$2,200 PSPC Event #3 Day 1b | 2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship

09-05-2024 21:15 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wolf	65,000 65,000	65,000
Joseph Molitor	41,500 28,500	28,500

Short Break

Michael Giacobbe

Level 12 : Blinds 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Players are headed to another 15-minute break. Action will resume at Level 13 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-05-2024 21:42 UTC-5

Molitor Finds a Five to Double Up

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Tyler Boyer

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alex Kim opened to 6,500 from the cutoff and was called by Brandon Mincher on the button. Then the small blind Joseph Molitor three-bet all in for 50,000. Kim folded and Mincher quickly called to put Molitor at risk.

Joseph Molitor: A♣5♣ All in
Brandon Mincher: A♠Q♠

Molitor was dominated by the bigger ace of Mincher, but once the board ran out 9♣3♥5♥10♠2♥ Molitor had the best hand with a pair of fives, to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kim	245,000 85,000	85,000

Brandon Mincher	135,000 65,000	65,000
Joseph Molitor	112,500 71,000	71,000

Tags: Alex Kim Brandon Mincher Joseph Molitor

09-05-2024 21:46 UTC-5

Lopez Doubles Through Kim

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brandon Mincher opened to 6,000 from under the gun before Angel Lopez three-bet to 15,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Alex Kim in the big blind who four-bet to 38,000. Mincher mucked but Lopez moved all in for 49,000. Kim called.

Angel Lopez: A♥A♣ All in
Alex Kim: A♠Q♣

The dealer put out 10♠2♥J♦8♠7♠ and after a sweaty flop and turn card, Lopez was able to hang on and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kim	240,000 5,000	5,000

Angel Lopez	110,000
Brandon Mincher	105,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Alex Kim Angel Lopez Brandon Mincher

09-05-2024 21:55 UTC-5

Chop it Up

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Wolf opened to 6,500 from middle position. Alex Kim called on the button, Brandon Mincher in the small blind and Thomas McNicholas defended his big blind.

Action checked to Kim who fired 10,000 on a A♠8♥4♣ flop. Both Mincher and McNicholas called.

All three players checked the 2♦ turn before Mincher fired 15,000 on the 3♠ river. McNicholas made the call and tabled A♥J♦ while Mincher flashed A♦J♠ resulting in a chopped pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kim	225,000 15,000	15,000

Brandon Mincher	155,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Wolf	95,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas McNicholas	80,000

Tags: Alex Kim Brandon Mincher Michael Wolf Thomas McNicholas

09-05-2024 22:13 UTC-5

Death By Quads

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Tyler Boyer

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action was picked up with Thomas McNicholas all in for 81,000, and Jonathan Stoeber putting him at risk.

Thomas Mcnicholas: K♥Q♥ All in
Jonathan Stoeber: 8♥8♦

McNicholas was flipping for his tournament life, but after the 8♣J♥8♠ McNicholas was left to running cards to make a straight flush, after Stoeber flopped quads. But the Q♠ on the turn left him drawing dead, and the 4♦ had him officially eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	265,000 105,000	105,000

Thomas McNicholas	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Stoeber Thomas McNicholas

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-05-2024 22:28 UTC-5

Kim Wins a Flip to Stack Mincher

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player in early position opened to 8,000 and Alex Kim made the call from middle position. Brandon Mincher moved all in from the hijack for 75,000 and the initial raiser folded but Kim made the call.

Brandon Mincher: 10♥10♠ All in
Alex Kim: A♥Q♠

A fair fight heading to see five community cards, the board ran out Q♥K♦A♣2♦2♠ and Mincher was eliminated while Kim dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kim	330,000 105,000	105,000

Brandon Mincher	Busted

Tags: Alex Kim Brandon Mincher

09-05-2024 22:37 UTC-5

Aces Versus Kings Versus Queens

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Tyler Boyer

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Alex Kim opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from early position, and when it folded to Michael Wolf in the cutoff, he three-bet all in for 79,500. Then Robert Klein on the button went all in for 43,500, and the small blind Jonathan Stoeber four-bet all in for 225,000. Kim folded, leaving the three players with the cards on their backs, with Wolf and Klein at risk.

Robert Klein: A♠A♥ All in
Michael Wolf: Q♠Q♣ All in
Jonathan Stoeber: K♠K♦

It was a massive cooler with the three best hands in poker. Once the board ran out 9♦A♣3♥10♥5♥ Klein improved to a set aces to triple up. Stoeber took the side pot with his pocket kings, and Wolf was eliminated.