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

10-12-2019 19:44 UTC-4

Lacy Spikes an Eight

TylerWarken

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The under the gun player opened to 2,600, the player next to act called and Pat Lacy moved all in for 25,000. Action got to the button who moved all in over the top. The rest of the players folded and the two remaining flipped their cards over.

Pat Lacy:
Opponent:

There was only two cards in the deck that would save Lacy from elimination and he found one of those cards when the flop came . The board completed and to give Lacy the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Lacy	58,200	58,200

Tags: Pat Lacy

10-12-2019 19:30 UTC-4

Another Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Rogowski	160,000	140,000
Bill Byrnes	150,000	95,000
Irene Carey	125,000	6,500
Brent Burrows	120,000	65,000
Bryan Norris	95,000	62,000
Brian Hou	70,000	61,000
Ryan Dykhouse	53,000	36,500
Robert Hankins	50,000	10,000
Satish Thakur	50,000	29,000
Devin Looney	37,000	-8,000
Pat Steele	37,000	17,000
Jeremy Brown	34,000	9,000
Kou Vang	22,500	5,500
Jason Zarlenga	22,000	2,000
Jeff Fielder	20,000	-50,000
Azret Covic	Busted
Brian Wilson	Busted
Sandra Morse	Busted
Alex Winter	Busted
Dan Wagner	Busted
Brett Blackwood	Busted
Gregory Brewer	Busted
Robb Dunn	Busted
John Sun	Busted
Josh Smith	Busted

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10-12-2019 19:28 UTC-4

Hammers Loses Flip for Tournament Life

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Minnesota's Tom Hammers got his stack all in preflop and found himself racing for his tournament life against Griffin Abel.

Tom Hammers:
Griffin Abel:

Hammers held the same hand Phil Hellmuth did when he took down the 1989 WSOP Main Event, but they didn't treat him as good as they did the "Poker Brat." Instead, the pocket nines fell behind when the flop paired Abel.

Hammers had a spade flush draw but failed to his it as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Abel	95,000
Tom Hammers	Busted

Tags: Tom Hammers

10-12-2019 19:26 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Shin	140,000	85,000
Donnie Phan	85,000	15,000
Nate Tarantelli	75,000	30,000
Blake Whittington	60,000
Todd Sladek	60,000	43,000
David To	50,000	35,000
Greg Himmelbrand	45,000	25,500
Gary Herstein	40,000	-5,000
Josh Reichard	30,000	2,000
Henry Zou	28,000	-22,000
Miroslav Semanisin	26,500	2,500
Dan Heimiller	23,000	-12,000
Ravi Raghavan	21,000	-19,000
Matt Kirby	20,000	-10,000
Marius Toderici	19,000	-41,000
Aaron Massey	17,500	-4,500
Keith Heine	Busted
Sherry Hammers	Busted

10-12-2019 19:26 UTC-4

Poe Adds to His Stack

TylerWarken

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player in the hijack raised to 2,600 and Bobby Poe defended his big blind.

Both players checked the flop and Poe led for 3,500 on the turn card. His opponent called.

Poe checked on the river card and snap called when his opponent bet 5,100.

Bobby Poe:
Opponent:

Poe took down the pot with top two as his opponent missed his open-ended straight flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Poe	45,000	45,000

Tags: Bobby Poe

10-12-2019 19:23 UTC-4

Choppers Parked Side-By-Side

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

While the MSPT is the venue's biggest event each year, FireKeepers also host tournaments throughout the year.

One of them is a monthly $500 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament, which tends to draw in crowds and offer up a juicy prize pool.

Last month, Dennis Brady and Paul Welke chopped that tournament, and as fate would have it, the duo are currently seated side-by-side here in the 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship.

Tags: Dennis Brady Paul Welke

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-12-2019 18:20 UTC-4

Dinner Break

TylerWarken

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The players are now headed on a 40-minute dinner break.

10-12-2019 18:20 UTC-4

Phan Hooks Himself a Double

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The preflop action escaped us but we do know that several players folded out after Donnie Phan, who two months back finished runner-up in the 2019 MSPT Indiana State Poker Championship for $38,862, had jammed for 11,000 and another player isolated.

Donnie Phan:
Opponent:

Phan had the superior pocket pair and was awarded the double after the board ran out a clean . He put his new chips to good use by doubling again just minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donnie Phan	70,000	59,000

Tags: Donnie Phan

10-12-2019 18:08 UTC-4

Tran Wins Massive Coin Flip Before Dinner Break

TylerWarken

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After four players had already limped in the action was on Irene Carey who made it 5,500 from the hijack. Andy Tran was one of the limpers and he moved all in for 32,500. After a some time in the tank Carey called and they turned their cards over.

Andy Tran:
Irene Carey:

The flop wasn't what Tran had in mind but the turn was just what he needed. The river improved Tran to a full house and he was able to get a full double up before dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Tran	67,000	67,000

Tags: Andy Tran