Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2026 Great Lakes Poker Classic
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Great Lakes Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$321,700
Total Entries
314
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
44
Players Left
1
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Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action was picked up on the flop in a four-bet pot between Pat Steele in the cutoff and Joseph Damon from first position.
The flop rolled out K♥10♥5♠ and Damon bet 160,000 to see Steel move all in for 390,000 effective and Damon called.
Joseph Damon: A♥A♠
Pat Steele: A♣K♦
Damon's aces held on the turn 9♠, but the river K♠ gave Steele three kings with an ace and he eliminated him from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,350,000
445,000
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445,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Andrew Olive moved all in from the small blind for 80,000 effective and in the big blind Joe Beachnau called to put himself at risk.
Joe Beachnau: A♠7♠
Andrew Olive: 6♦6♣
The board ran out J♦8♦2♦A♣4♦ and the flush was good for Olive to eliminate Beachnau from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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586,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Shawn Rings raised to 25,000 in the small blind and Ron Puleo moved all in for 75,000 to see Rings call.
Ron Puleo: A♠8♠
Shawn Rings: A♣A♥
The board ran out K♦9♥6♣K♠7♠ and the aces held up for Rings to eliminate Puleo from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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315,000
71,000
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71,000 |
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Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Grant Henderson moved all in for 45,000 from under the gun and in early position, Bo Jencks rejammed to see everyone else fold.
Grant Henderson: K♣9♣
Bo Jencks: J♥J♠
Nothing changed on the runout and Henderson became the first elimination of the round-for round process.
At another table, Frank Lucarelli raised to 25,000 on the button and Mark Schmid called in the small blind.
The flop rolled out A♣A♠J♣ and Schmid check-called a bet of 20,000 from Lucarelli.
On the turn 10♠, Schmid checked over to Lucarelli who bet 35,000 and Schmid raised to 135,000 to see Lucarelli call.
Schmid moved all in on the river 5♠ for 365,000 and Lucarelli called after briefly rechecking his cards.
Mark Schmid: 10♣10♥
Frank Lucarelli: A♥10♦
Lucarelli's aces full of tens was good to beat Schmid's tens full of aces and he took a massive pot to soar high up the chip counts.
At another table, Bnayahu Nisanov raised to 25,000 from under the gun to see Conor Caughey jam in the small blind for 62,000. In the big blind, Shawn Rings moved all in for 147,000 and Nisanov folded.
Conor Caughey: K♥Q♠
Shawn Rings: A♣K♦
The board ran out A♥Q♣9♥4♥10♦ and the ace-king held up for Rings to eliminate Caughey.
Schmid takes home $1,280 while Caughey and Henderson take home $1,281 each. All remaining players are in the money
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,150,000
646,000
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646,000 |
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244,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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151,000
106,000
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106,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jacob Baumgartner raised to 20,000 from early position and George Janssen moved all in for 90,000 from the cutoff to see everyone fold back to Baumgartner who called.
George Janssen: A♥K♥
Jacob Baumgartner: K♦3♦
The flop of 9♥8♠2♦ left Janssen in prime position to double, but the runout of Q♦7♦ gave Baumgartner a flush and he eliminated the MSPT champion from the tournament.
Round for Round has now begun as every table will play one round each until a player is eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,110,000
632,000
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632,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jake Koblicz raised to 55,000 from late position and in the small blind, Abbas Haidar moved all in to see only Koblicz call to put himself at risk for 87,000.
Jake Koblicz: A♣A♠
Abbas Haidar: 10♣10♦
The board ran out 9♥9♣6♥2♦5♥ and the aces up were good for Koblicz to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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189,000
189,000
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189,000 |
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119,000
196,000
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196,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Cody Stewart moved all in from under the gun for 45,000 and was called by Conor Caughey in late position.
Cody Stewart: QxQx
Conor Caughey: 7x7x
The board ran out K♠J♦K♣7♠8♦ and the turn gave Caughey sevens full of kings to eliminate Stewart from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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156,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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Busted |
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
James Miller raised to 20,000 in late position and Steven Stout moved all in for 85,000 which saw everyone else fold back to Miller who called.
James Miller: A♣J♦
Steven Stout: K♥K♦
The board ran out Q♣9♣6♠8♦10♠ and the straight was good for Miller to eliminate Stout from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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410,000
100,000
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100,000 |
|
Busted |
