The Venetian

Nick Pupillo Bags Top Stack After Day 1A of the Inaugural MSPT $1,100 Nevada Poker State Championship

Day 1a of the first-ever MSPT $1,100 Nevada Poker State Championship at the Venetian Resort is officially in the books with 125 total entries tallied, and the talented field that entered came to play as action at the tables proved to be eventful from start to finish.

Only 15 levels were needed to hit 11% of the field, as the hard stop of 14 players was reached with 30:28 remaining at 3,000/5,000/5,000, with WSOP bracelet winner Nick Pupillo out-flopping Aditya Prasetyo in the final hand of the evening to end the night with 641,000.

Finishing not far behind Pupillo was Yuanzhi Cao, who maneuvered his way to a 580,000 stack, while Mikhail Sniatovskii (495,000), three-time WSOP bracelet winner David Jackson (382,000), and Jasper Yu (304,000), rounded out the top stacks.

Others who survived the first flight included Andrew Rodgers (237,000), Mohamed Serry (217,000), MSPT champ’s David Berger (202,000), ’Scary’ Terry Fleischer (175,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (98,000).

Among those to fire and fall in Thursday’s starting flight included MSPT champ Kfir Nahum, Hayley Hanna, two-time WSOP winner Barry Shulman, Mark Seif, and fellow MSPT champ James Romero were just a few who took their shot at a bag on Day 1a only to come up short.

All who have yet to advance will have two more starting flights to jump back in the action.

Day 1b will get underway at 11:10 a.m. on Friday, while Day 1c will take place at the same time on Saturday, September 27^th.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 9 (approximately 5:55 p.m.) for both flights.

The surviving players from the three starting flights will then return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, September 28^th at 11:00 a.m. and will play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor!

MSPT Season 16 Nevada Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule

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End Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Nick Pupillo	641,000	550,000
Yuanzhi Cao	580,000	460,000
Mikhail Sniatovskii	495,000	250,000
David Jackson	382,000	370,000
Jasper Yu	304,000	250,000
Andrew Rodgers	237,000	280,000
Mohamed Serry	217,000	290,000
David Berger	202,000	170,000
Terry Fleischer	175,000	165,000
Steven Merwin	164,000	75,000
Steven Spunt	118,000	92,000
Josh Reichard	98,000	161,000
Ben Palmer	79,000	118,000
Eric Lin	61,000	67,000

Aditya Prasetyo Bubbles Day 1A

MSPT champ Dave Berger opened for 13,000 only to have WSOP bracelet winner Nick Pupillo fire out a 43,000 three-bet next to act.

Action quickly folded to Aditya Prasetyo, who moved his 45,000 stack into the middle from the big blind, and only Pupillo called.

Aditya Prasetyo:
Nick Pupillo:

Prasetyo was ahead holding a premium hand of ladies until the flop fell, giving Pupillo top two-pair.

The turn left Prasetyo needing some lady luck on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and ended his night on the bubble.

Nick Pupillo - 641,000
Aditya Prasetyo - 0

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: October 9-19, 2025

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Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	460,000	313,000
David Jackson	370,000	312,000
Nick Pupillo	360,000	207,000
Mohamed Serry	290,000	194,000
Andrew Rodgers	280,000	335,000
Jasper Yu	250,000	147,000
Mikhail Sniatovskii	240,000	205,000
Robert Kessler (NV)	180,000	131,000
David Berger	170,000	217,000
Terry Fleischer	165,000	316,000
Eric Lin	67,000	38,000
Eun Park	0	53,000
Carol Harmon	0	138,000
Shawn Daniels	0	165,000
Tristan Wade	0	100,000
Kai Yang (NV)	0	52,000
Robert Zeidman	0	58,000
Matthew Schulte	0	77,000

Big Blind Special Secures Yu a Double

Jasper Yu was all in for 118,000 after a flop from the big blind, and was called by Andrew Rodgers from under the gun.

Jasper Yu:
Andrew Rodgers:

Yu flopped top two-pair to pull ahead, and the turn was followed by river, securing his double-up.

Andrew Rodgers - 280,000
Jasper Yu - 250,000

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Big Slick Does the Trick for Garcia

Action on the table quickly folded to MSPT champ Terry Fleischer, who raised all in from the small blind, and fellow MSPT champ Fred Garcia called off his 52,000 stack from the big blind.

Fred Garcia:
Terry Fleischer:

Garcia was ahead holding Big Slick, and the sweaty runout paired his ace on the river to keep his tournament rolling.

Terry Fleischer - 200,000
Fred Garcia - 107,000

Top Gold Card Collectors

After having an extremely successful stop at the Sycuan Casino Resort in San Deigo, California, Michael Starek was able to collect four Gold Cards during the final 100 GRAND STACK Series to climb atop the leaderboard.

Updated Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Andrew Rodgers	335,000	285,000
Terry Fleischer	316,000	238,000
Yuanzhi Cao	313,000	30,000
David Jackson	312,000	305,000
David Berger	217,000	165,000
Nick Pupillo	207,000	183,500
Mikhail Sniatovskii	205,000	30,000
Mohamed Serry	194,000	185,000
Shawn Daniels	165,000	162,000
Josh Reichard	161,000	140,000
Jasper Yu	147,000	30,000
Carol Harmon	138,000	120,000
Robert Kessler (NV)	131,000	90,000
Ben Palmer	118,000	55,000
Tristan Wade	100,000	85,000
Steven Spunt	92,000	30,000
Matthew Schulte	77,000	30,000
Steven Merwin	68,000	23,000
Robert Zeidman	58,000	30,000
Fred Garcia	57,000	38,500
Eun Park	53,000	30,000
Aditya Prasetyo	53,000	98,000
Kai Yang (NV)	52,000	52,500
Eric Lin	38,000	30,000
Hayley Hanna	0	90,000
Spencer Champlin	0	62,000
Bogdan Chornyy	0	70,000
Rolands Norietis	0	30,000
Ramin Rabbani	0	79,000