$1,100 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship

07-22-2022 22:27 UTC-5

Some of the Biggest Stacks in the Room

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Byron Ziebell	217,000 169,000	169,000
Sam Rothschild	205,000 205,000	205,000
Jason Gross	200,000 200,000	200,000
Ryan Phan	199,500 64,500	64,500
Mickey Stuefen	165,000 165,000	165,000
Angela Jordison	126,000 54,000	54,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

07-22-2022 22:10 UTC-5

Crazy Eights for Lagani

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Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action started on the river in a heads-up pot with about 40,000 in the middle. The board read .

The player in the small blind led for 15,000. Marshall Lagani was under the gun and announced, "Raise...I guess I'm all in." The total bet was 49,500.

His opponent started talking. "Do you really have ace-king here?" he asked out loud. After about two minutes, he did make the call.

"Nuts," said Lagani, as he showed for quads.

"Nice hand," said his opponent as Lagani stacked chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marshall Lagani	140,000

Tags: Marshall Lagani

07-22-2022 21:56 UTC-5

Morrow Wins Back-to-Back Pots

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Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was found in a heads-up pot with Albert Morrow putting the pressure on his opponent. The flop read on the turn.

With about 25,000 in the pot, Morrow was in position on his opponent and moved all in. He had his opponent covered and the bet was for about 40,000 effective.

His opponent thought for about two minutes before letting out a yell of agony and folded his cards face up, showing .

*****

The next hand played saw an early position raise to 4,000 and four players made the call, including Morrow in middle position.

The flop this time was . The small blind led out for 19,000, all in, about a pot-sized bet. Everyone folded to Morrow who made the call fairly quickly after getting a count.

Small blind:
Albert Morrow:

Morrow was in good shape with top pair against bottom pair. The turn did give his opponent a flush draw, but the river didn't complete it and Morrow took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Morrow	117,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Albert Morrow

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-22-2022 21:21 UTC-5

Break Time

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are on their 10-minute break. Registration will be open through the end of the next break after level 12.

07-22-2022 21:19 UTC-5

Garrett Can Beat Bullets

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Larry Garrett sat in the big blind looking at a board of .

With about 20,000 in the pot, Garrett moved all in for 33,700. After quite a bit of thinking, his opponent in the small blind made the call and Garrett was at risk.

Larry Garrett:
Small blind:

Garrett had two pair, but his opponent seemed to think he was ahead. The hit the river to improve Garrett to a flush, causing his opponent to throw his hands up in disgust. Once the small blind realized he was behind, he was a little more understanding.

"Nice hand, I should have raised preflop," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Garrett	85,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Larry Garrett

07-22-2022 21:09 UTC-5

Rawlings Bets Big, Gets Away With It

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dennis Rawlings was heads up and in the big blind against a player in middle position with about 10,000 in the pot.

The flop of had just hit the board and Rawlings led from the big blind for 40,600. His opponent was thoroughly confused. After some thinking, he decided against the call that would have been about half of his stack.

"It's just not worth it," he said.

The table encouraged Rawlings to show, and he obliged by showing .

"Nice bet, you weren't ahead," said his opponent. "I had ace-king."

EIther way, Rawlings took this one down and added to his stack to prepare for even bigger bets next time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Rawlings	51,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Dennis Rawlings

07-22-2022 20:55 UTC-5

Cortum's Queens Hold Up

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kelly Cortum raised to 2,500 from under the gun and found two callers, a middle-position player and the player on the button. The big blind decided to move all in for about 27,000. Cortum then also moved all in for about 70,000.

The player in middle position thought about calling for a while, but eventually folded, as did the rest of the table.

Opponent:
Kelly Cortum: