Midway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event | 2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago

10-04-2020 13:37 UTC-5

Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi Eliminated in 17th Place ($3,200 in Cash and Prizes)

stevefredlund

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi bet all-in for his remaining 175,000 from the small blind and was called by the big blind player, Amanda Heidbrick. Salabi tabled while Heidbrick showed .

On the flop of , Heidbrick said, "Put a ten out there." The deck complied with the on the turn followed by the river .

Heidbrick found a nice increase to her stack while Salabi ended his day in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Heidbrick	1,200,000	660,000
Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi	Busted

Tags: Amanda Heidbrick Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi

10-04-2020 13:33 UTC-5

Adam Thomas Eliminated in 18th Place ($3,200 in Cash and Prizes)

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adam Thomas got his stack all in preflop and found himself at risk against Bob Peppe.

Bob Peppe:
Adam Thomas:

The board ran out and Peppe made trip jacks to score the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Peppe	490,000	240,000
Adam Thomas	Busted

Tags: Adam Thomas Bob Peppe

10-04-2020 13:30 UTC-5

table	seat	player
5	1	Steve Federspiel
5	2	Andy Rogowski
5	3	Adam Thomas
5	4	Joseph Paris
5	5	Satoshi Tanaka
5	6	Pat Steele
5	7	Antonio De La Cruz
5	8	Jason Kapoor
5	9	Bob Peppe

6	1	Rocco Pace
6	2	Josias Santos
6	3	Sami Shurbaji
6	4	Frank Lagodich
6	5	Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi
6	6	Amanda Heidbrick
6	7	Renato Spahiu
6	8	Nicola Ditrapani
6	9	Benjamin Craig

Maahs Busted in 19th

stevefredlund

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Left with 80,000, Kevin Maahs raised all-in from under the gun with and was called by the small blind of Jason Kapoor with .

Maahs was unable to catch up on a board of sending him to the rail.

There will now be a full 18-player redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Maahs	Busted

Tags: Jason Kapoor Kevin Maahs

10-04-2020 13:12 UTC-5

Big Slick Does Not Do the Trick for Miller

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Bryant Miller raised to 25,000 from the button only to have Steve Federspiel three-bet to 85,000 from the big blind. Miller responded by four-bet jamming and Federspiel called.

Steve Federspiel:
Bryant Miller:

Both players had ace-king and that meant a chop was more than likely. However, the flop made things interesting by giving Federspiel a freeroll flush draw. The turn didn't complete it but the river did to send Miller out the door in 20th place for $2,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Federspiel	825,000	425,000
Bryant Miller	Busted

Tags: Steve Federspiel Bryant Miller

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

10-04-2020 13:06 UTC-5

Chip Counts at Break

stevefredlund

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Satoshi Tanaka	1,100,000
Nicola Ditrapani	950,000	189,000
Josias Santos	715,000	415,000
Amanda Heidbrick	540,000	74,000
Bryant Miller	450,000	363,000
Pat Steele	430,000	-150,000
Joseph Paris	410,000	65,000
Steve Federspiel	400,000	69,000
Renato Spahiu	390,000	-30,000
Antonio De La Cruz	370,000	17,000
Rocco Pace	350,000	168,000
Frank Lagodich	300,000	-4,000
Sami Shurbaji	300,000	14,000
Benjamin Craig	280,000	-54,000
Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi	260,000	122,000
Bob Peppe	250,000	-48,000
Adam Thomas	230,000	-147,000
Jason Kapoor	185,000	185,000
Andy Rogowski	180,000	-70,000
Kevin Maahs	90,000	-209,000

10-04-2020 12:57 UTC-5

Break Time

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The final 20 players are no on their first 10-minute break of the day.

10-04-2020 12:53 UTC-5

Kapoor Doubles Through Rogowski

stevefredlund

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jason Kapoor bet all-in from the cutoff for 105,000 holding the . On his immediate left, on the button, Andy Rogowski re-raised all in with the .

Everyone else folded leaving the players heads up. The board favored Kapoor as it ran outt to give him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Rogowski	250,000	-22,000
Jason "Clozer" Kapoor	220,000	72,000

Tags: Andy Rogowski Jason Kapoor

10-04-2020 12:53 UTC-5

Spahiu Ousts Berthelsen in 21st Place

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Renato Spahiu raised the button to 20,000 and Bryant Miller called. Kevin Berthelsen, who back in August finished third in the MSPT Grand Falls Main Event, came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop.

Two checks saw Spahiu continued for 40,000 and Miller folded. Berthelsen then check-jammed for around 150,000 and Spahiu called.

Renato Spahiu:
Kevin Berthelsen:

Berthelsen had flopped top pair but it was no good as Spahiu held an overpair. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Berthelsen bowed out in 21st place for $2,600 in cash and prizes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Spahiu	420,000	264,000
Kevin Berthelsen	Busted

Tags: Kevin Berthelsen Renato Spahiu