First Break of the Day
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Players are on on their first 15-minute break of the day.
2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago
Midway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$258,020
Entries
266
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
102
Players Left
12
Yeung Wins One Before the Break
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Just before the break, five players limped before Jason "Bigboyyyyy" Yeung raised to 700 from the small blind. All the limpers, as well as the big blind, called and it was multi-way action to the flop, which came down 
. Action checked around and the 
appeared on the turn.
Yeung bet 1,200 and only the player in the big blind called to see the 
river. Yeung bet 8,000 and his opponent call. Yeung tabled the [x10h] for tens full and it was good as his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Kings vs. Queens
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Shortly after coming back from the break, Mike Reynolds and Voytek Glab got in a preflop raising war that resulted in the former getting his stack all in.
Mike Reynolds: 
Voytek Glab: 
Reynolds, who was the big winner in last night's $5/$10 live-streamed no-limit hold'em cash game, was ahead with the bigger pocket pair and he shipped the double after the board ran out clean.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,800
16,800
|
16,800 |
|
10,100 |
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Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
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Rocket Fuel for Kniska
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
John Kniska raised from the under-the-gun position to 1,300 and was called by the Donnie Phan in the hijack as well as both players in the blinds.
After a flop of 
, both blinds checked and Kniska continued for 1,600. Phan folded, the small blind called, and the big blind folded.
On a 
turn, the small blind checked and then called the 3,200 bet from Kniska.
The river 
created a similar pattern with the small blind check-calling Kniska's bet of 5,000.
Kniska tabled 
while the small blind revealed the 
, the final ace in the deck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
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Berk's Quads Propel Him Above 100,000
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
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 
rainbow was checked around.
On an 
turn, which completed the rainbow board, Wilkie bet 2,100 which was called by Berk, and the other player folded their hand.
The 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 
for a full house, an unfortunate second-best hand for the second time today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
137,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
Busted |
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 
, 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 
. De La Cruz flipped over 
and the small blind all-in player showed 
.
The board ran out clean for De La Cruz who doubled to nearly twice a starting stack as we closed out Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |