Huy Nguyen Leads 43 Contenders From Day 1a of the 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI
Only 43 players remain out of 385 entries in the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian Poker Bowl VI $1,100 Main Event. The biggest stack was bagged by Huy Nguyen, who finished with a solid stack of 640,000 chips.
Other notables to make it through the day include reigning MSPT Player of the Year Kyna England (509,000), Jason Wheeler (253,000), Tim Reilly (170,000), and recent MSPT Main Event winner Gianluca Pace (75,000).
Day 1b will commence tomorrow and the 43 players today will combine with those remaining players for Day 2, which will play to a winner on Saturday, Feb 12.
Day 1a Top Ten Stacks
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huy Nguyen | 640,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Elvis Toomas | 566,000 | 94 |
| 3 | Kyna England | 509,000 | 85 |
| 4 | Derrick Yamada | 456,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Daniele Marsili | 436,000 | 73 |
| 6 | James Vales | 436,000 | 73 |
| 7 | Cedrric Trevino | 396,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Ron West | 355,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Brian Sivertsen | 351,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Kyle Kitagawa | 349,000 | 58 |
Some of the notables who weren’t able to bag a stack today include Michael Wang, Marle Cordeiro, Benjamin Spragg, Matt Affleck, Ryan Laplante, and Jesse Lonis.
Day 1b action for the 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI picks up on Feb 11 at 11:10 a.m. local time. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow the event in its entirety.