Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2019 SIGA Poker Championship
CAD$880 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2019 SIGA Poker Championship
Buy-in
880 CAD
Prize Pool
263,800 CAD
Entries
346
Level
35
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Entries
200
Players Left
57
Nelson Defends His Blind
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After an open to 2,000 in middle position, Gordon Nelson elected to defend his big blind with a call. They saw the 
flop heads up, and Nelson checked to the raiser who tossed out a bet of 1,000.
Nelson called, and the turn came 
. Nelson elected to lead out for 1,000 this time, and got a call. The river brought the 
and Nelson again led out, this time for 2,000. His opponent made the call, but mucked his hand when Nelson showed 
for the flopped pair, and rivered Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Steffl Gets There
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After an early position raise to 2,500, Kurt Steffl called from the cutoff, as did the player in the big blind. The 
flop came down three handed and it checked to Steffl who announced all in for about 12,000 chips.
The big blind got out of the way, but the original caller made a quick call. His 
was out flopped by the 
to Steffl.
Back in Action
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dinner is over, and players are back in the Multi-Purpose Room (aka Tatanka Tipi Room) ready for play in Level 11. There are six more levels of play before Day 1b is done.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Time for Dinner
Level 10
: 400/800, 800 ante
The end of Level 10 marks the dinner break. Players will be away from the felt for an hour as they fill their bellies, and will return for Level 11 with blinds at 500/1,000/1,000.
Fylyma Turns it
Level 10
: 400/800, 800 ante
Action folded to Pete Fylyma on the hijack, and he raised to 1,600. He was called by the player in the small blind, and they saw the 
flop heads up.
Action checked around on the flop and the turn came . After a check, Fylyma bet out 2,000 and was called. The river came 
and both players checked. Fylyma tabled 
and his opponent mucked their hand.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Total Entries have been Calculated
Level 9
: 300/600, 600 ante
The prize pool details are still being worked out, but the total entries for Day 1b have been calculated at 200 even. Added to the 146 entries from Day 1a, that means 346 total entries were recorded for the two day 1s. Prize pool information will be updated shortly when it's available.
Meanwhile, Mike Cartwright couldn't stage a comeback after his double, and busted shortly thereafter, as did Pavel Krumer on another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Werezak Doubles, Cartwright Survives
Level 9
: 300/600, 600 ante
On the first of two hands from the same table, action was on the flop of and Fred Werezak was facing a shove from Mike Cartwright. Werezak hit the tank hard, checking and rechecking his cards several times, slamming his card protector back down on top of them each time.
Werezak's life was on the line, as Cartwright had a bigger stack, but he finally tossed in the call. He was ahead with 
versus the 
of Cartwright, and the rest of the board was clean, sending the pot to Werezak and leaving Cartwright with just 5,750 remaining.
The very next hand, Cartwright was all in and called from the button. He was in rough shape with a dominated ace-six versus the ace-jack of his opponent, but he rivered two pairs on the 
board to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
14,000 |