The Venetian

Peter Walsworth Finds His Way to the Top Spot After 68 Players Make it Through After Day 1E

Day 13 of the MSPT $1,100 Main Event 316 at the Venetian Resort was the largest of the group, attracting more entries than the first four starting flights combined, as 618 was the final number at the end of registration, bringing the total field up to 1,068 with one more flight still to go.

It took another 17 levels to hit the hard stop of 68 players, with Peter Walsworth securing the most chips with a whopping 1,189,000, good enough for the overall top stack for Day 2.

The only other player to clip the milly malk was Tigran Mkryan, as he put exactly 1,000,000 into his bag at the end of the night while Paul Hoefer (853,000), Hon Cheong Lee (845,000), and Cory Rock (843,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

They were joined by MSPT Champ Lee Rzentkowski (639,000), Jonah Labrancher (456,000), Scott Sisler (434,000), WSOP bracelet winner Brian Altman (271,000), and Ben Palmer (271,000), as each will be returning for Day 2 action.

Among those not as lucky at the felt included Hayley Hanna, Jeremy Becker, MSPT Champ Tim Burden, Lily Lotfy, Michael Rossitto, and three-time bracelet winner Men “The Master” Nguyen.

The surviving players from each flight will return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14^th, and will play down to a winner.

MSPT Venetian Remaining Schedule

This wraps up coverage for Day 1e, but you can follow along with updates for Day 1f here.

End Day 1E Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Peter Walsworth	1,189,000	700,000
Tigran Mkryan	1,000,000	1,000,000
Paul Hoefer	853,000	431,000
Hon Cheong Lee	845,000	845,000
Cory Rock	843,000	692,000
Jack Sinclair	752,000	100,000
Seunghyun Nam	739,000	739,000
Lee Rzentkowski	639,000	385,000
Aleksandar Jakovljevic	563,000	563,000
Sil Damstra	555,000	555,000
Florian Pesce	545,000	545,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	539,000	458,000
Matthias Habernig	524,000	524,000
Ramon Silva	510,000	510,000
Robert Schulz	505,000	505,000
David Inselberg	459,000	500,000
Jonah Labranche	456,000	471,000
Fiodor Martino	454,000	427,000
Jamie Flynn	453,000	600,000
Teddy Hudson	439,000	439,000
Scott Sisler	434,000	451,000
David Litvak	431,000	431,000
Karl Weber	429,000	429,000
Sihao Zhang	426,000	426,000
Steven Stout	412,000	400,000
Levon Torosyan	397,000	397,000
David Lasierra	395,000	433,000
James Minghini	384,000	384,000
Somasekhar Sanampuri	377,000	377,000
John Costiniano	351,000	351,000
Pierce McKellar	340,000	342,000
Josh Mok	330,000	383,000
Robert Michel	317,000	317,000
Graham Mathews	313,000	313,000
Changliang Deng	312,000	312,000
Meddi Ferrah	300,000	300,000
Ruslan Zakharchuk	291,000	291,000
Jonathan Lawson	282,000	100,000
Brian Altman	278,000	198,000
Yaniv Peretz	272,000	272,000
Ben Palmer	271,000	290,000
David Simon	266,000	100,000
Jeff Trudeau	262,000	414,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	261,000	223,000
Chun Kwan	237,000	237,000
Iurii Senchylo	236,000	287,000
Hieu Ma	227,000	227,000
Noam Muallem	217,000	217,000
David White	208,000	208,000
Jinming Zhen	204,000	520,000
Kunal Patni	202,000	202,000
Mykola Kostyrko	199,000	199,000
Sung Joo Hyun	181,000	181,000
Marco Meisser	174,000	174,000
Shijia Liu	143,000	270,000
Christie Yau	133,000	236,000
Aimal Malik	127,000	127,000
Kuang Hung Lee	107,000	107,000
Tommy Nguyen	104,000	104,000
Omer Rotman	101,000	101,000
Adam Levy	100,000	300,000
Dimitrios Anastasakis	99,000	99,000
Jose Brito	70,000	70,000
Raechel Whetstone	70,000	40,000
Alexander Sokolovsky	66,000	66,000
Sang Sim	54,000	54,000

Slaven Popov Bubbles Day 1E

Photo: Slaven Popov

Slaven Popov was all-in preflop for 56,000 from the big blind and was called by Seunghyun Nam from middle position, along with Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss from the cutoff.

