2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
The final nine players are on a scheduled 10-minute break.
Aaron Massey was in middle position and moved the rest of his 705,000 chips into the middle. Bobby Noel was next to act and called. The rest of the players folded and it was off to the races.
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Bobby Noel: ![]()
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Massey picked up a flush draw to add to his outs when the flop came ![]()
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. He picked up an additional two outs on the
turn card. But the
river was a blank and Massey was eliminated in 10th place.
This was Massey's fourth time making a MSPT Firekeepers final table. His previous best finish was when he won it back in May 2016 for $174,658. Today He will be taking home $20,345 for his deep run.
Action folded to Hyung Cho on the button and he moved all in for 1.25 million. Isaac Kratchman was in the big blind and made the call.
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Hyung Cho: ![]()
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Cho was dominated but gut a lucky runout when it came ![]()
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to give him a straight and the double.
Players have returned from their dinner break and action has resumed in the 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship.

| Place | Player | Hometown | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyung Cho | Indianapolis, IN | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | Keven Stammen | Coldwater, OH | 3,290,000 |
| 3 | Isaac Kratchman | Ferndale, MI | 6,505,000 |
| 4 | Erik Koch | Livonia, MI | 3,870,000 |
| 5 | Justin Pease | Detroit, MI | 2,200,000 |
| 6 | Aaron Massey | Chicago, IL | 1,105,000 |
| 7 | Bobby Noel | Pittsburgh, PA | 3,290,000 |
| 8 | Dapreesch Scates | Sterling Heights, MI | 2,000,000 |
| 9 | Elliott Hebden | Perry, MI | 5,440,000 |
| 10 | Ralph Massey | Chicago, IL | 3,325,000 |
Bad luck led to the demise of Andrew Holland.
In the first hand, Robert Noel was all in preflop for 1.31 million and Holland, who barely had him covered, had him on the ropes.
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Holland was way out in front but Noel got some help on the ![]()
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flop. He needed more though and got it straight away when the dealer burned and turned the
. The
river improved Noel to a full house and left Holland with crumbs.
Holland got it in the very next hand against both Noel and Ralph Massey, who checked it down on a ![]()
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runout. Hollan had ![]()
but it was no good as Noel had rivered a straight with his ![]()
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Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Robert Sinclair raised to 275,000 in middle position and Isaac Kratchman three-bet to 670,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back around to Sinclair who called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Sinclair check-raised all in for 1,800,000. Kratchman didn't waste much time before he called.
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Robert Sinclair: ![]()
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Sinclair was unable to improve as the board ran out
and
. Sinclair will take home $20,345 for his 12th place finish.
Bryant Miller moved all in for 1.075 million from the cutoff and WPT champ Keven Stammen thought for a bit before jamming over the top from the button. Both blinds got out of the way and the hands were tabled.
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Miller got it in good but disaster struck when the ![]()
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flop paired Stammen. Neither the
turn nor
river was the fishhook Miller needed and he headed for the exit.