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

11-17-2019 16:53 UTC-5

Table	Seat	Player
1	1	William Durkin
1	2	Casey Robbins
1	3	Paul Saharsky
1	4	Nicola Ditrapani
1	5	Michael Berk
1	6	Kyle Adams
1	7	Alin Cotolan
1	8	Yao Yin
1	9	Mark Van Keirsbilck

2	1	Miroslav Semanisin
2	2	Wai Ngai
2	3	Blake Whittington
2	4	Goran Filipovic
2	5	Gerald Heath
2	6	Gheorghe Gradinaru
2	7	Li Shen
2	8	Louie Brazzoni
2	9	Paul Camby

3	1	Paul Elfelt
3	2	Rob Wazwaz
3	3	Jonathan Kim
3	4	Nick Pupillo
3	5	Eric Salazar
3	6	Josh Reichard
3	7	Gary Herstein
3	8	Ravi Raghavan
3	9	Luke Goodwillie

Places 28-36

HillKerby

Level 21 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The recent eliminations of Ben Wiora, Steve Belland, and Songjie Zhou have resulted in the tournament reaching 27 players. A full three-table redraw is in the process of being conducted. Stay tuned for updated seating assignments.

In the meantime, the following players finished 28-36th place ($2,810).

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Wiora	Busted
Steve Belland	Busted
Songjie Zhou	Busted
Gerald Siemienas	Busted
Albert Nguyen	Busted
Dan Goepel	Busted
Tomasz Luberda	Busted
Rob Dunn	Busted
Kyle Swanson	Busted

Tags: Ben Wiora Songjie Zhou Steve Belland

11-17-2019 16:34 UTC-5

Wiora Knocks Out Siemienas

HillKerby

Level 21 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action folded around to Louie Brazzoni and he opened to 30,000. Gerald Siemienas was next to act in the small blind and three-bet all in for 127,000. Ben Wiora then went all in over the top from the small blind to get a fold from Brazzoni and the two were off to the races.

Gerald Siemienas:
Ben Wiora:

The flop came to put Wiora out in front and leave Siemienas with two cards left to hit one of the two remaining eights in the deck. Neither came on the turn and river and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Wiora	412,000	-188,000
Louie Brazzoni	250,000	94,000
Gerald Siemienas	Busted

Tags: Ben Wiora Gerald Siemienas Louie Brazzoni

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

11-17-2019 16:23 UTC-5

Berk Showers Nguyen; Doubles Heath

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Hand #1: Albert Nguyen ripped in his last 224,000 from middle position and was called by Michael Berk, who was in the cutoff.

Albert Nguyen:
Michael Berk:

Nguyen got a little help on the flop but was unable to improve any further as the board ran out to result in his elimination from the tournament.

Hand #2: On the following hand, Berk three-bet from the hijack to 75,000 over an early-position open and Gerald Heath cold four-bet all in from the small blind. Action got back to Berk and he called.

Gerald Heath:
Michael Berk:

Just as it looked like Berk would score two eliminations in as many hands, as the flop and turn came , the river gave Heath a pair of kings and scored him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Berk	561,000	-107,000
Gerald Heath	530,000	242,000
Albert Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Albert Nguyen Gerald Heath Michael Berk

11-17-2019 16:10 UTC-5

Raghavan Four-Bet Rips

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ravi Raghavan opened the action with a raise to 25,000 from the hijack and received a call by Steve Belland, who was in the cutoff. The next two players folded before Wai Ngai announced a three-bet to 120,000 out of the big blind.

Raghavan found action back on him and he slid the rest of his chips forward to shove all in. Belland quickly folded and Ngai asked for a count, which was totaled to be 494,000, or another 374,000 to call.

Ngai went into the tank for close to a minute, counting out his T25,000 chips. In total, he had about 370,000 left, meaning the call would be for all of his chips or close to it. He eventually opted to let his hand go and Raghavan took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	657,000	157,000
Wai Ngai	370,000	-185,000
Steve Belland	130,000	-2,000

Tags: Ravi Raghavan Steve Belland Wai Ngai

11-17-2019 15:53 UTC-5

Berk Doubles and Cripples Dunn

HillKerby

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Michael Berk opened to 30,000 from middle position and was called by Rob Dunn on the button and Rob Wazwaz in the big blind. The flop came and Wazwaz checked to Berk, who made a continuation-bet of 65,000.

Action was then on Dunn, who thought for a few moments and then announced he was all in. Wazwaz quickly folded and Berk just as quickly said he called.

Michael Berk:
Rob Dunn:

Berk's top pair, top kicker was way out in front against Dunn's king kicker to go with his top pair. The turn and river changed nothing and Berk scored the double, leaving Dunn with just 15,000 behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	685,000	49,000
Michael Berk	668,000	255,000
Rob Dunn	15,000	-193,000

Tags: Michael Berk Rob Dunn Rob Wazwaz

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-17-2019 15:40 UTC-5

Next Round of Payouts

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The following players finished 37-45th place ($2,491).

Player	Chips	Progress
Saad Ghanem	Busted
Bradley Jansen	Busted
Daniel Buckley	Busted
John Reading	Busted
Steven Federspiel	Busted
John Sun	Busted
Bryant Miller	Busted
Umut Ozturk	Busted
Matt Shepsky	Busted

11-17-2019 15:34 UTC-5

Cotolan Edges Raghavan To Double

HillKerby

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alin Cotolan had opened to 32,000 from middle position and was three-bet for stacks by Ravi Raghavan, who was in the big blind. Cotolan called.

Alin Cotolan:
Ravi Raghavan:

Cotolan would need to improve to stay alive and would do just that on the turn as the board ran out to give him a pair of aces and bring him over a half-million in chips along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alin Cotolan	525,000	302,000
Ravi Raghavan	500,000	-235,000

Tags: Ravi Raghavan Alin Cotolan