$550 PSPC Event #1 Day 1ef | 2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship

08-23-2024 13:56 UTC-4

Savage Gets Saved By the River

Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action folded to Vincent Basilcata in middle position, and he raised to 1,200. After it folded to the small blind Terrence Savage, he three-bet to 3,300. Once the big blind folded, Basilcata made the call to see a flop.

Basilcata called a bet of 5,000 from Savage after the A♥5♣8♣ flop.

The turn brought the A♣ and Savage bet 11,000, before Basilcata raised all in, which was snap called by Savage.

Vincent Basilcata: A♦K♣ All in
Terrence Savage: A♠Q♣

Both players turned trips, but Basilcata was in great shape to get a double up, having Savage out kicked, and having the bigger flush draw. But when the river came the 8♠ both players improved to a full house, aces full of eights to chop the pot, and save Savage from losing a big portion of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrence Savage	38,800 6,000	6,000
Vincent Basilcata	31,500

Tags: Terrence Savage Vincent Basilcata

08-23-2024 13:51 UTC-4

Modi Catches Opponent Speeding

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Middle position opened the action with a raise to 1,200. The hijack and cutoff both called and Parth Modi defended his big blind.

Action checked through on 6♥2♦2♣ before the hijack fired 1,400 on the Q♠ turn, only Modi made the call.

The river 3♠ hit the felt and the hijack wagered 3,200. Modi gave it some thought but eventually stuck in a chip for a call. He turned over Q♥10♣ and it was good enough to drag in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parth Modi	48,500

Tags: Parth Modi

08-23-2024 13:42 UTC-4

Yeager Jams the River

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Tyler Boyer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Robert Nolen raised to 1,000 under the gun, and was called by Michael Yeager in middle position, and Michael Anderson in the hijack.

After the K♥A♠4♥ flop Nolen checked to Yeager, who bet out 1,400. Anderson made the call, Nolen folded.

The turn was the 10♥ and Yeager bet out 3,000, which Anderson called.

The 7♥ came on the river, and Yeager bet 16,800 to put Anderson all in. But Anderson quickly folded to give the pot to Yeager.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Yeager	62,300
Michael Anderson	16,800
Robert Nolen	13,100 8,400	8,400

Tags: Michael Anderson Michael Yeager Robert Nolen

08-23-2024 13:41 UTC-4

Life Outside Poker: Nate Silver Says Don't Be a Nit in Life

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 15th episode, Connor speaks with statistician Nate Silver about his new book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, election forecasting, founding and leaving FiveThirtyEight, his bad beats at feature tables, and co-hosting the Risky Business podcast with Maria Konnikova.

Silver also discusses the upcoming US presidential election, sports analytics, Limit Hold'em, his Silver Bulletin newsletter and why no one should be a nit in life.

This interview was filmed on June 8.

Tags: Maria Konnikova Connor Richards Nate Silver

08-23-2024 13:39 UTC-4

Masana Plays it Tricky

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Early position opened the action with a raise to 1,500. Jose Waybright called on the button along with David Masana in the small blind.

Action checked through on a 9♣6♣J♦ flop before Masana fired out 1,400 on the 2♦ turn. Waybright raised to 3,200 and Masana made the call.

The river Q♦ rolled off and Waybright bet 5,000. Masana made the call and flipped over Q♥Q♣ for top set. Waybright flashed J♠9♠ before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Masana	53,500
Jose Waybright	25,600 21,200	21,200

Tags: David Masana Jose Waybright

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

08-23-2024 13:14 UTC-4

First Break

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are headed to their first 15-minute break of the day. Action will resume at Level 5 with blinds of 300/500 and a 500 big blind ante.

08-23-2024 13:11 UTC-4

Waybright Flops a Flush

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joseph Weaver raised to 1,000 from early position, and was called by the button Jose Waybright, the small blind David Masana Trivino, and the big blind Christopher Schieler.

All four players checked after the J♦8♦5♦ flop.

After the 10♦ on the river, it was checked to Weaver who bet out 1,500, before Waybright raised to 5,500. Masana Trivino folded, but Schieler made the call. Weaver got out of the way to leave the two players heads up.

Both players checked after the Q♥ on the river. Schieler announced "Queen" indicating a queen high flush, but Waybright had the winner when he tabled K♦6♦ for a flopped king high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Weaver	49,600 49,600	49,600
Jose Waybright	46,800 10,400	10,400
David Masana Trivino	33,300 1,100	1,100
Christopher Schieler	27,500

Tags: Christopher Schieler Jose Waybright Joseph Weaver David Masana Trivino

08-23-2024 13:07 UTC-4

Anderson Has it All

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mike Anderson opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 1,600. Only the big blind made the call.

Anderson continued for 1,100 on 2♦4♦3♠ and his opponent made the call.

The turn 6♠ rolled off and Anderson moved all in for 8,100. His opponent made the call.

Mike Anderson: K♦5♦ All in
Big Blind: A♠2♣

The river 10♥ fell off, completing the double up for Anderson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Anderson	22,100

Tags: Mike Anderson

08-23-2024 13:00 UTC-4

Lim Gets it in Good and Holds

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Michael Giacobbe

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

After a raise from early position to 800, the button player moved all in for 7,600. Daniel Lim reraised all in from the big blind for 29,400 and the initial raiser got out of the way.

Button: K♥10♣ All in
Daniel Lim: A♦Q♠

No sweat on this one after the flop came down A♠8♠A♣, the turn 9♦ and river 4♥ hit the felt and Lim sent his opponent packing while chipping up