$1,100 Main Event | 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship

10-13-2019 15:08 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ekrem Bozkurt	800,000 600,000	600,000
Justin Brown	600,000 456,000	456,000
Andy Tran	500,000 244,500	244,500
Jeremy Martin	400,000 237,000	237,000
Gary Thill	350,000 81,000	81,000
Dapreesch Scates	300,000 128,500	128,500
Sam Federoff	250,000 150,500	150,500
Gregory Jennings	245,000 171,500	171,500
Brandon Lin	240,000 -18,000	-18,000
Brandon Poe	210,000 -13,500	-13,500
Wasim Mahfooth	200,000 95,000	95,000
Kevin Smiley	200,000 133,000	133,000
Jeremy Rayburn	140,000 -40,000	-40,000

10-13-2019 15:11 UTC-4

Melasi Binks an Ace to Stay Alive

TylerWarken

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

The under the gun player started with a limp and Jason Melasi raised to 54,000 from middle position. Bill Byrnes was in the small blind and announced all in. The limper got out of the way and Melasi called off his remaining 299,000.

Jason Melasi:
Bill Byrnes:

Melasi got was he was looking for as the flop came . Byrnes would need to hit a queen to make a straight but was unable to do so as the board completed and .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Melasi	635,000 210,000	210,000
Bill Byrnes	300,000 -170,000	-170,000

Tags: Bill Byrnes Jason Melasi

10-13-2019 15:14 UTC-4

Break Time

TylerWarken

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

The players are now on a 10-minute break.

10-13-2019 15:17 UTC-4

100th - 108th Place Finishers ($2,661)

TylerWarken

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Stansell Jr	Busted
Paul Jewell	Busted
Kevin Parrott	Busted
Richard Marr	Busted
Christopher Blik	Busted
Bryan Skreens	Busted
Santa Zawaideh	Busted
Daniel Peters	Busted
Adam Lamphere	Busted

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

10-13-2019 15:23 UTC-4

91st - 99th Place Finishers ($2,817)

TylerWarken

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Donnie Phan	Busted
Duston Newton	Busted
Mark Morris	Busted
Joshua Shmerl	Busted
Mike Shin	Busted
Murat Muftari	Busted
Ravi Raghavan	Busted

Timothy Busche	Busted
Gregory Williams	Busted

10-13-2019 15:30 UTC-4

Three-Time MSPT Champ Down

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

just setting up my twttr
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack)

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Bohn	Busted

10-13-2019 15:46 UTC-4

Matakis Doubles Through Hebden

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With a pay jump looming, Minnesota's Ian Matakis raised to 150,000 of his 159K stack from the under-the-gun position. Action folded to Elliott Hebden who called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop came down . Matakis put in his remaining 9,000 and Hebden called.

Elliott Hebden:
Ian Matakis:

Matakis took the lead on the flop and held onto it through the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliott Hebden	760,000 -160,000	-160,000
Ian Matakis	350,000 191,000	191,000

Tags: Elliott Hebden Ian Matakis

10-13-2019 15:46 UTC-4

Jennings Flops, Turns and Rivers It

TylerWarken

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Gregory Jennings pushed his last 175,000 in the middle and was flipping against Justin Pease when he called.

Gregory Jennings:
Justin Pease:

Jennings was able to improve to a pair on the flop to take the lead. The turn gave him two pair but now presented chop outs. Jennings made a full house on the river and he now sits with 400,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Jennings	400,000 155,000	155,000
Justin Pease	350,000 24,500	24,500

Tags: Gregory Jennings Justin Pease

10-13-2019 15:48 UTC-4

82nd - 90th Place Finishers ($3,130)

TylerWarken

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Demian Poll	Busted
Travis Stover	Busted
Gregory Wood	Busted
Mitchell Bank	Busted
Mark Rowland	Busted
Matt Kirby	Busted
David Mclaughlin	Busted
Randy Bullen	Busted
Ryan Hoffman	Busted