2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago

Midway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74
Prize
$55,060
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$258,020
Entries
266
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
102
Players Left
12

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Flores Doubles Through Berk

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Johnny Flores
Johnny Flores

Johnny Flores and Michael Berk were heads up on a board of {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Hearts} as they sat next to each other, Berk on Flores' left.

With about 18,000 in the pot, Flores checked and Berk bet 11,000. Flores moved all-in for 48,900 sending Berk deep into thought. After several minutes, Berk made the call with his {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} but was in rough shape against the {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} of Flores.

The river {4-Clubs} didn't change anything and Flores doubled up to over 100,000 while Berk took a hit, leaving him with 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Flores us
Johnny Flores
116,000
66,500
66,500
Michael Berk us
Michael Berk
70,000
-67,000
-67,000

Tags: Johnny FloresMichael Berk

Cervantos Sends One Packing

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The under-the-gun player open-jammed for 12,000 and Jose Cervantos opted to make the call.

Jose Cervantos: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
UTG Player: {8-}{8-}

It was a flip but not after the flop came down {10-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} to pair Cervantos. Neither the {5-Diamonds} turn nor {a-Hearts} river helped the at-risk player and Cervantos scored the elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Cervantos us
Jose Cervantos
34,800

Tags: Jose Cervantos

The "BigOBoss" Chipping Up

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Johnny "BigOBoss" Flores raised to 1,200 preflop from middle position after the under-the-gun players limped. Yang Yeng then called from the small blind, the limper did the same, and the trio took a flop of {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}.

Two checks saw Flores bet 5,000 and only Yeng called to see the {4-Hearts} turn.

Yeng opted to lead out for 5,000 only to have Flores instantly jam for 28,000.

That did the trick as Yeng laid down his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Flores us
Johnny Flores
49,500
17,500
17,500
Yang Yeng us
Yang Yeng
16,500
16,500
16,500

Tags: Johnny FloresYang Yeng

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

De La Cruz Cracks Kings for a Big Double

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Antonio De La Cruz opened to 1,200 from under-the-gun and faced a big three-bet from the button to 10,000. The small blind was all in for his remaining 600. De La Cruz opted to make the call.

On a flop of {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}, De La Cruz bet 3,000 and was raised to 8,000 from the player on the button. De La Cruz moved all-in for a total of 17,700. After asking for a count, his opponent made the call and tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. De La Cruz flipped over {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and the small blind all-in player showed {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}.

The board ran out clean for De La Cruz {8-Hearts}{10-Spades} who doubled to nearly twice a starting stack as we closed out Level 7.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio De La Cruz us
Antonio De La Cruz
58,000
58,000
58,000

Tags: Antonio De La Cruz

Berk's Quads Propel Him Above 100,000

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Michael Berk
Michael Berk

As we heard buzzing from an outside table, we arrived to find Michael Berk building the biggest stack in the room. Berk offered to share what happened, which was confirmed by the tournament director.

Berk opened to 900 from middle position with pocket aces. He was called in two spots, the player on his direct left and Steve Wilkie in the big blind.

The flop of {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades} rainbow was checked around.

On an {8-Diamonds} turn, which completed the rainbow board, Wilkie bet 2,100 which was called by Berk, and the other player folded their hand.

The {a-Spades} appeared on the river, giving quads to Berk. Wilkie bet 4,000 and Berk then declared "All-in."

Wlkie called off for a total of about 25,000 and showed the {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for a full house, an unfortunate second-best hand for the second time today.

Midway Poker Tour
Midway Poker Tour
Player Chips Progress
Michael Berk us
Michael Berk
137,000
89,000
89,000
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
Busted

Tags: Michael BerkSteve Wilkie

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Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500