The Venetian

Andrew Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2 After 25 Players Advance from Day 1B

The second and final starting flight of the MSPT (Mid States Poker Tour) Venetian $1,600 Poker Bowl Main Event has come to an end after 12 hours of action.

Day 1b attracted 220 runners during Friday's action, bringing the grand total to 360 entries (140 from Day 1a; 220 from 1b).

After Andrew Moreno wheeled the bubble, the field was finally reduced to 11% and he was left adding more chips to his stack putting a whopping 1,400,000 in his bag leading the pack of 25 by a large margin.

Following behind Moreno was D Allen Pock who had a few late eliminations of his own and ended putting 744,000 on his slip, good enough for third overall.

The top five is rounded out by Yuzu Wang (677,000), second place Mystery Bounty finisher Pedro Ingles (370,000), and David Ko (339,000).

They were joined by Thomas Watson (318,000), Jack Corrigan (279,00), Jeremy Becker (253,000), Jason Brin (172,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Dylan Linde (158,000).

Per usual, Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 41 players returning to the felt so make sure to come back and find out who walks away champion.

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End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Andrew Moreno	1,400,000	1,060,000
D Allen Pock	744,000	710,000
Yuzu Wang	677,000	676,000
Pedro Ingles	370,000	250,000
David Ko	339,000	245,000
Thomas Watson	318,000	260,000
Jack Corrigan	279,000	207,000
Brian Kay (NV)	265,000	240,000
Samuel Luskuwitz	258,000	100,000
Jeremy Becker	253,000	220,000
Mark Evangelista	199,000	100,000
Zachary McDiarmid	191,000	165,000
Sajid Zaidi	179,000	187,000
Jason Brin	172,000	120,000
Terry Fleischer	171,000	240,000
Dylan Linde	158,000	100,000
Ryan Laplante	108,000	150,000
Amit Ezra	98,000	86,000
Andrew Burke	98,000	291,000
Chad Himmelspach	89,000	100,000
Francis Anderson	70,000	70,000
Jacob Phillips	65,000	80,000
David Vig	33,000	60,000
James Collopy	28,000	38,000
George Heim	24,000	39,000

Moreno Wheels Out the Money Bubble

There was heads-up action between Andrew Moreno from middle position and the button with a board showing.

A series of raises led to Moreno calling his opponent’s all in bet and the cards were tabled.

Opponent:
Andrew Moreno:

Moreno was behind holding big draws and the that fell on the river was one of them as it gave him the wheel to burst the bubble.

Andrew Moreno - 1,400,000

Big Slick Does the Trick for Pock, Hand-for-Hand Begins

Allen Pock limped-in from the hijack and the button raised to 16,000.

Yuzu Wang called from the big blind taking back to Pock who fired out a 71,000 three-bet, and button four-bet jammed for 120,000 prompting a fold from Wang.

Pock quickly called and the two players tabled their hands,

Opponent:
Allen Pock:

Pock was ahead holding a dominating ace and the runout eliminated his opponent in 27th place in which began the hand-for-hand process.

Allen Pock - 710,000
Yuzu Wang - 676,000

Moreno Eclipses the Milly Mark

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Andrew Moreno	1,060,000	926,000
Yuzu Wang	540,000	630,000
D Allen Pock	415,000	315,000
Andrew Berk	291,000	400,000
Jack Corrigan	261,000	164,000
Thomas Watson	260,000	169,000
Pedro Ingles	250,000	310,000
David Ko	245,000	115,000
Brian Kay (NV)	240,000	140,000
Terry Fleischer	240,000	270,000
Jeremy Becker	220,000	180,000
Sajid Zaidi	187,000	213,000
Zachary McDiarmid	165,000	87,000
Ryan Laplante	150,000	120,000
Dylan Linde	100,000	107,000
Amit Ezra	86,000	144,000
Francis Anderson	70,000	90,000
David Vig	60,000	115,000
George Heim	39,000	130,000
James Collopy	38,000	55,000

Phillips Secures a Triple

Jacob Phillips raised all in for 21,000 from late position and was called by Andrew Berk from the hijack, along with Andrew Moreno from the big blind.

The runout was checked to showdown and Phillips tabled to keep his Main Event rolling.

Andrew Moreno - 1,040,000
Andrew Berk - 320,000
Jacob Phillips - 71,000

McDiarmid Out Kicks Burke to Stay Alive

Zachary McDiarmid open-jammed 44,000 from late position and action folded to Andrew Burke who looked him up from the big blind.

Zachary McDiarmid:
Andrew Burke:

McDiarmid had Berk dominated and didn’t have much of a sweat as the runout secured his double-up.

Andrew Burke - 400,000
Zachary McDiarmid - 97,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Andrew Moreno	926,000	415,000
Yuzu Wang	630,000	325,000
Andrew Berk	400,000	285,000
D Allen Pock	315,000	450,000
Pedro Ingles	310,000	340,000
Sajid Zaidi	210,000	213,000
Thomas Watson	169,000	110,000
Jack Corrigan	164,000	70,000
Amit Ezra	144,000	74,000
Brian Kay (NV)	140,000	177,000
George Heim	130,000	150,000
Ryan Laplante	120,000	100,000
David Vig	115,000	102,000
Dylan Linde	107,000	150,000
Francis Anderson	90,000	95,000
Zachary McDiarmid	87,000	315,000
Jacob Phillips	80,000	196,000
James Collopy	55,000	90,000
Bryan Allen	0	185,000
Benjamin Moon	0	41,000
Akop Khachatrian	0	177,000
Qasem Jamhour	0	100,000
Robenito Roxas	0	107,000
Nicholas Seward	0	90,000

Queens Hold Strong for Becker, Doubles Through Allen

Jermey Becker raised from middle position and then called off his 83,000 stack after Bryan Allen jammed for more from the big blind.

Jeremy Becker:
Bryan Allen:

Becker was ahead holding a made hand of ladies but had a sweat after the flop gave Allen more outs with a Broadway draw.

Luckily for Becker, the turn fell the and the paired the board on the river securing his double-up.

Bryan Allen - 185,000
Jeremy Becker - 180,000

Pock Floats a Boat

Allen Pock limped-in from the cutoff and then called the button's 15,000 raise.

Once the flop hit the felt, Pock check-called his opponents 5,000 continuation bet, and the turn was checked to the river.

This time, Pock check-raised to 147,000 after his opponent made a 47,00 bet and got them to release their hand.

After the hand was over, Pock was nice enough to table before collecting the pot.

Allen Pock - 450,000