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

10-03-2020 13:58 UTC-5

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

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10-03-2020 13:59 UTC-5

Notable Chip Counts as We Approach the First Break of Day 1a

stevefredlund

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	66,000 -4,000	-4,000
Steve Wilkie	48,000 -4,000	-4,000
Mike Reynolds	45,000 -3,000	-3,000
Gary Herstein	40,000 -5,000	-5,000
Mike Kamenjarin	35,000 35,000	35,000
Howard Hankin	33,000 -3,000	-3,000
Kou Vang	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Ryan Phan	23,000 23,000	23,000
Adam Thomas	20,000 -6,000	-6,000
Michael Berk	17,000 -13,000	-13,000

10-03-2020 14:06 UTC-5

First Break of the Day

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Four levels are in the books here on Day 1b, and that means it's time for the first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-03-2020 14:36 UTC-5

Heidbrick Shows the Goods

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player in middle position raised to 1,300 and the next player in line called. Amanda Heidbrick then reraised to 4,200 from the big blind and only the original raiser called to see the flop.

Action went check-check and the appeared on the turn. Heidbrick bet 6,000, her opponent called, and the completed the board on the river.

Heidbrick bet 9,000 and that did the trick as her opponent folded the face up.

Heidbrick then showed she had the goods with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Heidbrick	59,000

Tags: Amanda Heidbrick

10-03-2020 14:44 UTC-5

2019 WSOP Main Event Final Tablist Kevin Maahs Enters Day 1b

stevefredlund

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Kevin Maahs, who finished fifth in the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event for $2.2 million has taken his seat in Day 1b. Maahs is seated to the right of one of the bigger early stacks in the room, the 60,000 held by Nadya Magnus

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Maahs	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Kevin Maahs Nadya Magnus

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

10-03-2020 14:58 UTC-5

Shots from the Day 1b Field

Chad Holloway

10-03-2020 15:02 UTC-5

Sepiol Doubles Through Magnus

stevefredlund

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

We came across the three-handed action on a flop of and a pot of about 8,000.

Nadya Magnus, from the under-the-gun-plus-one position, bet 2,200 and was raised by Daniel Sepiol on her direct left to 5,500. The player on the button folded, bringing the action back to Magnus. She had Sepiol well-covered and decided to put him all-in by moving a stack of pink 5k chips into the middle.

Sepiol made the call and was in great shape with his against the of Magnus. Sepiol's hand held up as the board completed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Sepiol	55,000 55,000	55,000
Nadya Magnus	45,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Daniel Sepiol Nadya Magnus

10-03-2020 15:14 UTC-5

Miller Scores Double Knockout

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The player in the hijack opened for 1,200 only to have Bryant Miller three-bet to 3,600 from the cutoff. The player on the button called, the small blind folded, and the big blind moved all in for 5,900.

The original raiser got out of the way and both Miller and the button called to see a flop. Miller bet 5,000, the button called, and the dealer burned and turned the .