The Venetian

Yang Li Bags The Chip Lead To End Day 1B

Flight B came to a close with the final 12 players advancing to Day 2 on Wednesday, December 4 from 107 entries. Yang Li held the chip lead with a stack of 454,000 after a strong run to finish a quick night. Rounding out the top three are Rudy Cervantes with 419,000, and Kodey Hammer holding 403,000.

Here is a look at the full official chip counts:

Yang Li - 454,000
Rudy Cervantes - 419,000
Kodey Hammer - 403,000
Sven Rahmsdorf - 287,000
Barry Shulman - 229,000
Zachary Donovan - 169,000
Justin Lapka - 157,000
David Hudson - 151,000
Kevin Stevens - 141,000
Yuan Yu - 111,000
Matt Salsberg - 89,000
Quang Ngo - 67,000

Level 15 came to a close with 38:40 left on the clock and blinds at 3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. That’s where blinds will roll back to depending on how things play out in Flight C that will begin at 11:10 am on Tuesday, December 3 here in the Venetian Poker Room. Registration will be open until the start of Level 10 until around 6:00 pm, giving players plenty of time to jump into this $1,100 buy-in event with a $300,000 guarantee. There are now 15 players that have advanced from 134 total entries.

Umut Ozturk Eliminated on the Bubble by Kodey Hammer

Umut Ozturk (pictured) was all in with and he was looking good to double up against the of Kodey Hammer.

However, the board ran out , and Ozturk hit the rail on the end-of-day bubble. Hammer stacked up 403,000 as one of the chip leader at the bag-and-tag.

Kodey Hammer - 403,000 (80 bb)

Level 15 Begins

Blinds are up to 3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000 for the start of Level 15 in Flight B of the $1,100 buy-in Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event hosted in the Venetian Poker Room along the Las Vegas Strip. There are now 13 players remaining from 107 entries today, and the final 12 will bag and advance later tonight.

Dj Buckley Eliminated by Kodey Hammer

DJ Buckley was all in short with in the hole, and Kodey Hammer had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Buckley was eliminated from the tournament. Hemmer stacked up 185,000 after the hand.

Kodey Hammer - 185,000 (46 bb)

Yang Li Busts One To Take The Chip Lead

The small blind was all in with pocket queens preflop, but he had the misfortune of running right into the pocket kings of Yang li on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Li eliminated his opponent to stack up 414,000 after the hand. That is good for the chip lead with 15 players remaining.

Yang Li - 414,000 (103 bb)

Barry Shulman Takes One Out

A player in middle position was all in with in the hole, but he was behind the pocket aces held by Barry Shulman under the gun.

The final board read , and Shulman took out his opponent to build a stack of 235,000 after collecting the chips.

Barry Shulman - 235,000 (58 bb)

Level 14 Begins

Blinds are up to 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000 for the start of Level 14 in Flight B of the $1,100 buy-in Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event hosted in the Venetian Poker Room along the Las Vegas Strip. There are now 18 players remaining from 107 entries today, and the final 12 will bag and advance later tonight.

Chip Count Update

Here is a look at the top chip counts from the field:

Rudy Cervantes - 310,000
Sven Rahmsdorf - 236,000
Quang Ngo - 221,000
Barry Shulman - 187,000
Kevin Stevens - 173,000
Matt Salsberg - 154,000
Luis Yepez - 152,000
Paulo Rink - 130,000
Yuan Yu - 121,000
Zachary Donovan - 120,000

Level 13 Begins

Blinds are up to 2,000-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000 for the start of Level 13 in Flight B of the $1,100 buy-in Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event hosted in the Venetian Poker Room along the Las Vegas Strip. There are now 19 players remaining from 107 entries today, and the final 12 will bag and advance later tonight.

Break Time

The players are taking another 15-minute break.