The Venetian

David Coleman Leads 28 Flight A Survivors

Flight B came to a close with the final 28 players advancing to Day 2 on Wednesday, June 5. David Coleman ran away with the chip lead holding a stack of 805,000 after he took out the final player of the night on the end of day and money bubble. Rounding out the top three were Simon Britton (604,000) and Will Givens (490,000).

Here is a look at the full official chip counts:

David Coleman - 805,000
Simon Britton - 604,000
William Givens - 490,000
Tony Miles - 405,000
Michael Facc - 398,000
Joel Areldan - 482,000
Elvijs Kuceruks – 375,000
Megan Moore - 370,000
Luka Bojovic - 365,000
Wesley Hamond - 362,000
Chris Meyers - 280,000
Jordan Westmorland – 260,000
Zach Nguyen - 248,000
Fabian Gumz - 229,000
Alex Loyer - 203,000
Toby Boas - 180,000
Jeffrey Lutes - 179,000
Ryan Plant - 178,000
David Lorenzo - 177,000
Kyung Yoo - 167,000
Alex Condon - 163,000
Exequiel Fernando - 142,000
John Cipriano - 101,000
Abby Noel - 97,000
Benjamin Leilous - 83,000
Scott Castelluccio - 66,000
Branden Shimamoto - 45,000
Tim Faro - 37,000

Level 17 came to a close with 11:06 left on the clock with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. That’s where blinds will roll back to depending on how things play out in Flight B that will begin at 11:10 am on Tuesday, June 4 here in the Venetian Poker Room. Registration will be open until the start of Level 10 around 6:00 pm tomorrow, giving players plenty of time to jump into this $1,600 buy-in event with a $750,000 guarantee.

David Coleman Gets the Final Busout of the Night to Bag the Chip Lead

UTG was all in preflop short with pocket jacks in the hole, but he ran right into the pocket kings of David Coleman on the button.

The final board of the day ran out , and Coleman took out his opponent to stack up the chip lead with 805,000.

That concludes Flight A, stay tuned for full official chip counts from the 28 survivors to be posted a short time from now.

David Coleman - 805,000 (100 bb)

Three Contenders for the Chip Lead

With play reaching hand-for-hand on the money and end of day bubble we have three players up top challenging for the lead. Simon Britton (pictured) leads with 560,000, and both William Givens (440,000) and David Coleman (425,000) are in the chase group with one more bustout to go before the end of Flight A.

Toby Boas Takes One Out

The hijack got all in preflop short with in the hole, and Toby Boas had him covered holding pocket queens from the small blind.

The final board read , and Boas took out his opponent to stack up 412,000 after collecting the pot.

Toby Boas - 412,000 (51 bb)

Level 17 Begins

Blinds are up to 4,000-8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 for the start of Level 17 in Flight A of the $1,600 buy-in Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event hosted in the Venetian Poker Room along the Las Vegas Strip. We currently have 33 players remaining from the 250 total entries for the day. Play will continue tonight until 28 players remain later tonight

Slow Play Sets In

A period of slow play has set in as the field tightens up five spots away from the money and end of day bubble. We will let you know when action starts moving again.

Level 16 Begins

Blinds are up to 3,000-6,000 with a big blind ante of 6,000 for the start of Level 16 in Flight A of the $1,600 buy-in Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event hosted in the Venetian Poker Room along the Las Vegas Strip. We currently have 40 players remaining from the 250 total entries for the day. Play will continue tonight until 28 players remain later tonight

Break Time

The players are taking another 15-minute break.

Jeffrey Lutes Doubles

Jeffrey Lutes was all in for 48,000 preflop from late position with , and the small blind called to cover with pocket jacks.

The final board read to give Lutes the double up that was good for 109,000 after the hand.

Jeffrey Lutes - 109,000 (21 bb)

Simon Britton Doubles

Simon Britton was all in for 32,400 preflop from the big blind, and the button reraised all in over the top of him after originally making it 11,000 to get in the pot. The small blind got out of the way so the remaining two players revealed their cards.

Britton held against the pocket sevens of his opponent, and board ran out for Britton to grab the double up. He stacked up 77,800 after collecting the pot.

Simon Britton - 77,800 (15 bb)