$1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2019 MSPT Meskwaki Casino
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
More Hopefuls To Descend in Meskwaki for Day 1b of Main Event
It is time for the Day 1b of the MSPT Meskwaki Main Event. Action gets rolling here in Iowa at 3 p.m. local time. The players today will battle to attempt to join the 20 players who survived Day 1a, lead by Derek McMaster who finished the day with 482,500.
The buy in for this event is $1,100, which gets every entry a starting stack of 15,000. Each entry has the option of a $10 add-on for an additional 5,000 chips and one would assume that most players will elect to take that opportunity to boost their starting stack to 20,000.
Levels are 40 minutes in length, a 10-minute break will be held every three levels. Day 1a ended with 12% with 15 minutes remaining in Level 15, so Day 1b will mirror that finish and end at the same day so as to keep the flights as even as possible.
The survivors of the day will advance to Day 2, which is on Sunday November 3rd at 11 a.m. There they will combine with the players who survive Day 1a to contest for the title.
PokerNews will provide coverage of the Main Event is entirety, so stay tuned for some MSPT action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Day 1b of the Meskwaki Main Event is underway with roughly 100 entries to start the day.
Sodoma Busts Tran Very Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Barely 5 minutes into play on Day 1b and there was already a knockout story. Andy Tran relayed what happened.
Tran had flopped a set of deuces. He got it all in with Joe Sodoma who held the 
on the club turn to give Sodoma a flush draw.
The river would be a club to flush Tran out of chips very early, but he plans to re-enter with his one chance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Shots From Day 1b Action
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Set Good For Sturges
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Three players were in the hand on a flop of 
. The first player bet 700 and was called by the next player to act. Mary Sturges then raised to 2,500 which caused the first player to fold but got a call from the second player.
The turn was the 
to put a third diamond on board]. Both players checked. The river came the . Sturges called the river bet of 3,200 of her opponent and turned over the winning set with the 
which bested the announced "top two" of her opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | 32,000 |
Grimes Gets Flush Value
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Action was on the river as the board read 
. Jeff Grimes bet 1,300 into two opponents, one folded and the next one to act called after a moment.
Grimes turned over the 
for the second nut flush to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000 | 27,000 |