Chris Meyers isn’t any stranger to success on the Mid-States Poker Tour. The poker professional added his second title on the tour on the MSPT Venetian cease in Las Vegas on Wednesday, incomes $158,100 to carry his profession match earnings to $1.2 million.
Meyers beforehand claimed MSPT Player of the Year honors, and it’s just about only a matter of time earlier than he takes his place within the MSPT Hall of Fame.
“This is great! Sometimes it’s just your day,” stated Meyers after the win. “These are great events, and they get great turnouts across the country. It’s one of the best tours out there. The Venetian has been running this great series parallel to the WSOP for a long time, and the MSPT has partnered with them every year, so I’m very happy to get this one.”
The $1,600 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion attracted a discipline of 696 entries after two beginning flights, and that set the prize pool at $991,800 to prime the assure of $750,000.
The prime 78 gamers took dwelling no less than $3,430 once they returned for the ultimate day of play. Notables that made a deep run included William Givens (eleventh), Jack Hardcastle (twelfth), Umut Ozturk (seventeenth), and Mukul Pahuja (twenty second).
When the ultimate desk started, Meyers was already out in entrance with an enormous stack, which he added to when he took out Simon Britton in seventh place.
His subsequent knockout punch got here when Meyers took out the pink scorching David Coleman in fifth place. Coleman banked $50,685 in yet one more final-table end this 12 months. He now has 15 on the 12 months, to associate with 4 titles to place him in second place within the Card Player Player of the Year race, about 800 factors behind front-runner Adrian Mateos.
Meyers saved his foot on the gasoline, knocking out Sanford Tabin in fifth and WSOP most important occasion runner-up Tony Miles to present himself a virtually 6:1 chip benefit into the heads-up remaining in opposition to Safwane Bahri.
Bahri bought all briefly with A-10, and Meyers had him coated holding Ok-Q. Bahri was forward to the river, however the seller completed the board with a queen, giving the ultimate pot to Meyers.
Bahri took dwelling a six-figure rating price $117,054 for his deep run within the match, and that offers the Frenchman near $900,000 in profession match earnings.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Chris Meyers | $158,100 | 840 |
| 2 | Safwane Bahri | $117,054 | 700 |
| 3 | Tony Miles | $87,600 | 560 |
| 4 | Sanford Tabin | $66,270 | 420 |
| 5 | David Coleman | $50,685 | 350 |
| 6 | Thanh Nguyen | $39,197 | 280 |
| 7 | Simon Britton | $30,685 | 210 |
| 8 | Elvyn Santos | $24,245 | 140 |
| 9 | Mario Luiz Mentrop | $19,398 | 70 |
Photo credit score: MSPT.
