$1,200 Main Event Day 1cd | 2026 Great Lakes Poker Classic

03-20-2026 18:40 UTC-4

Ferrarotti Holds Against Six-Seven

Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Areef Syed called in early position and Michael Ferrarotti raised to 6,000 in the cutoff. On the button, Andrew Olive called with Syed calling behind,

The flop rolled out J♣5♦4♥ and Syed checked over to Ferrarotti who moved all in for 35,000. Olive folded and Syed called.

Michael Ferrarotti: 7♦7♠
Areef Syed: 7♣6♣

Ferrarotti held up on the runout of 6♥K♣ and the MSPT champion secured a double just minutes after registering this flight.

At other tables, Carmino Argiero and Heather Schuchaskie were eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Areef Syed	94,000 55,000	55,000

Michael Ferrarotti	88,000 48,000	48,000
Heather Schuchaskie	Busted

Carmino Argiero	Busted

Tags: Andrew Olive Areef Syed Carmino Argiero Heather Schuchaskie Michael Ferrarotti

03-20-2026 18:31 UTC-4

Wieland Leads After Dinner (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Wieland	216,500 6,500	6,500
Jeremy Hill	202,000 62,000	62,000
Andrew Olive	174,000 85,000	85,000
Areef Syed	149,000 62,000	62,000

Hyun Jun Cho	139,000 40,400	40,400
Dominic Choma	136,000 39,400	39,400
Robert Strunk	134,000 82,300	82,300

Grant Henderson	133,000 103,000	103,000
Zachary Mattice	116,500
Patrick Korty	114,500 37,700	37,700
Michael O'Neill	109,000 18,200	18,200
Bryant Miller	101,500 30,700	30,700
Heather Schuchaskie	78,000 5,000	5,000

Adam Lamphere	75,000 32,200	32,200
Frank Lucarelli	59,000 8,000	8,000
Scott Hammett	59,000 10,600	10,600
Shawn Rings	53,000 7,000	7,000
Alec Magdan	43,000 5,000	5,000

Jamey Kramer	40,000 4,800	4,800
Michael Ferrarotti	40,000
Chuck Gekle	34,000 29,400	29,400
Carmino Argiero	34,000 13,000	13,000

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Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-20-2026 18:18 UTC-4

Play Resumes

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players have taken their seats after their dinner break.

03-20-2026 17:30 UTC-4

Dinner Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players have gone on a 45-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at 6:15 p.m. local time.

03-20-2026 17:13 UTC-4

Wieland Sails Into The Lead

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heather Schuchaskie raised to 3,500 from under the gun and William Tinges called in the hijack while Brady Wieland called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 9♥8♣4♣ and Schuchaskie checked over to Tinges who bet 6,000. Wieland raised to 20,000 and only Tinges continued in the pot.

On the turn J♦, Wieland bet 25,000, prompting Tinges to move all in for 79,000 and Wieland called.

William Tinges: A♦A♥
Brady Wieland: 4♥4♣

No help was brought to Tinges' aces on the 2♦ river and Wieland hopped over the 200k mark while Tinges was eliminated.

Elsewhere in the tournament, Steven Stout and Buck Bucceri were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Wieland	223,000 183,000	183,000
Heather Schuchaskie	83,000 52,700	52,700

William Tinges	Busted
Buck Bucceri	Busted
Steven Stout	Busted

Tags: Brady Wieland Heather Schuchaskie William Tinges

03-20-2026 16:58 UTC-4

Players Continue to Drop

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Loredana Lungeanu	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ed Rue	Busted
Dale Hackney	Busted
Steve Reynolds	Busted
Brad Magune	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

03-20-2026 16:57 UTC-4

Olive With The Check Raise

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrew Olive called in early position and Alec Magdan raised to 4,000 in late to see action fold back around to Olive who called.

The flop rolled out Q♦Q♣6♥ and Olive check-called a bet of 2,500 from Magdan.

Olive checked the turn 10♥ over to Magdan who bet 11,000 and Olive instantly raised to 45,000. The bet earned a fold from Magdan as Olive raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Olive	89,000 34,500	34,500
Alec Magdan	48,000 28,600	28,600

Tags: Alec Magdan Andrew Olive

03-20-2026 16:30 UTC-4

Tackett Takes It With Top Pair

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jonathan Tackett raised to 3,000 from early position and Frank Lucarelli called in the hijack.

The flop rolled out J♣5♣2♠ and Lucarelli called the 2,200 continuation bet from Tackett.

Tackett bet a second time on the 9♦ turn, this time to the tune of 6,500 and Lucarelli called a second time.

Action checked through on the river 10♠ and Lucarelli mucked after seeing Tackett table J♠8♠ for a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Tackett	64,500 24,500	24,500

Frank Lucarelli	51,000 1,800	1,800

Tags: Frank Lucarelli Jonathan Tackett