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

10-02-2020 22:36 UTC-5

Steele Doubles Through Kapor

stevefredlund

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

We came upon the action on the river with Pat Steele getting pushed a massive pot. The dealer was counting out Steele's stack of 133,500 that had to be matched by Jason "Clozer" Kapor.

Steele's hand was in front of him, on a board of while Kapor mucked his hand. The dealer stated the hand needed to be shown, but was only able to properly identify the .

With an existing pot before the river of about 80,000, Steele catapulted into one of the chip leaders in the tournament with 350,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Steele	350,000 270,000	270,000
Jason "Clozer" Kapoor	180,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Pat Steele

10-02-2020 22:37 UTC-5

Magnus Done and Dusted

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After Nicola Ditrapani raised to 9,000 from the hijack, Nadya Magnus three-bet jammed for approximately 40,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Ditrapani wasted little time in making the call.

Nadya Magnus:
Nicola Ditrapani:

Magnus had a kicker problem and it didn't get resolved as the board ran out .

With just 18 players remaining, a two-table redraw will take place. Just six more need to leave before players bag and tag on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	Busted

Tags: Nadya Magnus Nicola Ditrapani

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-02-2020 22:42 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 1

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Count
1	1	Antonio De La Cruz	230,000
1	2	Brian Barros	120,000
1	3	Yang Yeng	55,000
1	4	Johnny Flores	95,000
1	5	Donnie Phan	175,000
1	6	Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi	175,000
1	7	Joseph Paris	210,000
1	8	Jason "Clozer" Kapor	180,000
1	9	Chris Bone	65,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio De La Cruz	230,000 15,000	15,000
Joseph Paris	210,000 165,000	165,000
Jason "Clozer" Kapoor	180,000
Donnie Phan	175,000 95,000	95,000
Brian Barros	120,000 -40,000	-40,000
Johnny Flores	95,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi	75,000 -10,000	-10,000
Chris Bone	65,000
Yang Yeng	55,000 38,500	38,500

10-02-2020 22:45 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 2

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Count
2	1	Brandon Reyes	131,000
2	2	Nicola Ditrapani	239,000
2	3	Andy Rogowski	300,000
2	4	Eric Salazar	105,000
2	5	Josias Santos	306,000
2	6	Kevin Berthelsen	210,000
2	7	Chris Weber	15,000
2	8	Pat Steele	360,000
2	9	Sami Shurbaji	240,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Steele	360,000 10,000	10,000
Josias Santos	306,000 306,000	306,000
Andy Rogowski	300,000 45,000	45,000
Sami Shurbaji	240,000 90,000	90,000
Nicola Ditrapani	239,000 239,000	239,000
Kevin Berthelsen	210,000 150,000	150,000
Brandon Reyes	131,000 131,000	131,000
Eric Salazar	105,000 105,000	105,000
Chris Weber	15,000 -35,000	-35,000

10-02-2020 23:05 UTC-5

Last Break of the Night

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night.

10-02-2020 23:11 UTC-5

Bone Gets His Double

stevefredlund

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Just before the break, Joseph Paris opened to 12,500 from the button and was called by the big blind of Chris Bone.

On a flop of , Bone checked and Paris put him all in for Bone's remaining 37.500.

Bone quickly made the call tabling and was well ahead of the of Paris.

The board completed giving Bone the double with 16 players remaining in Day 1A.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Bone	100,000 35,000	35,000
Joseph Paris	90,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Chris Bone Joseph Paris

10-02-2020 23:19 UTC-5

Updated Table 2 Chip Counts at Break

stevefredlund

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josias Santos	420,000 114,000	114,000
Andy Rogowski	330,000 30,000	30,000
Nicola Ditrapani	290,000 51,000	51,000
Pat Steele	280,000 -80,000	-80,000
Sami Shurbaji	240,000
Kevin Berthelsen	135,000 -75,000	-75,000
Eric Salazar	90,000 -15,000	-15,000
Brandon Reyes	83,000 -48,000	-48,000
Chris Weber	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-02-2020 23:22 UTC-5

Updated Table 1 Chip Counts at Break

stevefredlund

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio De La Cruz	290,000 60,000	60,000
Donnie Phan	175,000
Joseph Paris	155,000 65,000	65,000
Brian Barros	105,000 -15,000	-15,000
Chris Bone	100,000
Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Salabi	95,000 20,000	20,000
Johnny Flores	90,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jason "Clozer" Kapoor	85,000 -95,000	-95,000
Yang Yeng	Busted