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

Oct 12, 2019

Lacy Spikes an Eight

Tyler Warken

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.

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Oct 12, 2019

Another Round of Chip Counts

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Chad Holloway

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

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Oct 12, 2019

Hammers Loses Flip for Tournament Life

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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.

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Oct 12, 2019

A Round of Chip Counts

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Chad Holloway

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

Oct 12, 2019

Poe Adds to His Stack

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Tyler Warken

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.

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Oct 12, 2019

Choppers Parked Side-By-Side

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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.

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Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Oct 12, 2019

Dinner Break

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Tyler Warken

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

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

Oct 12, 2019

Phan Hooks Himself a Double

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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.

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Oct 12, 2019

Tran Wins Massive Coin Flip Before Dinner Break

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Tyler Warken

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.

Tags: Andy Tran