2022 MSPT Venetian November

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

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.

The remaining 32 players are bagging and tagging and will return on Sunday for the finale. Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day.

Bob Zeidman had gotten his approximately 110,000 chips in from the small blind and was at risk against Bin Weng in the big blind.

Bob Zeidman:
Bin Weng:

Zeidman was a big favorite for a double, but the 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.

An early position player opened to 12,000, Joao Simao flatted in middle position, and Jacob Baumgartner moved all in for roughly 180,000 in late position. Action folded back to Simao who had a large stack and deliberated for some time, but he ultimately sent his cards into the muck.

Baumgartner tabled as he collected the pot on the bubble, while Simao claimed he folded pocket tens.

With 33 remaining in the field, hand-for-hand mode has been activated as the players are now one elimination from being in the money and bagging for the night.

Martin Zamani moved all in from the hijack and was called by the player on the button with a shorter stack.

Opponent:
Martin Zamani:

The flop gave both players a piece and put Zamani well ahead with trips, and the turn and river confirmed the result.

On a completed board, Joao Simao had 38,000 committed to the pot in early position and the player in the big blind moved all in for roughly 70,000. Simao called.

Simao tabled for a full house, and his opponent's went into the muck as he made his exit.

Josh Reichard was seen getting up from his seat as his chips were being pushed over to Joao Simao.

Reichard held for a boat on the completed board, but it was no good as Simao held for quad jacks to eliminate the MSPT Season 13 Player of the Year race frontrunner.