The Venetian

Alex Kim Secures the Top Spot After a Final 51 Players Advance from Day 1C of the MSPT Season 16 Venetian Poker Bowl!

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 $1,600 Poker Bowl IX at the Venetian Resort attracted more players than the first two flights combined adding another 463 entries, which along with 1a's 166 and 1b’s 263 brought the total field up to 892 entries, blasting past the $1,000,000 guarantee.

The total field generated a $1,271,100 prize pool, and the top 99 players will get paid a minimum of $3,457, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $189,589 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 16 Venetian Poker Bowl IX title!

At the end of the third and final flight, just 51 players bagged and tagged with Alex Kim bagging the top stack with 708,000, taking the overall chip lead into Day 2.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was South Dakota’s Anthony Scarborough who ended the night an impressive 638,000 stack to put into his bag, and he will bring the second overall stack into Day 2.

Others to bag big included Mark Seif (555,000), Paul Martin (475,000), and Richard Green (461,000), as the rounded out the top five stacks of this flight.

They were joined by 2025 MSPT ICON Kyna England (430,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (416,000), three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (226,000), Ben Palmer (135,000), and MSPT top casher DJ Buckley (50,000).

Among those not as lucky at the felt included MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup, three-time MSPT champ Eric Baldwin, Jamie Kerstetter, WSOP bracelet winner Brad Gafford, Brian Battistone, and MSPT champ Faraz Jaka.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 99 (19 from Day 1a, 29 from 1b, and 51 from 1c) – will return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow Saturday, February 8th, and will play until seven players remain.

The final seven will then have a 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

Congratulations to everyone who made Day 2, we will be back tomorrow for full coverage right here on MSPTPoker.com from the Venetian Las Vegas!

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Alex Kim	708,000	663,000
Anthony Scarborough	638,000	610,000
Mark Seif	555,000	600,000
Paul Martin	475,000	231,000
Richard Green	461,000	300,000
Stephen Mascioli	439,000	434,000
Kyna England	430,000	446,000
Goswin Siemsen	430,000	292,000
Qing Liu	417,000	98,000
Ryan Stiner	410,000	390,000
Anthony Hu	374,000	594,000
Eric Zheng	364,000	330,000
Jeff Weil	358,000	377,000
Sundiata DeVore	358,000	419,000
Dan Heimiller	354,000	339,000
Jonathon Hittle	354,000	437,000
David Knuckles	349,000	93,000
Adam Tolander	341,000	164,000
Kym Possible	334,000	334,000
Jeremy Becker	305,000	359,000
Caden Coleman	298,000	352,000
Mitchell Halverson	293,000	134,000
Stephen Song	291,000	293,000
David Gutfreund	289,000	446,000
Ryan Belz	277,000	237,000
Pedro Ingles	275,000	249,000
Michael Thach	252,000	287,000
Dustin Lee	230,000	230,000
Ryan Leng	226,000	209,000
Brian Meadows	206,000	214,000
Tim Duckworth	201,000	92,000
John Ypma	183,000	285,000
Myles Mullaly	180,000	197,000
Pornsak Karaschamroon	178,000	167,000
Tony Birney	169,000	103,000
Branndon King	156,000	194,000
Stephane Nadot	137,000	189,000
Ben Palmer	135,000	168,000
Yachi Chen	121,000	37,000
Gladys Landegger	117,000	205,000
Ty Dobbertin	111,000	254,000
Katherine Porrello	110,000	225,000
Mario Hudson	107,000	116,000
Kurt Wildin	107,000	165,000
Xuemei Liang	105,000	100,000
Altynai Fung	87,000	155,000
Michael Helander	65,000	84,000
DJ Buckley	50,000	130,000
Paul Zappulla	43,000	73,000
Osama Aweida	40,000	86,000

Alex Kim Eliminated Sajid Zaidi on the Bubble

Alex Kim raised from the cutoff and then called Sajid Zaidi’s 33,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Sajid Zaidi:
Alex Kim:

Zaidi was ahead until a nine appeared in the window on the flop giving Kim the lead.

The turn left Zaidi needing a king or queen to fall on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and eliminated him on the bubble.

Alex Kim - 708,000
Sajid Zaidi - Eliminated

Hand-for-Hand Begins

With the elimination of Aaron Purvis, we are now at the hand-for-hand process with 52 players remaining.

Mullaly Hooks Cunniff

MSPT Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff opened under the gun only to call Myles Mullaly’s 93,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Myles Mullaly:
Gerald Cunniff:

Mullaly rolled over the better made hand and the runout secured his double-up while Cunniff was left short only to be eliminated a few hands later.

