CAD$880 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 SIGA Poker Championship

10-05-2019 21:46 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Sheldon Birkeland	220,000 149,000	149,000
Skylar Kingdon	176,200 116,200	116,200
Pete Fylyma	105,000 84,000	84,000
Clint Cockburn	63,000 -47,000	-47,000

Blyth Hits and Holds

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Wayne Blyth opened the betting from early position with a limp, and he was called by James Hart and Casey Nicole in the blinds.

The flop came and it checked to Blyth who bet 4,000. Only Hart called to see the turn, and he again checked to Blyth, who bet 5,000.

Hart called again, and the river came . Both players checked, and Hart mucked his hand when Blyth showed .

Tags: Casey Nicole James Hart Wayne Blyth

10-05-2019 21:26 UTC-5

Hart Shoves the Flop

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action opened with James Hart raising to 5,500 from the middle. Casey Nicole called from hijack, and everyone else got out of the way.

The flop came and Hart quickly shoved his huge stack, easily covering Nicole. She didn't take long to release her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hart	270,000
Casey Nicole	40,000 -15,000	-15,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-05-2019 21:11 UTC-5

Knutson's Aggression Takes It

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Lorne Gill opened the betting with a raise to 3,200 from the middle. Lyndon Knutson called from the cutoff, as did Deven Lane on the button.

The flop came down and Gill led out for 6,000. After a few seconds of thought, Knutson reraised to 15,000. That was enough to get Lane to muck his hand, but Gill called. The turn came and Gill checked to Knutson who fired 20,000 into the middle. Gill thought for a few seconds, but decided to release his hand.

Tags: Deven Lane Lorne Gill Lyndon Knutson

10-05-2019 21:01 UTC-5

Gill Takes it on the Flop

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Lorne Gill was first into the pot with a raise to 3,800 from early position. He was called by both players in the blinds.

The flop came and it checked to Gill. He fired out a bet of 4,000, and that cleared off the other players.

Tags: Lorne Gill

10-05-2019 20:44 UTC-5

Prize Pool Tops $250,000

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The numbers are all crunched now, and there's a total of $263,800 in the pot to be won. That will be divided 51 ways with the minimum cashers receiving $1,253. All players to make the ten-handed final table are guaranteed nearly $5,000, with $4,880 being paid out for 10th spot, but all eyes are up top at the first place prize of $45,769, on top of the bracelet and the 2020 WSOP Main Event ticket.

Complete prize pool information will be available shortly under the "Payouts" tab.

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

10-05-2019 20:37 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clint Cockburn	110,000 96,000	96,000
Mike Smith	105,000 105,000	105,000
Sheldon Birkeland	71,000 19,000	19,000
Deven Lane	66,500 16,500	16,500
Connor Joinson	65,000 5,000	5,000
Skylar Kingdon	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lorne Gill	55,000 55,000	55,000
Casey Nicole	55,000 31,000	31,000
Kurt Steffl	55,000 55,000	55,000
Brian Anderson	50,000 16,000	16,000
Fred Werezak	35,000 4,000	4,000
Tyler Bonkowski	30,000 -20,000	-20,000

Brian Borsheim	24,000 -11,000	-11,000
Harley Hudson	22,500 22,500	22,500
Pete Fylyma	21,000 -35,000	-35,000

10-05-2019 20:24 UTC-5

Joinson Decimates Bowers

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chris Bowers was first into the pot with a raise to 2,600 from the hijack. The cutoff called before Connor Joinson came over top with a raise to 7,900 from the button. Bowers called after a few seconds of thought, and the cutoff went deep into the tank.

Eventually he got out of the way, and the flop came down . BOwers checked and Joinson shoved his remaining 20,000 chips. Bowers quickly called, but was in with an underpair of sevens against the jacks of Joinson. on the turn and river changed nothing, and Joinson grabbed a double while leaving Bowers on fumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Joinson	60,000
Chris Bowers	4,600 -26,400	-26,400

Tags: Chris Bowers Connor Joinson