$1,110 Main Event | 2019 MSPT Denver Poker Open

11-24-2019 15:49 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb Meyer	428,000 -72,000	-72,000
Stephen Zipprich	400,000 115,000	115,000
Patrick Pineda	Busted
Jim Morrison	Busted

Greenberg Doubles Through Tanner

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Stephen Tanner raised to 30,000 in the small blind and Ben Greenberg shoved for 114,000 in the big. Tanner opted to call with and Greenberg rolled over .

The board had Tanner calling for a ten but he found a worthless pair with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Greenberg	246,000 107,000	107,000
Stephen Tanner	70,000 -169,000	-169,000

Tags: Stephen Tanner Ben Greenberg

11-24-2019 16:16 UTC-6

Dixon Holds, Busts Lekarczyk

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Rich Dixon opened for 28,000 in the hijack and immediately called the shove of Mitch Lekarczyk, who had about 165,000 on the button.

Dixon:
Lekarczyk:

Lekarczyk didn't get exactly what he wanted but he did improve on the flop. The and danced around him, though, and Dixon collected the pot with kings up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Dixon	712,000 -66,000	-66,000
Mitch Lekarczyk	Busted

Tags: Mitch Lekarczyk Rich Dixon

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

11-24-2019 16:27 UTC-6

Benavram Eliminates Tanner

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Stephen Tanner shoved for 92,000 in middle position and Sam Benavram had him at risk with on the button. Tanner was dominated with but he liked the flop as he picked up a pair and a gutter. Running queens sent him to the rail though.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Benavram	307,000 31,000	31,000
Stephen Tanner	Busted

Tags: Sam Benavram Stephen Tanner

11-24-2019 16:47 UTC-6

Piazza Busts Meyer

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Caleb Meyer got his last 225,000 or so in with but ran into the held by Tony Piazza. When Meyer couldn't catch up, he collected an 18th-place payout ticket.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Piazza	550,000 478,000	478,000
Caleb Meyer	Busted

Tags: Caleb Meyer Tony Piazza

11-24-2019 16:55 UTC-6

Valenzuela Soaring

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In what looked to be a three-bet pot, Leonardo Valenzuela checked in middle position on . Brian Hou bet 55,000 or so from the cutoff into about 200,000, and Valenzuela announced all in. Hou's cards were instantly in the muck.

Valenzuela turned over .

"All right, no more showing," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Valenzuela	1,200,000 475,000	475,000
Brian Hou	165,000 -152,000	-152,000

Tags: Brian Hou Leonardo Valenzuela

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

11-24-2019 17:06 UTC-6

Valenzuela Eliminates Hou

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Brian Hou was all in for about 180,000 in middle position and Leonardo Valenzuela was in the tank in the big blind. After about a minute, he flicked in a chip.

Hou:
Valenzuela:

The flop gave Hou a shot to chop but the and didn't quite do it for the defending champ.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Valenzuela	1,430,000 230,000	230,000
Brian Hou	Busted

Tags: Brian Hou Leonardo Valenzuela

11-24-2019 17:19 UTC-6

Wilkie Doubles Through Zipprich

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stephen Zipprich checked a flop from the small blind and then called Steve Wilkie's 100,000 bet from early position. Both players checked the , and the river was a . Zipprich checked and Wilkie instantly moved all in. It was about 250,000.