players, Simeon Spasov and Erik Carvalho. Matthew Sabia came into the final three tables with a massive chip stack, but lost many chips in a kings versus aces versus ace-jack cooler against Angelina Rich. Sabia still bagged 4,600,000 and will look to top his biggest cash of $155,515 with a win. Jack O’Neill ended the night 3,600,000 after a relatively swingy final few levels. O’Neill’s career earnings will pass $1,000,000 after this guaranteed payout and he looks to add top his own biggest score, which currently sits at $175,300.

Angelina Rich is looking to add her name to the list of two-time MSPT champions as her very own title was won at Venetian in 2015 for $304,386. She comes into the day with 3,125,000 and is one of two women remaining in this field. Kevin Ayow (2,875,000), Hien Nguyen (2,800,000), Rohan Dhuper (2,625,000) and Rickey Evans(1,900,000) round out the field of other returning players, each one of them looking for their biggest score and first MSPT title.

Final Day Chip Counts

	Player	Chip Counts
1	Yulia Lisichkina	12,575,000
2	Fehim Hajdari	8,575,000
3	Shea Quintin	6,175,000
4	Matthew Sabia	4,600,000
5	Jack O'Neill	3,600,000
6	Angelina Rich	3,125,000
7	Kevin Ayow	2,875,000
8	Hien Nguyen	2,800,000
9	Rohan Dhuper	2,625,000
10	Rickey Evans	1,900,000

Action On The Day

Play was fast and furious from the very beginning with only one level passing before the bubble burst as 52 players who came into the day were unable to find a cash. The unfortunate bubble boy was Enrique Villacres when his ace-queen ran into MSPT Deadwood champion Taylor Howard’s pocket aces.

Post Bubble Play

Players in the tournament continued to be eliminated at a rapid rate for quite a while. Players like Ryan Scully (171st-$3,280), WSOP 2017 Main Event Runner-Up Dan Ott (153rd-$3,514), MSPT Champions Rich Alsup (143rd-$3,631), Taylor Howard (40th-$8,902), Josh Reichard (28th-$10,308) and Greg Himmelbrand (26th-$12,182) all were eliminated prior to days end. The final two eliminations of the night were Erik Carvalho (12th-$28,437) and Arman Sogomonian (11th-$28,437), the first of which had lost a flip against Matthew Sabia when his pocket queens fell short against ace-king, and the other lost when he moved all-in with queen-high and a gutshot on a three spade board, only for Lisichkina to call him with the ace-high flush draw and a gutshot of her own.

Players will return to the Venetian at 12:00 for Day 3 where levels will start at 100,000-200,000 and a 200,000 big blind ante. Blinds will last 40 minutes each and players will take a 15-minute break after every three levels. Play will continue until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the MSPT $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event.

Tags: Angelina Rich Arman Sogomonian Dan Ott Enrique Villacres Erik Carvalho Fehim Hajdar Fehim Hajdari Greg Himmelbrand Hien Nguyen Jack O'Neil Jack O’Neill Josh Reichard Kevin Ayow Matthew Sabia Ricardo Gonzalez Rich Alsup Rickey Evans Rohan Dhuper Ryan Scully Shea Quintin Simeon Spasov Taylor Howard Yulia Lisichkina

06-09-2022 23:25 UTC-7

End Day Seats And Counts (full)

Liam Gannon

Level 30 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
16	1	Angelina Rich	3,125,000
16	2	Shea Quintin	6,175,000
16	3
16	4	Kevin Ayow	2,875,000
16	5	Matthew Sabia	4,600,000
16	6
16	7	Fehim Hajdari	8,575,000
16	8
16	9

15	1	Hien Nguyen	2,800,000
15	2	Yulia Lisichkina	12,575,000
15	3
15	4	Jack O'Neill	3,600,000
15	5
15	6	Rohan Dhuper	2,625,000
15	7	Rickey Evans	1,900,000
15	8
15	9

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulia Lisichkina	12,575,000	1,275,000
Fehim Hajdari	8,575,000	1,725,000
Shea Quintin	6,175,000	-2,225,000
Matthew Sabia	4,600,000	530,000
Jack O'Neill	3,600,000	400,000
Angelina Rich	3,125,000	-3,375,000
Kevin Ayow	2,875,000	-425,000
Hien Nguyen	2,800,000	850,000
Rohan Dhuper	2,625,000	-475,000
Rickey Evans	1,900,000	-900,000

06-09-2022 23:17 UTC-7

Play Has Ended

Liam Gannon

Level 30 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

The final ten players have bagged up for the night. A recap and full chip counts will soon follow

06-09-2022 23:04 UTC-7

Arman Sogomonian Eliminated In 11th Place ($28,347)

Liam Gannon

Level 30 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Yulia Lisichkina raised to 300,000 on the button and in the small blind, Arman Sogomonian three-bet to 850,000 and Lisichkina called after the big blind folded.

The flop came out and Sogomonian moved all-in for 3,700,000 which sent Lisichkina into the tank. After about a minute, she called and Sogomonian slammed the table and screamed "I misread my hand!"

Arman Sogomonian:
Yulia Lisichkina:

The turn rolled off the and Sogomonian was drawing dead before the river and Lisichkina soared to the chip lead while Sogomonian was eliminated in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulia Lisichkina	11,300,000	4,900,000
Arman Sogomonian	Busted

Tags: Arman Sogomonian Yulia Lisichkina

Level: 30

Blinds: 75,000/150,000

Ante: 150,000

06-09-2022 22:33 UTC-7

Erik Carvalho Eliminated In 12th Place ($28,347)

Liam Gannon

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Shea Quintin raised to 240,000 and in the big blind, Erik Carvalho put in his remaining 80,000 that he did not commit to the pot prior.

Erik Carvalho:
Shea Quintin:

The board ran out and Quintin's pair of aces was good to take down the pot as Carvalho exited the tournament in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shea Quintin	8,400,000	3,800,000
Erik Carvalho	Busted

Tags: Erik Carvalho Shea Quintin

06-09-2022 22:23 UTC-7

Sabia Doubles Through Carvahlo

Liam Gannon

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Matthew Sabia moved all-in from the cutoff for 1,885,000 and Matthew Sabia moved all-in from the button with all other action folding.

Matthew Sabia:
Erik Carvahlo:

The board ran out and Sabia doubled to leave Carvahlo with just over two big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Sabia	4,070,000	1,770,000
Erik Carvalho	320,000	-1,080,000

Tags: Erik Carvahlo Matthew Sabia

06-09-2022 22:15 UTC-7

Joseph Carden Eliminated In 13th Place ($24,364)

Liam Gannon

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Joseph Carden moved all-in in first position for 1,600,000 and from middle position, Angelina Rich moved all-in for 2,450,000 and in the big blind Matthew Sabia called.

Joseph Carden:
Angelina Rich:
Matthew Sabia: