The Venetian

End Of Day Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Corel Theuma	965,000	954,000
Michael Rossitto	810,000	312,000
Calvin Anderson	622,000	270,000
Sung Hui Lee	602,000	602,000
Paul Cross	582,000	582,000
Michael Wang	541,000	75,000
Michael Vanier	523,000	523,000
Ran Koller	499,000	499,000
Romeo Mendoza	374,000	137,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar	354,000	354,000
Hattori Lopez	264,000	264,000
John Dennehey	239,000	378,000
Mats Karlsson	217,000	217,000
Andrew Crookston	199,000	199,000
David Jackson (FL)	198,000	509,000
Jared Ingles	187,000	187,000
Osman Soubra	185,000	185,000
Jorge Consiglieri	185,000	185,000
Hao Sun	174,000	174,000
Jonathan Sanchez	160,000	160,000
Michael Cohen	156,000	156,000
Young Phan	142,000	142,000
Yu Chang	139,000	139,000
Barry Hutter	139,000	168,000
Fabrice Bigot	135,000	135,000
Brandon Wilson	124,000	129,000
Nicola DiTrapani	123,000	114,000
Oscar Carrasco	122,000	122,000
Justin Gish	119,000	119,000
Vito Branciforte	114,000	114,000
Ryan Julius	92,000	92,000
Harold Evans	82,000	82,000
Rory Linton	76,000	243,000
Gurunagaraju Salla	76,000	76,000
Thomas Boivin	64,000	147,000
Matt Affleck	36,000	365,000
Thomas Shepard	36,000	36,000

Theuma Leads The Final 35 Players In Flight 1C

A total of 342 players entered this flight, bringing the total number of entries up to 701. The $750k guarantee has been smashed and the 79 surviving players will return tomorrow to play for the win.

Leading the way is Corel Theuma who bagged up 965,000. Theuma spent most of the day hanging around the chip leaders, later in the day he found himself rising up the counts after winning a massive pot from Daniel Sepiol. The second massive hand he won was against Denise Pratt just a few away from bagging when his rivered flush bested her rivered straight for a pot worth 600,000 chips. Number one on Malta’s all time money list, Theuma has one prior MSPT cash at the Venetian. With this bag, he looks to better his prior cash and hunt for his first MSPT title.

His road will not be easy as many crushers found bags at the end of the night including Calvin Anderson (622,000), Michael Wang (541,000), Mike Vanier (523,000), Stephen Song (459,000), Romeo Mendoza (379,000), Brandon Wilson (125,000), Nicola Ditrapani (123,000), and Matt Affleck (36,000). Each one of them holding a wealth of experience and results making this field extremely stacked for tomorrow.

Not all were as fortunate as the players listed above and their time to shine in the MSPT spotlight will have to come at another time. Players like MSPT champions Rich Alsup, James Romero, Umut Ozturk, Daniel Sepiol, and others like Nicholas Pupillo, Ralph Massey, Ankush Mandavia, Jesse Lonis, and Martin Jacobson will have to look to other MSPT main events to win for their chances at a title.

Play ended at level 17 with (27:00) left on the clock. Blinds will return tomorrow at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind when the players return at 11 AM to play down to a champion.

Stay tuned to MSPTPoker.com for all updates on The MSPT Main Event At Venetian.

Mendoza Sends One Out On The Bubble

A player in early position moved all in for 29,000 which saw action fold over to Romeo Mendoza in the hijack who called while everyone else folded.

Opponent:
Romeo Mendoza:

The board ran out and Mendoza flopped a pair of twos to take the lead and send one out on the bubble.

Stay tuned for a recap and full chip counts to come later.

Romeo Mendoza - 375,000

Theuma Knocks Out Pratt; Hand For Hand Begins

Action was picked up on the river in a massive pot between Denise Pratt out of position, Corel Theuma, and David Jackson in position.

The board read and Denise Pratt moved all in for 290,000 which Theuma called and Jackson shook his head. “How do you always have it?” he lamented before tossing his hand into the muck.

Denise Pratt:
Corel Theuma:

Pratt had rivered a straight and Theuma had rivered a flush to take down the biggest pot of the tournament and take the overall chip lead.

With another elimination at another table, the tournament has been brought to hand for hand play.

Corel Theuma - 945,000
Denise Pratt - Eliminated

Wang Doubles Through Affleck In Massive Pot

Matt Affleck raised to 13,000 from middle position and Michael Wang called him in late position with all other players folding.

The flop rolled out and Affleck continued for 6,000 which Wang called.

On the turn, Affleck bet once more to the tune of 21,000 and Wang raised to 75,000 which saw Affleck debate for a bit but call.

The river peeled off and Affleck moved all in for 154,500 and Wang called.

Michael Wang:
Matt Affleck:

The river had made Wang the king-high flush and he took a massive pot off of Affleck.

Michael Wang - 512,000
Matt Affleck - 65,000

Ditrapani Knocks Out Massey; Sepiol Gone

Ralph Massey moved all in from first position for 34,000 and action folded around to Nicola Ditrapani in the hijack who moved all in for 65,000 and everyone else folded.

Ralph Massey:
Nicola Ditrapani:

The board ran out and Massey was unable to improve against Ditrapani’s pair of jacks and he exited the tournament area.

Nicola Ditrapani - 114,000
Ralph Massey - Eliminated

Vanier Surviving

Action was picked up on the flop between Mike Vanier in the big blind and a player in first position.

The board read and Vanier checked to his opponent who bet 8,000 which saw Vanier raise to 20,000 and his opponent called.

The turn peeled off a and Vanier bet 25,000 leaving himself 20,000 behind. His opponent pondered his decision for a bit but ultimately decided to let his hand go, ceding the pot to Vanier.

Mike Vanier - 84,000

Peppe Falls To Linton

Action was picked up on the turn in a hand between Rory Linton in first position and Vic Peppe in second position with a significant pot having been built already.

The board read and Linton moved all in for 86,000 and Peppe called.

Vic Peppe:
Rory Linton:

The board came a on the river and the aces held up for Linton to take a sizable pot while Peppe exited the tournament.

Rory Linton - 245,000
Vic Peppe - Eliminated

Pratt Shoves Turn

Action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Denise Pratt in the small blind and another player in middle position with a pot having already been built.

The board read and Pratt bet 35,000 which her opponent called.

On the turn, Pratt moved all in for 230,000 and her opponent quickly folded, ceding her the pot.

Denise Pratt - 365,000

Jackson At Half A Million

Action was briefly recapped by the table as David Jackson was raking in a large pot and Jason Wheeler was exiting the tournament area.

Both players had gotten their stacks in the middle with Jason Wheeler in the small blind and David Jackson in first position.

Jason Wheeler:
David Jackson:

The board ran out as no help to Wheeler and he left the tournament while Jackson sits at over half a million chips.

David Jackson - 509,000
Jason Wheeler - Eliminated