2019 MSPT Meskwaki Casino

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 MSPT Meskwaki Casino

Final Results
Winner
Aaron Johnson
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$86,951
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
409
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
176
Players Left
20

Friedman Folds Out Hammers

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The board read {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Spades}{k-Spades} on the river with the pot around 13,000 with two players left contesting the hand.

Adam Friedman took a glance at Tom Hammers stack before betting 5,500 which was enough to get Hammers to quickly discard his hand into the muck and give the man from Columbus, Ohio the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
33,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
13,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Adam FriedmanTom Hammers

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ben Wiora us
Ben Wiora
125,000
116,500
116,500
Jay Phillips us
Jay Phillips
78,000
41,000
41,000
James Schilling us
James Schilling
72,000
-13,000
-13,000
Taylor Howard us
Taylor Howard
63,000
-11,000
-11,000
Nick Marsh us
Nick Marsh
48,000
5,000
5,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
38,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Steve Federspiel us
Steve Federspiel
37,000
23,000
23,000
Yanni Orfanos us
Yanni Orfanos
36,000
28,000
28,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
36,000
18,000
18,000
Hamid Feiz us
Hamid Feiz
36,000
8,000
8,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
32,000
32,000
32,000
Josh Smith us
Josh Smith
21,000
-6,000
-6,000
Keith Heine us
Keith Heine
15,000
-4,000
-4,000
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
13,500
13,500
13,500
Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
9,500
2,300
2,300

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Howard Bets Big

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the turn, the board read {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Taylor Howard made a bet of 15,000 which was quite a bit larger than the pot which featured no big chips. The large bet prompted his opponent to get out of the way swiftly as Howard continues to apply pressure to build his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Howard us
Taylor Howard
79,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Taylor Howard

"Sieminly" In Control

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Dennis Siem has emerged as one of the large stacks in the middle part of Day 1a. He was seen involved in a hand on a board that read {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{j-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

After a bet of 2,400 from his opponent, Siem used his large stack and promptly raised to 8,500. His opponent stewed it over for a few moments before folding and giving Siem even more ammunition.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Siem us
Dennis Siem
147,500
4,400
4,400

Tags: Dennis Siem

Yin Busts Opponent With Nut Flush

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yao "YY" Yin was seen collecting all of his opponent's stack, which was very close to his own.

The board read {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{k-Spades} with the {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} of Yin showing as the winner. He had evidently flopped the goods and found a way to extract the entire chip stack of his opponent, whose cards had already been mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Yao Yin us
Yao Yin
58,000
58,000
58,000

Tags: Yao Yin

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Massey Shoves River

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ralph Massey and Aaron Johnson went to the river with a pot accumulated to about 13,500. After the river was peeled the board read {3-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Johnson checked and Massey pounced, applying maximum pressure by putting out a large stack that was enough to cover Johnson.

Johnson thought it over for a while and eventually folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
46,000
46,000
46,000
Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
15,000
5,500
5,500

Tags: Aaron JohnsonRalph Massey