Welcome to Day 2 of 2019 MSPT Denver Poker Open
The 2019 Mid-States Poker Tour Denver Poker Open $1,100 Main Event has come down to the final day with 55 players advancing out of 399 entries total. Day 2 is set for an 11 a.m. kickoff here in the Rocky Mountains, at Golden Gates Casino Resort.
Jim Morrison will lead the pack when play begins, albeit narrowly, bringing 413,000 back after a stellar finish to Day 1b. He'll be trailed by the 411,500 of Caleb Meyer, the 393,500 of Nick Boll, the 378,000 of Phil Kiphardt and the 351,000 of Steve Wilkie.
Other notables coming back include defending champ Brian Hou, Ben Keeline, Rich Dixon, Vincent Moscati, Adedapo Ajayi and Nebraska's own "Farmer" Phil Mader.
As Day 1b reached the earliest hard stop, that's the point where Day 2 will begin. Action kicks off with 26 minutes left at 1,500/3,000/3,000.
Official payouts have not yet been made available to PokerNews, but the expectation is that 45 places will be paid with the winner taking home approximately $85,000. That winner will be crowned here on Sunday, so stay tuned to see who the next MSPT champ will be.
, Socrates Apergis checked out of the big blind and called about 23,000 from Loomis Jones in middle position. The river was a 
and Apergis checked. Jones bet about 32,000 and Apergis instantly announced all in. Jones shot out of his seat.
. A disgusted Jones tossed 
and Mitch Lekarczyk called in the cutoff. On the 
river, Ajayi bet 6,000, leaving only about 4,000 back. Lekarczyk dropped in about 40,000 and Ajayi went deep into the tank then decided to call after about two minutes.
for the nuts and Ajayi spun his cards into the muck. The dealer revealed 
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but expressed confidence he'd improve on the flop. He did as 
flopped. However, the 
turn and 
river missed him.
and Remington checked. Sanchez instantly shoved all in for 301,000. About 30 seconds later, Remington called and turned over 
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into the middle.
on the river to send the pot to Remington with the nut flush.
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