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

10-03-2020 17:50 UTC-5

Pocket Rockets Propel Humphrey to a Double

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 3,600 only to have Jerry Humphrey three-bet to 9,000 next to act. Action folded back around to the UTG player and he called to see a flop.

The UTG player check-called a bet of 6,000 and then checked the turn. Humphrey moved all in for 49,600 and the UTG player tank called.

Jerry Humphrey:
UTG Player:

Humphrey had the bigger pocket pair and shipped the double after the was run out on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Humphrey	121,000

Tags: Jerry Humphrey

10-03-2020 17:44 UTC-5

Skreens Sends One to the Rail

stevefredlund

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

We came upon the action with one player all-in and at risk for about 15,000 chips holding and up against the of Bryan Skreens.

Skreens' queens held up on a board of to add a nice chunk to his stack and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Skreens	75,000	38,000

Tags: Bryan Skreens

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

10-03-2020 17:33 UTC-5

Costa Flops a Boat and Gets Paid

stevefredlund

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player limped from under-the-gun before Denian Costa raised to 3,400 from the hijack. The action folded back around to the player in the hijack who made the call.

The action checked around on both the flop and turn .

The fireworks started on the river as the player in the hijack bet 5,100 before Costa raised all-in for 34,800. After a few moments, his opponent made the call showing , but it wasn't good enough to beat the full house of Costa holding .

Player	Chips	Progress
Denian Costa	60,000	60,000

Tags: Denian Costa

10-03-2020 17:26 UTC-5

Wagner Doubles Through Bryant

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jared Wagner got his stack of 44,800 all in preflop and was at risk, but ahead, against Jill Bryant.

Jared Wagner:
Jill Bryant:

Wagner was looking to dodge an ace or other tomfoolery, and he did just that as the board ran out a clean .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wagner	90,000	67,000
Jill Bryant	40,000	-50,000

Tags: Jared Wagner Jill Bryant

10-03-2020 17:15 UTC-5

Maahs Eliminates Magnus

stevefredlund

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nadya Magnus raised from under-the-gun to 2,600 and was called by the player in the hijack and Kevin Maahs in the big blind.

Maahs checked the flop which was followed by a 6,000 chip bet from Magnus. The player in the hijack folded and Maahs made the call.

On the turn, Maahs again checked. Magnus decided to bet all-in for 17,000 which was quickly called by Maahs.

Magnus flipped over and was drawing dead against the of Maahs. The hand gave a nice boost to Maahs and sent Magnus to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	Busted

Tags: Kevin Maahs Nadya Magnus

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-03-2020 17:02 UTC-5

Brady Continues Chipping Up

stevefredlund

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

We came upon the preflop action with Amit "Kook" Kuckreja all-in for 27,600 and at risk with against the of Dennis Brady.

The board was dealt eliminating Kuckreja and adding to Brady's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Brady	65,000	27,000
Amit "Kook" Kuckreja	Busted

Tags: Dennis Brady Amit "Kook" Kuckreja

10-03-2020 17:00 UTC-5

Saleh Doubles Through Kook

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Amit "Kook" Kuckreja raised to 3,000 from early position only to have the player on the button three-bet to 8,500. Yousef Saleh then four-bet jammed for 34,100 from the small blind and Kook called. The button got out of the way and the hands were turned up.

Yousef Saleh:
Amit "Kook" Kuckreja:

Saleh had the best of it and improved to a full house on the flop. The turn left Kook drawing dead and Saleh was pushed the pot after the was run out on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yousef Saleh	78,500	48,500
Amit "Kook" Kuckreja	27,700

Tags: Yousef Saleh Amit "Kook" Kuckreja

10-03-2020 16:54 UTC-5

Q&A with Midway Poker Tour Founder Dan Bekavac

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The Midway Poker Tour was conceived by Dan Bekavac, a Midwest poker player with more than $290K in lifetime tournament earnings. That includes two MSPT titles, one of which was the 2019 MSPT Potawatomi Main Event for a career-high $126,998.

PokerNews had the chance to catch up with Bekavac leading up to this introductory event.

PokerNews: When and how did the Midway Poker Tour come to be?

Bekavac: We’ve been developing an app that is basically Facebook for poker players since 2017, so the idea of the live tour has been being kicked around since then. We are getting closer to launching the app so now is the perfect time to get our live tour off the ground.

What sort of COVID-19 precautions will be taken during the event?

To help keep everyone safe, we are hosting the event in four separate banquet halls and we are limiting each room to five tables of nine players. All players will be required to wear a mask and hand sanitizing stations will be in each gaming room.

What sort of things have you had to do to prepare for this event?

We’ve had custom tables and chips made for the charity, as well as a custom RFID table, as we will be the first and only mid-major poker tour to stream their event live from the beginning to the end of the event. We’ve had to navigate through the Illinois charity gaming regulations to make sure we are 100% in compliance. As well as reach out to many marketing teams and companies to start getting the word out on our new tour.

What do you envision for the future of the Midway Poker Tour?

We created this tour with the concept of, “For Players, By Players”. Giving the players what they want, treating them well and offering them what doesn’t exist now with other tours. We will be the biggest mid-major poker tour by the end of 2021

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