A complete of 90 entries had been made on day 1A of the $400,000 assured Card Player Poker Tour occasion at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas.
This $1,600 buy-in match options three beginning flights, with 12.5% of the sector making the cash. For day 1A, that resulted in 12 gamers advancing to day 2, every being assured at the least a min-cash.
Each participant began the match with 40,000 in chips, and the blind ranges had been set to 40 minutes. Late registration and re-entry had been obtainable by means of the beginning of stage 13.
More than 13 hours after playing cards bought within the air, the day concluded with the elimination of bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Tyler Patterson in thirteenth place. He ran pocket jacks into the pocket aces of Joe Kuether to bust on the bubble.
2021 WPT Venetian fundamental occasion champion Qing Liu completed with the most important stack general, bagging up 612,000.
Liu surged into the lead in one of many last fingers of the evening, successful an enormous three-way all-in with pocket kings in opposition to the pocket tens of Loyal Sprague and pocket threes of bracelet winner Ryan Laplante. Liu had a little bit of a sweat when a ten was the primary card within the window, however a king quickly adopted to provide him high set.
Liu has greater than $2.9 million in profession earnings, with greater than $1.6 million of that coming from his many deep runs at The Venetian. His largest profession rating noticed him defeat a area of 937 within the $5,000 buy-in WPT Venetian again in March of 2021.
Other massive stacks embody Ross Fabrizio (443,000), Josh Remitio (430,000), Donald Fulton (368,000), and Jessica Vierling (334,000). 2021 CPPT Venetian champion John Riordan bagged up 142,000 as he appears to safe a second title on this tour.
Tournament play continues with Day 1B starting Friday at 11:10 AM. Day 2 will start Sunday at 11:00 AM.
Here are the chip counts for day 1A:
Qing Liu – 612,000
Ross Fabrizio – 443,000
Josh Remitio – 430,000
Donald Fulton – 368,000
Jessica Vierling 334,000
Zach Donovan – 297,000
Darren Rabinowitz – 264,000
Joe Kuether – 217,000
Loyal Sprague – 196,000
Craig Mason – 147,000
Chad Himmelspach – 146,000
John Riordan – 142,000
