2019 MSPT Denver Poker Open

$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2019 MSPT Denver Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$85,149
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Entries
399
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
194
Players Left
32

$1,110 Main Event

Day 1c Started

Welcome to Day 1c of MSPT Denver Poker Open

Golden Gates Casino Black Hawk, Colorado
Golden Gates Casino Black Hawk, Colorado

Two flights are down and one is left, the last chance for players to get in on the growing prize pool in Mid-States Poker Tour Denver Poker Open $1,110 Main Event at Golden Gates Casino in the Rocky Mountains.

A total of 205 entries have been logged thus far, so the $200,000 guarantee is no longer in question. The only questions are how big the field will get, and will anyone be able to catch the 413,000 bagged by Jim Morrison after a torrid finish to Day 1b?

Those who have yet to bag — or wish to surrender their stacks — will have a chance starting at noon local time. Another day full of 40-minute levels is on tap, with players receiving 20,000 in their starting stacks and navigating from 100/100 to 1,500/3,000/3,000.

The latter level is where play will end, with about 26 minutes remaining on the clock, unless another hard stop is reached even earlier at 12% of the field. Those who do go bust can reenter as many times as they wish until the start of Level 13.

To keep tabs on all the happenings on Day 1c, keep an eye here on PokerNews.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Dixon Victimized by Runner-Runner

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Rich Dixon put in a massive overbet of 3,800, about twice the pot, from the small blind on {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades}. Terry Wheeler called on the button and Dixon fired another 7,000 on the {5-Spades}. Wheeler peeled again for the {6-Diamonds} river. Dixon checked and Wheeler bet 6,000.

"You really have a seven here?" Dixon asked incredulously. "That's what you're telling me with this bet."

A frustrated Dixon flicked in a call and saw the bad news as Wheeler's {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flush draw turned into a backdoor straight.

Player Chips Progress
Terry Wheeler us
Terry Wheeler
40,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
5,900 -14,100

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Vanstrom Folds the River

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Jason Vanstrom
Jason Vanstrom

Jason Vanstrom bet 2,100 on a board of {4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} from the button, only to have his neighbor, Stephen Decker, check-raise to 7,000. Vanstrom called, bringing a {5-Hearts} river. Decker bet 10,000, nearly all of Vanstrom's remaining chips. After around a minute, Vanstrom released.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Decker us
Stephen Decker
35,000 35,000
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
10,400 -9,600

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Big River Value for Hou

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante
Brian Hou
Brian Hou

Five players saw the turn as {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades} hit the felt, and a player bet 2,000 from middle position. Brian Hou called in the hijack, and the two players behind him called as well. The river was a {q-Spades} and action checked to Hou. He bet 8,500. The cutoff folded but the player on the button called.

Hou showed {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flush and took the sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hou us
Brian Hou
40,000 20,000

Tags: Brian Hou