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$1,100 PSPC Event #2
Day 1d Completed
2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
$1,100 PSPC Event #2
Day: 1d
Event Info
2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$300,000
Total Entries
499
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
215
Players Left
27
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Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 1d at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship in $1,100 Event #2 has been completed. The final Day 1 flight of the event saw the most entrants yet, with 215, and 27 players bagging up and advancing to Day 2, to join the 36 players who already advanced to the final day. The chip leader after the final flight was Keith Crowder who bagged 1,178,000.
Crowder had a late surge on the final two hands of the night, when he made a tough call on the river after herivered a set of kings, which also brought the front door flush in. Then Crowder won a massive pot on the stone bubble when he woke up with kings again, and Ryan Mostafa four-bet all-in with ace-jack. After Crowder flopped a set, and Mostafa missed his straight draw, Crowder became the overwhelming chip leader and burst the bubble.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1d
| Place | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Crowder | United States | 1,178,000 |
| 2 | Jessica Shu | United States | 817,000 |
| 3 | Kevin Roche | United States | 663,000 |
| 4 | Mukul Pahuja | United States | 628,000 |
| 5 | Michael McNicholas | United States | 536,000 |
| 6 | Jason Nguyen | United States | 408,000 |
| 7 | Kevin Johnson | United States | 389,000 |
| 8 | Andrew Kershaw | United States | 350,000 |
| 9 | Demetrius Campbell | United States | 304,000 |
| 10 | Rafael Benyaish | United States | 284,000 |
Day 2 will have 60-minute levels, starting at wherever the earliest Day 1 flight ended. Players will have a 15-minute break after every two levels of play and will have a dinner break that is TBD.
All the remaining players in the field have made the money, and PokerNews will update on the full prize pool payout, and Day 2 seat draw when available.
Players that have qualified for Day 2 with multiple chip stacks will only be permitted to play their highest qualifying stack. The other stacks will be taken out and removed from play and the player will receive the minimum Day 2 payout for each stack.
The Gold Pass to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event is in play which will be awarded to the champion of the tournament. The winner will receive travel, hotel accommodations, and the $5,300 buy-in to the tournament this November.
Follow PokerNews to receive updates from the PSPC until there is a winner at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action has concluded for the day with the final 27 players making it to Day 2. A recap of today's action will follow shortly.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A player in early position opened to 1,600. The button called, Ryan Mostafa called in the small blind but Keith Crowder three-bet to 75,000 from the big blind. The initial raiser folded but Mostafa reraised all in for 530,000. Crowder called, covering Mostafa and needed to dodge an Ace.
Ryan Mostafa: A♠J♣ 
Keith Crowder: K♠K♣
The dealer put out K♦7♣3♥Q♦J♦ and Mostafa was eliminated on the bubble, as Crowder took down the over 1,000,000-chip pot.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Keith Crowder raised to 15,000 from early position, and was called by Bin Weng in middle position, and Kevin Roche in the big blind.
The flop came 2♥10♥4♦ and Roche checked to Crowder, who bet 36,000. Weng folded, and Roche made the call.
Roche check-called a bet of 52,000 after the A♦ on the turn.
The river was the K♥ and Roche led out for a bet of 90,000, which sent Crowder into the tank. After about two minutes, Crowder eventually found the call.
Roche tabled A♥7♠ for a pair of aces, but Crowder had the winner when he flipped over K♠K♣ for rivered set of kings to take the pot.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 28 players remaining, and 27 players making the money and Day 2, the tournament director has announced that the tournament will go to hand for hand play.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael McNicholas raised to 12,000 from middle position, and when it folded to the small blind, he three-bet to 28,000. The big blind folded, and McNicholas made the call to see a flop.
The flop came 5♦3♣Q♦ and both players checked to the 6♠ on the turn. The small blind then bet 35,000, which was called by McNicholas.
The river was the J♦ and the small blind went all in for 113,000. McNicholas was in the tank for almost two minutes, before finding the call.
The small blind said "Good call" as he tabled A♠K♠ for just ace high. McNicholas then showed A♦Q♥ for top pair top kicker, to take the pot and eliminate the small blind.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Azzaro opened to 12,000 from the button. John Renshaw defended his big blind.
Both players checked the Q♠J♠3♠ flop before Renshaw fired 25,000 on the Q♣ turn. Azzaro called.
Renshaw checked the J♣ river over to Azzaro who bet 55,000. Renshaw called but came up short against Azzaro's A♥Q♦.