Myles Mullaly - 190,000
Gerald Cunniff - Eliminated

First Season 16 Trip to Riverside Casino Scheduled for March 25th - 30th!

For the first time this season, the MSPT is headed to Riverside Casino in Riverside, IA from March 25th - 30th! Scheduled

A $250 NLH Monster Stack will kick off the five-trophy event series on Tuesday, March 25th at 11:00 a.m. followed by the $200 NLH Epic Stack on Wednesday, March 26th starting at 11:00 a.m.

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will then feed into the $1,110 buy-in Main Event, which requires players be 21+ to play.

The tournament, which boasts a $300K GTD, will offer three starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 27th.

Day 1b will take place at the same time on Friday, March 28th, with Day 1c following suit on Saturday, March 29th.

The surviving players from all starting flights will return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 30th, to play down to a winner.

Also, on that Sunday, there will be a $360 NLH Monster Stack Event beginning at Noon.

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Alex Kim	663,000	400,000
Anthony Scarborough	610,000	360,000
Mark Seif	600,000	550,000
Anthony Hu	594,000	364,000
Kyna England	446,000	380,000
David Gutfreund	446,000	263,000
Jonathon Hittle	437,000	400,000
Stephen Mascioli	434,000	400,000
Sundiata DeVore	419,000	364,000
Ryan Stiner	390,000	190,000
Jeff Weil	377,000	100,000
Jeremy Becker	359,000	196,000
Caden Coleman	352,000	102,000
Dan Heimiller	339,000	411,000
Eric Zheng	330,000	100,000
Richard Green	300,000	100,000
Stephen Song	293,000	500,000
Goswin Siemsen	292,000	292,000
Michael Thach	287,000	287,000
John Ypma	285,000	100,000
Aaron Purvis	278,000	278,000
Rob WazWaz	277,000	291,000
Ty Dobbertin	254,000	178,000
Pedro Ingles	249,000	197,000
Ryan Belz	237,000	100,000
Paul Martin	231,000	231,000
Dustin Lee	230,000	100,000
Katherine Porrello	225,000	289,000
Brian Meadows	214,000	316,000
Ryan Leng	209,000	205,000
Gladys Landegger	205,000	238,000
Myles Mullaly	197,000	99,000
Branndon King	194,000	194,000
Stephane Nadot	189,000	286,000
Ben Palmer	168,000	290,000
Pornsak Karaschamroon	167,000	167,000
Kurt Wildin	165,000	165,000
Adam Tolander	164,000	215,000
Altynai Fung	155,000	100,000
Gerald Cunniff	144,000	214,000
Mitchell Halverson	134,000	155,000
DJ Buckley	130,000	126,000
Mario Hudson	116,000	135,000
Tony Birney	103,000	103,000
Qing Liu	98,000	98,000
David Knuckles	93,000	93,000
Tim Duckworth	92,000	121,000
Osama Aweida	86,000	120,000
Michael Helander	84,000	84,000
Paul Zappulla	73,000	73,000
Sajid Zaidi	67,000	67,000
Yachi Chen	37,000	37,000
Kristen Deardorff	0	106,000
Peter Hengsakul	0	174,000
Nicholas Hammarstrom	0	167,000
Ryan Laplante	0	87,000
Jordyn Miller	0	153,000
Chris Moon	0	77,000
Lila West	0	90,000

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 48 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 51 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Saturday, February 8th, and will play until seven players remain.

The final seven will then have a 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!

Chip Counts and Recent Eliminations

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Mark Seif	550,000	400,000
Stephen Song	500,000	428,000
Kyna England	380,000	220,000
Anthony Scarborough	360,000	266,000
Rob WazWaz	291,000	108,000
Adam Tolander	215,000	275,000
Pedro Ingles	197,000	52,000
Mitchell Halverson	155,000	60,000
Mario Hudson	135,000	287,000
Lila West	90,000	74,000
Richard Alsup	0	134,000
Michael Berk (IN)	0	123,000
Nipun Java	0	161,000
Tyler Montoya	0	64,000
Christian Roberts	0	82,000
Andrew Rodgers	0	56,000

Shao Jams into Tolander's Aces

Bob Shao was all in preflop from the cutoff and Adam Tolander looked him up after raising from middle position.

Bob Shao:
Adam Tolander:

Shao jammed into Tolander’s aces and wasn’t able to crack them as the runout ended his tournament.

Adam Tolander - 215,000
Bob Shao - Eliminated