The Venetian

Dathan Kuppin Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2 After a Final 87 Players Advance After Day 1C

Day 1c of the MSPT $1,000,000 GTD Main Event at the Venetian Resort attracted another 800 runners to bring the total field up to 1,171 entries, blasting past the $1,000,000 guarantee.

The total field generated a $1,142,896 prize pool, and the top 130 players will get paid a minimum of $2,353, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $156,468 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 16 Venetian Main Event title!

At the end of the third and final flight, just 87 players bagged and tagged with Dathan Kuppin (856,000), edging out Nicole Todtmann (847,000), for the overall for Day 2 stack.

Others to bag big stacks where Andre Rieder (767,000), Brian Roelke (753,000), and Travis Tachibana (649,000) who rounded out the top five.

They were joined by Stephen Foutty (593,000), John Fagg (550,000), Sundiata DeVore (415,000), Lily Kiletto (378,000), and back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (89,000).

Among those not as lucky at the felt included three-time WSOP bracelet winner Nipun Java, defending champ Carson Richards, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Barry Shulman, fellow bracelet winner Will Givens, Jake Long, and Christina Gollins.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 129 (18 from Day 1a, 44 from 1b, and 87 from 1c) – will return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow Wednesday, June 11^th, and will play until seven players remain.

The final seven will then return to action on Thursday, June 12^th at 11:00 a.m. to play down to a winner which will be live streamed in the Venetian Poker Live streaming studio!

MSPT Venetian Remaining Schedule

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Dathan Kuppin	856,000	424,000
Nicole Todtmann	847,000	847,000
Andre Rieder	767,000	315,000
Brian Roelke	753,000	753,000
Travis Tachibana	649,000	172,000
Ko Isayama	611,000	611,000
Steven Spunt	601,000	601,000
Stephen Foutty	593,000	200,000
John Fagg	550,000	480,000
Alexander Tafesh	521,000	521,000
David Yue	515,000	515,000
Alan Raymundo	495,000	495,000
Noam Muallem	488,000	488,000
Konstantin Generalov	471,000	471,000
Justin Pechie	417,000	417,000
Sundiata DeVore	415,000	400,000
Steven Gnatovich	410,000	410,000
Konstantin Held	405,000	405,000
Thomas Paul	388,000	388,000
Hrachya Ohanyan	378,000	378,000
Lily Kiletto	378,000	210,000
John Pointer	371,000	371,000
Jose Puente	362,000	362,000
Sergio Barrios	358,000	358,000
Nikolaos Oikonomoy	357,000	357,000
Brad Sailor	356,000	292,000
Andres Garcia (CA)	346,000	346,000
Maxim Urvantesv	339,000	339,000
Brett Bader	334,000	180,000
Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	329,000	329,000
Julien Duveau	321,000	321,000
Philip Hammerling	321,000	321,000
Yannick Malard	311,000	311,000
Fehim Hajdari	306,000	306,000
Emmanuel McKenzie	299,000	299,000
Vien Chau	274,000	274,000
Romain Putz	265,000	245,000
Frank Ewald	259,000	259,000
Josef Snejberg	247,000	247,000
Daniel Lei	244,000	185,000
Robert Sherwood	241,000	347,000
Edmund Liu	240,000	240,000
Ryan Plant	240,000	240,000
Luis Gamboa	235,000	235,000
Anthony Casale	228,000	228,000
Peter Kiem	222,000	149,000
Samuel Bifarella	206,000	206,000
Ivan Kuziv	204,000	204,000
Wayne Smith	203,000	203,000
Roger Low	200,000	151,000
Jeremy Becker	195,000	214,000
Chang Le Lin	188,000	188,000
Manuel Cardoso	186,000	186,000
Kyle Watanabe	184,000	184,000
Alejandro Herrera	181,000	181,000
Yi-Jhen Ke	176,000	204,000
Vinh Ho	174,000	232,000
Han Feng	169,000	205,000
Yashveen Mudireddy	169,000	169,000
Joel Doney	166,000	166,000
Nikolaos Angelou Konstas	165,000	165,000
Jeremy Moore	160,000	160,000
Bret Martin	156,000	109,000
Marvin Becker	155,000	155,000
Han Park	128,000	204,000
Laurie Swaney	128,000	128,000
Jeremy Felicetti	126,000	126,000
Jordan Schneible	122,000	122,000
Julio Serrano	104,000	104,000
Raymond Garcia	102,000	102,000
Thijs Hilberts	99,000	114,000
Kuo Kao	94,000	94,000
Jim Agate	93,000	116,000
Hugh Cullen	93,000	93,000
Christopher Haydt	90,000	90,000
Tjan Tepeh	90,000	90,000
Umut Ozturk	89,000	217,000
Daniel Fuhs	79,000	244,000
Terence Reid	70,000	171,000
Yotam Shmuelov	70,000	70,000
Kevin Theodore	67,000	67,000
Jingwu Cai	60,000	60,000
Leigh Le Blanc	53,000	53,000
Edward Folks	47,000	226,000
Matthew Kramer	44,000	44,000
Shayna Bott	40,000	40,000
Adel Kabbani	33,000	33,000

