2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
52
Prize
$180,145
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
979
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
122
Players Left
1

Bekavac Wins Battle of the Blinds

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dan Bekavac was in the small blind and heads-up with the big blind looking at a board of {8-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} on the turn. He led for 31,000 and received a hesitant call.

The river landed the {3-Spades} and Bekavac quickly bet 108,000 and the big blind released quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Bekavac us
Dan Bekavac
1,560,000
110,000
110,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Nick Haywood us
Nick Haywood
Busted

Tags: Dan Bekavac

Ziadeh and Garles Click Buttons

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tim Garles opened for 13,000 from the hijack and picked up one caller, Ramon Ziadeh in the big blind.

The flop came out {10-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{2-Spades}. Ziadeh checked to Garles who continued for 20,000. Ziadeh put in the minimum check-raise to 40,000. Back on Garles, he responded with a three-bet to 80,000. After some thought, Ziadeh made the call.

"Big one," said Ziadeh. Garles remained stoic.

The turn was the {7-Clubs}, and both players checked it through.

On the {3-Spades} river, Ziadeh led for 60,000, which sent Garles deep into the tank. After about two minutes, he made the call.

"I've got a ten," said Ziadeh, who showed {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}.

"It's good," said Garles, who mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Ziadeh us
Ramon Ziadeh
410,000
143,000
143,000
Tim Garles us
Tim Garles
93,000
-263,000
-263,000

Tags: Ramon ZiadehTim Garles

Clark Gets a Triple

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Scotter Clark
Scotter Clark

Scotter Clark moved all in for 76,000 before getting a call from big-stacked Kevin Berthelsen. Action folded to Bradley Beetz who moved all in himself for nearly 300,000, prompting Berthelsen to fold.

Scotter Clark: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Bradley Beetz: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Beetz had the pirate hooked, but Clark picked up a flush draw on the {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop. The turn was a blank {6-Diamonds}, but the {9-Hearts} river was just what Clark was looking for to get the triple.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Berthelsen us
Kevin Berthelsen
415,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
240,000
Bradley Beetz us
Bradley Beetz
220,000

Tags: Bradley BeetzKevin BerthelsenScotter Clark

Dennehey Wakes Up With Aces

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The cutoff opened for 13,000 before Al Carpenter shoved for 102,000 in the small blind. In the big blind, John Dennehey cold-called the three-bet. The cutoff player thought about it but folded.

Al Carpenter: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
John Dennehey: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} to keep Dennehy's aces in the lead and send Carpenter home.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Bekavac us
Dan Bekavac
1,610,000
50,000
50,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
John Dennehey us
John Dennehey
365,000
152,000
152,000
Al Carpenter us
Al Carpenter
Busted

Tags: Al CarpenterJohn Dennehey

Adams Gets it All, Gutfreund Eliminated

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The action picked up with cards on their back as Lenard Adams and David Gutfreund got all the chips in the middle preflop and Gutfreund was at risk.

David Gutfreund: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Lenard Adams: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out queen high with no help for Gutfreund who was sent to the rail short of the money.

Player Chips Progress
Lenard Adams us
Lenard Adams
739,000
Sarah Stefan us
Sarah Stefan
370,000
David Gutfreund us
David Gutfreund
Busted

Tags: David GutfreundLenard Adams

Donza Worder Eliminated on the Bubble, McCray Chips Up Huge

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Joe Ed McCray
Joe Ed McCray

Players shared details of the hand that broke the money bubble as it happened before hand-for-hand had the chance to begin.

Joseph McCray, Ramon Ziadeh, and Donza Worder played a three-way pot. The flop was {4-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-}. Donza Worder was all in on the flop, both Ziadeh and McCray went to a turn with action on the side.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and Ziadeh and McCray got their chips in on the turn.

Donza Worder: {5-}{4-}
Joseph McCray: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Ramon Ziadeh: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Worder had flopped two pair, McCray had top pair that made a flush on the turn, and Ziadeh made a flush with a straight flush redraw.

The river was a blank {6-Spades}, eliminating Worder and Catapultin McCray to near the top of the leaderboard after the flush over flush cooler.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ed McCray us
Joe Ed McCray
900,000
Ramon Ziadeh us
Ramon Ziadeh
343,000
-67,000
-67,000
Keith Heine us
Keith Heine
165,000
40,000
40,000
Donza Worder us
Donza Worder
Busted
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
Busted
Scott Vetter us
Scott Vetter
Busted
Dallas Schmidt us
Dallas Schmidt
Busted
Jason Gross us
Jason Gross
Busted

Tags: Donza WorderJoseph McCrayRamon Ziadeh

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Whittman Eliminates Clark in Brutal Fashion

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Scotter Clark
Scotter Clark

Robert Whittman opened to 20,000 on from the hijack and Scotter Clark made the call on the button.

The flop came out {5-}{5-}{2-} and both players checked the flop.

The turn came a {k-} and Whitman checked again. Clark bet 25,000. Whittman checked-raised to 185,000, enough to ut Clark all in. Clark snap-called.

Scotter Clark: {2-}{2-}
Robert Whittman: {a-}{k-}

Clark flopped the full house against the top pair of Whittman. The river landed the devastating third {5-} to give Whittman a better full house and send Clark home.

"I had a great time, we had fun today," said Clark. "I'm heading to Mason CIty Arena for the North Iowa Fights this Saturday, would love as many poker players as possible to come out. We'll be partying Captain Jack style."

Player Chips Progress
Robert Whittman us
Robert Whittman
281,000
204,000
204,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
Busted
Russell Regan us
Russell Regan
Busted

Tags: Robert WhitmanScotter Clark