Duong Leads The Final 49 Survivors Of Day 1B; Mandavia, WazWaz, Foxen, and Alsup Survive

The final flight of the MSPT $1,600 Poker Bowl at Venetian saw it’s completion today, with a total of 449 players coming out for their chance at an MSPT title. The guaranteed $500,000 prizepool was smashed as a total of 80 players were guaranteed a minimum cash of $2,877, with all eyes on the $184,797 first place prize.

On top of today’s chip counts is Ha Duoang who bagged 1,051,000. Duong is no stranger to tournaments, having cashed for nearly $300,000 in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob. This sets to be his first cash with The MSPT and his chip stack being second overall sees a potentially huge payout for him.

Others that bagged included Bryan Piccioli (715,000) who possessed the chip lead throughout most of the day and Ankush Mandavia (644,000) who just yesterday came in fourth in the $1,100 MSPT Poker Bowl. He joins Rob WazWaz (272,000) and Rich Alsup (128,000) who also final tabled the $1,100. Craig Mason (528,000), Erick Lindgren (425,000) Camille Brown (153,000), Yulia Lisichkina (53,000), and ChipLeaderCoaching.com’s Alex Foxen (251,000) all look to win their first MSPT championship.

Not all were as fortunate today, as the most recent MSPT champion Zack Fuentes was unable to make another deep run. Others who joined him on the rail were many names of the game like Jeff Platt, Jason Somerville, Tony Dunst, Justin Saliba, Jake Daniels, and Ryan Leng. They will have the other stops the rest of the year to claim an MSPT trophy from 2023.

80 players have secured their way into Day 2, and play will resume tomorrow at 11 AM. Play will begin with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 ante with 29:05 left in Level 15. Play will continue as scheduled after this level until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned to MSPT.com for all updates regarding the MSPT Poker Bowl at Venetian. A full seat draw as well as full chip counts are set to be posted later tonight.