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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
Big Stack Collision Creates Monster Pot for Ditripani
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Playing seven-handed, Josias Santos opened to 14,000 and was called by the big blind of Nicola Ditrapani. Santos started the hand with about 340,000 and Ditripani with 450,000.
The flop came 
. Ditrapani checked and Santos bet 28,000. Ditrapani raised to 71,000 before Santos shoved all-in for 390,000. Ditrapani declared, "I flopped flush bro" and made the call.
Ditrapani tabled 
and was up against the 
of Santos.
Santos could not get the help he needed as the board completed 
giving Ditripani a massive 800,000 chip stack and sending Santos to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
Busted |
Brian Barros Bubbles in 13th Place; Final 12 Bagging and Tagging
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On just the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Brian Barros moved all in for 104,000 from early position and Joseph Paris called from the button. Chris Bone then three-bet all in from the big blind for 134,000 and Paris called off his last 12,000.
Brian Barros: 
Joseph Paris: 
Chris Bone: 
Paris had more chips than Barros, meaning if both players busted in the hand the former would get paid and the latter would be the bubble.
While both were behind, Paris got lucky when the 
flop delivered him a set. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed the hand and Paris took down the large pot while Bone was left with just 9,000 and Barros bubbled.
The remaining 12 players will now bag and tag on the Day 1a flight. Stay tuned for a list of chip counts as well as a short recap of the Day 1a action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
9,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
|
Busted |
Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A (full)
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
761,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
|
353,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
345,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
288,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
286,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
272,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
173,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
159,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
148,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
138,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
126,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
9,000 |
Nicola Ditrapani Bags Chip Lead Among Dozen Day 1a Survivors
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On Friday, a new mid-major poker tour officially launched with the inaugural Midway Poker Tour stop in the Chicagoland area. The first of two starting flights in the $1,100 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event attracted 102 entries, and at the end of the night just a dozen remained with Nicola Ditrapani and his stack of 761,000 leading the way.
Ditrapani took down a massive pot late after flopping a spade flush against Josias Santos’ set of kings. The board failed to pair and Ditrapani bagged more than double his next nearest competition in Antonio De La Cruz, who advanced with 353,000.
Others to bag were Pat Steele (288,000), Andy Rogowski (272,000), Eric Salazar (173,000), Donnie Phan (159,000), and Kevin Berthelsen (126,000).
Among those to fire and fall on Day 1a were Cody Brinn, Bryan Skreens, Yousef Saleh, Michael Berk, Ryan Phan, Kou Vang, Nadya Magnus, and tour founder Dan Bekavac.
All of those players and any newcomers will have the opportunity to try again on Day 1b at Noon on Saturday. Late registration and re-entries will remain open for 12 levels. Not only will PokerNews provide live updates throughout the flight, a featured table live stream will be offered for those interested in watching some of the action.
Midway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Completed