The Venetian

The second and final starting flight of the MSPT (Mid States Poker Tour) Venetian $1,600 Poker Bowl Main Event has come to an end after 12 hours of action.

Day 1b attracted 220 runners during Friday's action, bringing the grand total to 360 entries (140 from Day 1a; 220 from 1b).

After Andrew Moreno wheeled the bubble, the field was finally reduced to 11% and he was left adding more chips to his stack putting a whopping 1,400,000 in his bag leading the pack of 25 by a large margin.

Following behind Moreno was D Allen Pock who had a few late eliminations of his own and ended putting 744,000 on his slip, good enough for third overall.

The top five is rounded out by Yuzu Wang (677,000), second place Mystery Bounty finisher Pedro Ingles (370,000), and David Ko (339,000).

They were joined by Thomas Watson (318,000), Jack Corrigan (279,00), Jeremy Becker (253,000), Jason Brin (172,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Dylan Linde (158,000).

Per usual, Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 41 players returning to the felt so make sure to come back and find out who walks away champion.

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There was heads-up action between Andrew Moreno from middle position and the button with a board showing.

A series of raises led to Moreno calling his opponent’s all in bet and the cards were tabled.

Opponent:
Andrew Moreno:

Moreno was behind holding big draws and the that fell on the river was one of them as it gave him the wheel to burst the bubble.

Andrew Moreno - 1,400,000

Allen Pock limped-in from the hijack and the button raised to 16,000.

Yuzu Wang called from the big blind taking back to Pock who fired out a 71,000 three-bet, and button four-bet jammed for 120,000 prompting a fold from Wang.

Pock quickly called and the two players tabled their hands,

Opponent:
Allen Pock:

Pock was ahead holding a dominating ace and the runout eliminated his opponent in 27th place in which began the hand-for-hand process.

Allen Pock - 710,000
Yuzu Wang - 676,000

Jacob Phillips raised all in for 21,000 from late position and was called by Andrew Berk from the hijack, along with Andrew Moreno from the big blind.

The runout was checked to showdown and Phillips tabled to keep his Main Event rolling.

Andrew Moreno - 1,040,000
Andrew Berk - 320,000
Jacob Phillips - 71,000

Zachary McDiarmid open-jammed 44,000 from late position and action folded to Andrew Burke who looked him up from the big blind.

Zachary McDiarmid:
Andrew Burke:

McDiarmid had Berk dominated and didn’t have much of a sweat as the runout secured his double-up.

Andrew Burke - 400,000
Zachary McDiarmid - 97,000

Jermey Becker raised from middle position and then called off his 83,000 stack after Bryan Allen jammed for more from the big blind.

Jeremy Becker:
Bryan Allen:

Becker was ahead holding a made hand of ladies but had a sweat after the flop gave Allen more outs with a Broadway draw.

Luckily for Becker, the turn fell the and the paired the board on the river securing his double-up.

Bryan Allen - 185,000
Jeremy Becker - 180,000

Allen Pock limped-in from the cutoff and then called the button's 15,000 raise.

Once the flop hit the felt, Pock check-called his opponents 5,000 continuation bet, and the turn was checked to the river.

This time, Pock check-raised to 147,000 after his opponent made a 47,00 bet and got them to release their hand.

After the hand was over, Pock was nice enough to table before collecting the pot.

Allen Pock - 450,000