There have been 154 entries within the combine on Day 1B of the $400,000 assured Card Player Poker Tour occasion at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas..
This $1,600 buy-in event options three beginning flights, with 12.5% of the sphere making the cash every day. Day 1A resulted in 12 gamers advancing to Day 2, every being assured no less than a min-cash. The second flight noticed 20 safer a bag and tag, with extra prize cash awaiting on Sunday. A complete of 244 entries have now been made.
The beginning stacks for the event have been price 40,000 in chips, and the blind ranges have been set to 40 minutes. Late registration and re-entry have been obtainable via the beginning of degree 13, and that’s the identical for the final beginning flight on Day 1C tomorrow.
Over 13 hours after playing cards obtained within the air, the day concluded on the ultimate hand of Level 18 as many gamers have been already heading to a break. Ping Liu misplaced a flip with A-10 suited in opposition to the pocket deuces of Vinh Ho to carry the day to a detailed.
When the mud settled after that ultimate hand, poker skilled Michael Rossitto held the chip lead with a stack of 733,000, simply edging out Mira Felice and her stack price 702,500.
Rossitto (pictured above) is not any stranger to success within the poker world, with greater than $3.46 million in profession earnings due to 212 cashes. He holds seven event titles, and lots of of these wins have come proper right here in Vegas. His largest rating was price $604,637, and he booked that with a win on the Wynn Millions primary occasion again in March 2023.
Other large stacks on the finish of play above the half-million mark included Dave Ouellette with 576,000 and Vinh Ho’s 502,000. Many different notables booked their ticket to Day 2 tonight, together with World Poekr Tour Venetian champion Ben Palmer, two-time bracelet winner Shannon Shorr, Patrick Eskandar, Jesse Yaginuma, David Coleman, 2013 WSOP primary occasion champion Ryan Riess, and WPT champion James Romero.
The event will fireplace up once more for Day 1C beginning on Saturday at 11:10 AM. Day 2 will start Sunday at 11:00 AM. The remaining discipline will play all the way down to the subsequent CPPT champion.
Here are the chip counts from the tip of play on Day 1B:
| Player | Chips |
| Michael Rossitto | 733,000 |
| Mira Felice | 702,500 |
| Dave Ouellette | 576,000 |
| Vinh Ho | 502,000 |
| Ben Palmer | 485,000 |
| Mindaugas Jonuskis | 392,000 |
| Jody Mitchell | 356,000 |
| Bob Buckenmayer | 326,000 |
| Stephen Sola | 300,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 243,000 |
| Sergei Kislinskii | 224,000 |
| Patrick Eskandar | 224,000 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | 205,000 |
| Michael Arellano | 184,000 |
| Alex Martel-Boiteux | 152,000 |
| David Coleman | 148,000 |
| Steve Zehngut | 137,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 114,000 |
| Siriwan Sukmekerd | 87,000 |
| James Romero | 50,000 |