Play Has Ended

After a flurry of eliminations, just 87 players remain meaning play has ended for the evening.

Talking Stick to Host Diamond Poker Championship!

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT

The 1st MSPT MAJOR in 2026 will be held at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ boasting a $1M GTD Main Event

: Talking Stick Resort - Scottsdale, AZ

: Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2026

: $1M GTD / $1,100

: Poker Championship

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Stock Risers & Fallers

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Ken Hicks	659,000	659,000
John Fagg	480,000	315,000
Dathan Kuppin	424,000	365,000
Sundiata DeVore	400,000	360,000
Robert Sherwood	347,000	347,000
Andre Rieder	315,000	342,000
Brad Sailor	292,000	137,000
Romain Putz	245,000	141,000
Daniel Fuhs	244,000	108,000
Vinh Ho	232,000	103,000
Umut Ozturk	217,000	240,000
Jeremy Becker	214,000	201,000
Lily Kiletto	210,000	180,000
Han Feng	205,000	205,000
Yi-Jhen Ke	204,000	206,000
Han Park	204,000	204,000
Triet Nguyen	203,000	195,000
Stephen Foutty	200,000	380,000
Daniel Lei	185,000	185,000
Brett Bader	180,000	177,000
Travis Tachibana	172,000	172,000
Roger Low	151,000	151,000
Peter Kiem	149,000	149,000
Jim Agate	116,000	117,000
Thijs Hilberts	114,000	114,000
Bret Martin	109,000	186,000
Benson Tang	52,000	112,000
Ronnie Lamb	0	77,000
Brett Apter	0	150,000
Charlie Dawson	0	97,500

Barnum Ousted

Miles Barnum was all in preflop and was called by Vinh Ho from the cutoff.

Miles Barnum:
Vinh Ho:

Barnum was at risk holding a dominated hand but the flop came paired bringing possible chop outs.

The turn left Barnum needing some help on the river, but the that fell wasn’t it as it sent him out the door.

Vinh Ho - 250,000
Miles Barnum - Eliminated

Hu Runs into Lei's Aces

Renyong Hu moved his 65,000 stack into the middle from under the gun and Daniel Lei just smoothed called next to ace.

Renyong Hu:
Daniel Lei:

Hu found a made hand of eights at the wrong time and things got worse after the flop fell improving Lei to a full house.

The turn was no help to Hu as it left him drawing dead to the river.

Daniel Lei - 140,000
Renyong Hu - Eliminated

Chip Counts & Empty Seats

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Dathan Kuppin	365,000	234,000
Sundiata DeVore	360,000	183,000
John Fagg	315,000	290,000
Jeremy Becker	201,000	113,000
Lily Kiletto	180,000	77,000
Brett Apter	150,000	68,000
Ronnie Lamb	77,000	46,000
Jacob Long	0	101,000
Miles Barnum	0	35,000
Wesley Cannon	0	90,000

Fuhs Jams into Fagg's Cowboys

There was heads-up action between John Fagg from the cutoff and Dan Fuhs from the big blind with a board showing.

A series of bets led to Fagg calling off his 131,000 stack after Fuhs jammed for more, and both hands were tabled.

John Fagg:
Dan Fuhs:

Fagg was ahead holding a made hand of kings, and the river secured his double-up.

John Fagg - 290,000
Dan Fuhs - 108,000

Bifarella Adds to Stack

Joe Daddario got his short stack in the middle from late position and was called by Sam Bifarella from middle position.

Joe Daddario:
Sam Bifarella:

Daddario was at risk holding two live cards, but he wasn’t able to find either on the runout as it ended his tournament.

Sam Bifarella - 390,000
Joe Daddario - Eliminated