Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are now on their second 10-minute break of the day.
There was already a substantial amount in the pot on a flop of when we heard Adrian Lopez calling for a queen. We made our way over to discover that there was a three-way all-in hand taking place with Lopez having both of his opponents covered.
Adrian Lopez:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:
Lopez was calling for a queen as it would give him two pair, though the would be so good as it'd give his one opponent a flush.
The turn was nothing special, but the river was as Lopez hit his one outer to score the double knockout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Lopez |
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
In addition to the $1,100 Main Event happening here at the MSPT Sycuan Casino, there were 10 other side events that awarded trophies. One of them was Tuesday's Event #7: $360 PLO8, a tournament that attracted 93 runners and awarded a $27,900 prize pool to the top dozen finishers.
Among those to cash were Daniel Griffen (12th - $642), Luanne Uligan (9th - $753), DJ Buckley (7th - $1,088), and Ajay Chabra (3rd - $3,711).
In the end, Ken Po of Seven Hills, Ohio beat Brian Caplan in heads-up play to win the trophy and $8,369 first-place prize.
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ken Po | Seven Hills, Ohio | $8,369 |
2 | Brian Caplan | Richboro, Pennsylvania | $5,162 |
3 | Ajay Chabra | San Diego, California | $3,711 |
4 | Michael Shields | Newport Beach, California | $2,651 |
5 | Whitney Brayton | Pinon Hills, California | $1,869 |
6 | Derrick Herron | Santee, California | $1,367 |
7 | DJ Buckley | Shakopee, Minnesota | $1,088 |
8 | Richard Niminski | La Mesa, California | $893 |
The player in the hijack raised to 1,200 only to have Bob Paris three-bet to 2,600 next to act. The button and blinds all folded and the original raiser put in the additional 1,400 to see a flop of .
The hijack check-called a bet of 5,000 from Paris and then action went check-check on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, both players checked for the second time and Paris tabled the for a pair of kings. It was good as the player in the hijack simply sent his hand to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bob Paris
|
30,000 |
Renowned poker player Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler recently arrived at Sycuan Casino and has opted to late register the MSPT Showdown Series $1,100 Main Event.
On the MSPT, Kessler has $30,577 in career earnings. That has come from a trio of Main Event cashes, two of which were final table appearances.
The first came back in 2014 when he finished eighth in the MSPT Belle of Baton Rouge for $3,638, and the following year he took third in the MSPT Tropicana Evansville for $22,987. His third and final cash came back in 2016 when he finished 15th in the MSPT Meskwaki for $3,952.
Only time will tell if Kessler can notch his fourth-ever MSPT cash in this event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allen Kessler | 25,000 | |
|
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Veronica Daly |
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matthew Blagg | 35,000 | |
Chad Bjorkman
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Jeff Platt |
34,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Jonathan Kim |
31,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Greg Geller |
31,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Freddie West
|
30,000 | |
Derek Jensen |
24,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Rich Alsup |
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
Alan Wentz |
20,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Sean Yu |
16,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Bill Criego |
12,800
12,800
|
12,800 |
Dan Hendrickson |
7,500
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
Nick Lackman
|
Busted |