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

03-20-2026 14:28 UTC-4

Miller Flops A Wheel

Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bryant Miller raised to 1,200 from under the gun and in middle position, MSPT champion George Janssen three-bet to 3,900 to see only Miller call.

Both players checked the flop of A♣3♠2♦ to the turn 9♦ where Miller bet 7,000 to which Janssen called.

On the river 9♣, Miller sized up to 18,000 and Janssen called.

Miller tabled 5♦4♦ for a wheel and Janssen tossed his hand into the muck, ceding the pot to Miller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryant Miller	73,100 33,100	33,100
George Janssen	8,600 31,400	31,400

Tags: Bryant Miller George Janssen

03-20-2026 14:13 UTC-4

Some In Some Out

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Magdan	40,000 351,000	351,000

Bryant Miller	40,000 40,000	40,000
George Janssen	40,000
Vilasack Phothisan	Busted
Ed Rue	Busted
Nicholas Cikulin	Busted

03-20-2026 14:11 UTC-4

Rings Takes One In

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Chuck Gekle raised to 1,600 in the cutoff which saw William Tinges on the button and Shawn Rings in the small blind both call.

The flop rolled out A♣7♥4♠ and action checked around to Tinges who bet 2,100 to see both opponents call.

Action checked through on the turn 6♣ to the river 9♥ where Rings bet 3,000 to elicit two quick folds.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Tinges	81,000 41,000	41,000
Chuck Gekle	57,000 6,200	6,200
Shawn Rings	42,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chuck Gekle Shawn Rings William Tinges

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

03-20-2026 13:58 UTC-4

New Entrants In The Field

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Loredana Lungeanu	40,000
Jamey Kramer	40,000
Todd Estes	40,000

03-20-2026 13:50 UTC-4

Bucceri Rips It On The Turn

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After four players matched the big blind to see a flop of 9♥8♥2♦, Robert Strunk in the small blind checked to Carmino Argiero in the big blind who bet 1,800.

Brad Magune in first position called while Buck Bucceri on the button raised to 5,500. Strunk quickly folded, but Argiero and Magune called.

Action checked over to Bucceri on the turn 6♠ where Bucceri moved all in for 49,700 and received two folds from his opponents.

Elsewhere in the tournament, Giulio Conti and Steven Stout re-entered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Buck Bucceri	68,500 23,500	23,500
Carmino Argiero	57,000 2,600	2,600
Robert Strunk	46,000 1,500	1,500

Brad Magune	43,400 3,400	3,400
Giulio Conti	40,000 7,600	7,600
Steven Stout	40,000 32,700	32,700

Tags: Brad Magune Buck Bucceri Carmino Argiero Giulio Conti Robert Strunk Steven Stout

03-20-2026 13:31 UTC-4

Henderson Doubles Through Reynolds

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Grant Henderson moved all in for 9,600 in the cutoff and in the small blind, Steve Reynolds isolated to see Steven Stout in the big blind fold.

Grant Henderson: Q♥J♥
Steve Reynolds: A♠K♠

The board ran out 8♠4♠8♣Q♦7♦ and Henderson turned queens up to hold up against Reynolds' two overcards and flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Reynolds	48,300 1,800	1,800
Grant Henderson	20,500 9,600	9,600

Tags: Grant Henderson Steve Reynolds Steven Stout

03-20-2026 13:24 UTC-4

More Players Hopping In

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Tinges	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dominic Choma	40,000 40,000	40,000
Scott Hammett	40,000
Jonathan Tackett	40,000

Ed Rue	40,000
Brad Magune	40,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

03-20-2026 13:16 UTC-4

Olive Leads At Break (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Olive	143,000 20,000	20,000
Patrick Korty	84,500 7,500	7,500
Areef Syed	70,800 30,800	30,800

Jeremy Hill	65,000 13,600	13,600
Carmino Argiero	59,600 11,100	11,100
Dale Hackney	57,400 17,400	17,400
Chuck Gekle	50,800 10,800	10,800
Steve Reynolds	50,100 10,100	10,100
Philip Beesley	49,000 9,000	9,000
Buck Bucceri	45,000 10,400	10,400
Robert Strunk	44,500 4,500	4,500

Michael O'Neill	43,000 3,000	3,000
Heather Schuchaskie	42,700 2,700	2,700

Frank Lucarelli	41,000 1,000	1,000
Scott Hammett	40,000 40,000	40,000
Hyun Jun Cho	39,500 39,500	39,500
Shawn Rings	37,000 3,000	3,000
Todd Neveau	37,000 3,000	3,000
Henry Zou	35,200 4,800	4,800
Vilasack Phothisan	33,300 16,800	16,800
Giulio Conti	32,400 7,600	7,600
Gregory Williams	20,600 19,400	19,400
Nicholas Cukulin	14,000 26,000	26,000
Grant Henderson	10,900 29,100	29,100
Steven Stout	7,300 32,700	32,700