The flop was checked to the turn, where Nam led out with a 40,000 bet, and Nemeskeri-Kiss called to see the complete the board on the river.

Nam then fired out a 55,000 bet only to fold his hand after Nemeskeri-Kiss raised all-in for 223,000.

Nemeskeri-Kiss then rolled over for a set of aces, and it was well out in front of Popov’s , ending his night on the bubble.

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss - 539,000
Seunghyun Nam - 500,000
Slaven Popov - Eliminated

Schulz Catches a Double on the Bubble

A series of preflop raises led to all-in action between Jonah Labranche from the cutoff and Robert Schulz from the button, with Schulz holding 243,000 effective.

Robert Schulz:
Jonah Labranche:

Schulz was ahead holding a pair of ladies, and they were able to stay pretty after the sweaty runout, securing him a double on the bubble.

Robert Schulz - 500,000
Jonah Labranche - 230,000

Day 2 Line Up Thus Far

So far, 52 players have punched their tickets into Day 2, and another group of 68 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through to the end of play will return Tuesday, July 14^th, at 2:00 p.m. for Day 2, and the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Tens Hold Strong for Sim, Brand Falls Just Before the Bubble; Hand-for-Hand Begins

Photo: Sang Sim

Sang Sim raised all-in for 52,000 from under the gun, and Alan Brand went over the top from late position, giving him isolation.

Sang Sim:
Alan Brand:

Sim was ahead holding a made hand of tens, and they held strong as the runout secured his double-up.

Brand was left short and eliminated after the hand, along with a flurry of others, starting the hand-for-hand process.

Sang Sim - 115,000
Alan Brand - 0

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Merwin's Cowboys Tripped Up by Torosyan

Photo: Steve Merwin

Steve Meriwn was all-in preflop from late position and was called by Levon Torosyan from the big blind.

Steve Merwin:
Levon Torosyan:

Merwin was ahead, holding a pair of cowboys, but the flop gave Torosyan a gut-shot straight draw.

The turn kept things sweaty as it paired Torosyan, but it was the river that cracked Merwin’s cowboys and secured him the pot.

Levon Torosyan - 300,000
Steve Merwin - 0

Bielan Set Up by Flynn's Ladies

There was all-in action preflop between Jamie Flynn from the hijack and Judith Bielan from the cutoff, with Bielan holding 75,000 effective.

Judith Bielan:
Jamie Flynn:

It was a classic race with the flop giving Flynn a commanding lead with top set.

The dealer then left Bielan drawing dead after the fell on the turn, and the meaningless completed the board on the river.

Jamie Flynn - 625,000
Judith Bielan - 0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Cory Rock	692,000	613,000
Jamie Flynn	600,000	329,000
David Inselberg	500,000	500,000
Jonah Labranche	471,000	289,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	458,000	458,000
David Lasierra	433,000	201,000
Paul Hofer	431,000	431,000
Fiodor Martino	427,000	427,000
Jeff Trudeau	414,000	270,000
Lee Rzentkowski	385,000	307,000
Josh Mok	383,000	365,000
Pierce McKellar	342,000	330,000
Adam Levy	300,000	142,000
Ben Palmer	290,000	254,000
Iurii Senchylo	287,000	140,000
David Simon	259,000	259,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	223,000	223,000
Brian Altman	198,000	510,000
Kenneth Coy	162,000	114,000
Steven Stout	145,000	100,500
Malik Wiggins	117,000	186,000
Raechel Whetstone	109,000	109,000
Brian Hastings	109,000	400,000
Jesse Yaginuma	26,000	91,000
Shiina Okamoto	0	70,000
Judith Bielan	0	213,000
Ran Koller	0	145,000
Andrew Moreno	0	100,000
	0	121,000