MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event
Day 2 Started
MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas
MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event
Day: 2
MSPT Poker Bowl V Day 2 Seat Draw
Welcome to Day 2 of MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian
The starting flights are done and dusted and it's time to play for the money at Mid-States Poker Tour Poker Bowl V at Venetian.
How much money?
Well, all of the payout details haven't been released just yet, but the venue tournament staff did tweet that 96 of the remaining 116 runners will be paid, with a min-cash being worth $2,202 and the eventual winner receiving $176,142. That is, if no deal is struck as has been the case in the past four MSPT Poker Bowls.
Across the two starting days, nobody managed to gather near as many chips as Day 1a leader Jesse Vilchez. Vilchez, who has been on a tear of late at MSPTs here at Venetian, raked in a humongous stack of over 1.1 million that dwarfs anyone else's count.
Other big stacks coming into the day include those of former Poker Bowl champ Kfir Nahum (353,000), Blake Whittington (349,000), Ryan Riess (322,500) and Aaron Massey (295,500). Some others still with a pulse include Jordan Cristos, Tim Reilly, Mike Shin, Ralph Massey, Javier Zarco and recent WSOP runner-up Joseph Hebert.
Play resumes at 11 a.m. local time at 2,500/5,000/5,000 and 40-minute levels will be played until a winner has emerged. Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out whom that will be.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Saliba Doubles Through Yu
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sean Yu opened early for 15,000 and snap-called the shove of Justin Saliba, who had 130,500 in the small blind.
Yu: 
Saliba: 
The 
runout was devoid of drama.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 179,500 |
|
87,500 | -117,000 |
Yepez Bluffs Off to Oshana
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
There was already around 100,000 in the middle between Luis Yepez in the small blind and Johnny Oshana on the button. The flop had come 
and Yepez checked. Oshana bet 55,000 and Yepez jammed for about 215,000.
Oshana snap-called with 
for a set and Yepez tabled 
for a straight draw. The 
and didn't fill it and he sent over his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000 | 170,500 |
|
Busted |
Yu Three-Bet Ships
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The early hit Sean Yu absorbed running jacks into aces hasn't seemed to slow him down. In fact, it was just the opposite as he had tripled his stack by the time we next noted him in a hand.
This time, Yu looked to have played a single-raised pot from the button and continued for 17,000 against the big blind on 
. That player raised to 44,000 and Yu instantly jammed for about 250,000. That induced a fold from his opponent and Yu showed 
as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | 242,500 |
Cristos Clocked Twice
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jordan Cristos bet 13,500 from early position on a 
flop and Steve Wilkie called from the hijack. On the 
turn, Cristos tanked until Wilkie called a clock. Cristos then checked. Wilkie grabbed some chips but checked back. On the 
river, Wilkie called the clock more quickly and Cristos slid in 100,000 or so. Wilkie snap-folded.
Tournament staff is now coloring up T500 chips with 104 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 198,000 |
|
140,000 | -60,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Updated Chip Counts Approaching Bubble
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 43,000 |
|
500,000 | 245,500 |
|
500,000 | 225,000 |
|
480,000 | 165,000 |
|
390,000 | 94,500 |
|
|
390,000 | 60,000 |
|
315,000 | 315,000 |
|
280,000 | -42,500 |
|
200,000 | 53,500 |
|
183,000 | -36,000 |
|
155,000 | -42,000 |
|
110,000 | -21,000 |
|
105,000 | -85,500 |
|
80,000 | -46,000 |