Day 1c Completed
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Day 1c Completed
David Froyalde Leads After Day 1c of MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event

Day 1c of the Season 11 MSPT Poker Bowl IV in The Venetian ended with a total of 591 entrants and of those 89 moved on to Saturday's Day 2. David Froyalde pulled ahead as the chip leader of the day, with 557,500 going into the bag.
Some notable players who didn't make it through Day 1c include Matt Affleck, Chance Kornuth, Freddy Deeb, Lauren Roberts and Eric Baldwin.
Both Tony Dunst and Justin Young made it to Day 2 after a long greuling day of play. They will join the other 148 remaining players chasing the dream of being awarded the trophy and $193,477 prize.
Day 2 begins on Saturday at 11:00am local time. 150 players have made it this far but only 117 of them will make the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews for coverage all the way down to the eventual winner.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
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557,500 | ||||
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486,500 | ||||
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425,500 | ||||
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419,000 | ||||
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378,000 | ||||
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361,000 | ||||
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349,000 | ||||
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335,500 | ||||
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316,500 | ||||
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311,500 | ||||
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292,000 | ||||
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291,500 | ||||
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281,000 | ||||
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279,500 | ||||
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271,500 | ||||
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258,000 | ||||
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257,500 | ||||
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250,500 | ||||
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239,500 | ||||
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236,000 | ||||
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232,000 | ||||
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231,500 | ||||
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220,000 | ||||
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211,500 | ||||
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198,500 |
Time to Bag and Tag
We’ve played down to our stopping point for the evening, and players are bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a recap of all the action.
Dicarlo Gets a Knockout With Only Two Hands Remaining

Facing a shove, Salvatore Dicarlo made the decision to call and try to increase his stack before the night ended.
Sal Dicarlo:
Opponent:
As the flop came , Dicarlo's opponent erupted "No! No! This can't happen now."
The board ran out a turn and
river to award Dicarlo the knockout with only two hands remaining at his table.
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240,000 | 215,000 |
Seven Hands Remain
Dealers in Day 1c of the MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV have been instructed to deal just seven more hands.
Zipperich Scores the Knockout

A player in middle position went all in for 38,000. A moment after the player in the cutoff raised to 75,000, Stephen Zipperich went all in for over 300,000. The player in the cutoff didn't delay, but he did chuckle as he showed and folded.
Stephen Zipperich:
Opponent:
The board ran out and awarded the knockout to Zipperich.
The player in the cutoff nodded his head thankful he folded his queens correctly as Zipperich stacked up his new chips.
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433,000 | 433,000 |
Another Round of Chip Updates
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236,000 | 104,000 | |||
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165,000 | 21,000 | |||
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140,000 | 82,000 | |||
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136,000 | -32,000 | |||
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100,000 | 100,000 | |||
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78,000 | 30,000 | |||
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74,000 | -69,000 | |||
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50,000 | -58,000 |
We Have Reached the Final Level of Day 1c

The Day 1c players have reached the final level of their flight. Play will continue for another 20 minutes or so before players will find out how many hands each table will close with.
Right now, 107 players out of 591 remain in the hunt for a bag and access to Day 2.
- Level:
- 15
- Blinds:
- 2,500/5,000
- Ante:
- 5,000