The Venetian

Day 2 of the MSPT Season 16 $1,600 Poker Bowl IX at the Venetian Resort saw 99 players return to action on Sunday in hopes of making the streamed final table of seven and after roughly ten hours of play, that mark was hit in Level 28 with 10:23 left remaining at 50,000/100,000/100,000

Leading the charge with a healthy 8,810,000 is MSPT champ Kfir Nahum who has over double the stack size of Richard Green who sits second in with 4,535,000.

Nahum has been in this position before, winning the second-ever Venetian Poker Bowl back in 2018 and has positioned himself well to make another run for a second title going into Monday’s Day 3.

Anthony Scarborough was able to get a couple late double ups to climb into third place with 3,820,000 while two-time bracelet winner Dan Heimiller clawed his way back into contention bagging 3,390,000 for a fourth place stack to take into the final day.

Stanley Weng (2,535,000), Alex Kim (2,260,000), and Michael Ung (1,435,000) rallied into Day 3 but will have an uphill battle when the lights take the stage.

Streamed Final Table Chip Counts

Day 2 Action

The final day came back with 99 players already in the money, so action kicked right into gear with John Ypma being eliminated in the first hand of the day while MSPT’s top casher DJ Buckley followed him to the payout cage shortly after.

After Buckley hit the deck, a flurry of “payouts” could be heard throughout the room, as handfuls of players were walking to the payout table which included the likes of four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (66^th Place – $4,298), MSPT Hall of Famer’s Rob WazWaz (57^th Place - $4,737) & Aaron Massey (48^th Place – $5,284) and WSOP bracelet winner’s Nick Pupillo & (42^nd Place - $5,964) & Joseph Cheong (31^st Place - $6,813) all hit the deck before the three table redraw.

The final three tables were stacked with WSOP hardware with bracelet winner’s Mitchell Halverson (23^rd Place - $9,205), Stephen Song (22^nd Place - $9,205), Ryan Leng (21^st Place - $9,205), and Francis Anderson (17^th Place - $13,019) all fell in quick succession of each other while 2025 MSPT ICON Kyna England fell on the final table bubble (10^th Place - $19,250).

Final Table Action

Just as the final table was being set, Brian Meadows jammed his short stack into the middle, only to be hooked by MSPT champ Daniel Sepiol’s made hand of jacks.

A few hands later would see two-time bracelet winner Heimiller and Scarborough duke it out in a battle of the blinds which saw Scarborough come out in top with a crucial double, sending Heimiller to the bottom of the counts.

The hit didn’t seem to faze Heimiller, as he found a quick triple-up with trip eights and then followed with another double through Sepiol with pocket aces shortly after.

Tides were then turned for Sepiol as he fell to the bottom of the counts and unlike Hemiller, he wasn’t able to spin-up his short stack as he was eliminated in eighth place by Ung ending play for the evening.

The final seven players will now get day's rest to enjoy Superbowl Sunday and will return to action on Monday, February 10^th at Noon, to play down to a winner which will be live streamed in the brand-new streaming studio!

Make sure to be a part of history at The Venetian Poker Room as they will unveil their brand-new streaming studio produced and distributed by PokerGO!

MSPT Venetian Season 16 Poker Bowl Remaining Schedule

Action on the table folded to MSPT champ Dan Sepiol who tossed out his 300,000 short stack from the small blind and Michael Ung looked him up from the big blind.

Dan Sepiol:
Michael Ung:

Sepiol was ahead holding an ace with nothing changing after the flop hit the felt.

The turn, however, came the , giving Ung a pair of jacks to take the lead while Sepiol needed to any ace or king on the river to stay alive.

Unfortunately for the former champ, the that fell on the river didn’t do the trick and he was eliminated in eighth place, setting the stage for the streamed final table of seven, Monday, February 10^th starting at noon.

Michael Eng - 1,435,000
Dan Sepiol - Eliminated

MSPT champ Dan Sepiol raised all in for 1,215,000 from the cutoff and Brian Meadows called off his shorter stack from the big blind.

Brian Meadows:
Dan Sepiol:

Sepiol was ahead holding a made hand of jacks and improved after another appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn left Meadows needing a lucky lady on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and ended his run.

Dan Sepiol - 2,300,000
Brian Meadows - Eliminated

2025 MSPT ICON Kyna England tossed out her 420,000 stack from the cutoff and fellow MSPT champ Kfir Nahum isolated with a three-bet from the big blind.

Kyna England:
Kfir Nahum:

England was behind holding suited live cards, but couldn’t find any help on the runout, eliminating her on the final table bubble.

Kfir Nahum - 8,700,000
Kyna England - Eliminated

Jacob Long raised all in from the button and Stanley Weng looked him up from the big blind.

Jacob Long:
Stanley Weng:

Long was racing for his tournament life with not much changing after paired flop hit the felt.

The turn was even a worse sight for Long as it gave Weng a full house to leave him drawing dead to the needle river.

Stanley Weng - 3,700,000
Jacob Long - Eliminated

Caden Coleman was all in preflop from the cutoff and MSPT champ Kfir Nahum looked him up from the big blind.

Caden Coleman:
Kfir Nahum:

Coleman was racing for his tournament life and held the lead up until the river on the runout, ending his tournament.

Kfir Nahum – 7,500,000
Caden Coleman - Eliminated

Alex Kim opened under the gun and then called off his 1,855,000 stack after MSPT champ Dan Sepiol three-bet jammed for more from the small blind.

Alex Kim:
Dan Sepiol:

Kim rolled over a dominating ace and nothing changed after the flop hit the felt.

The turn did bring a sweat as it gave Sepiol an open-ended straight draw, but the river secured Kim the double-up.

Alex Kim - 3,900,000
Dan Sepiol - 255,000