Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The second break is now over and players are back at the felt for Level 9. That also means registration for the 2019 SIGA Poker Championship is now closed. Tournament staff are still counting all the beans, but the total numbers and prize pool should be out soon.
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 |
---|---|---|
Fred Werezak
|
31,000 | |
Mike Cartwright
|
14,000 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Pavel Krumer
|
Busted | |
Mike Cartwright
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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.
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.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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.
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.