2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Gerald Heath
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$130,935
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$638,700
Entries
660
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
78
Players Left
1

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 12,000

A Look at the Current MSPT Season 10 POY Race

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Shin
Mike Shin

The MSPT Season 10 Player of the Year Race is in its home stretch and right now Mike Shin holds a healthy lead over both Adam Friedman and Matt Kirby.

At the end of the calendar year, the top-ranked player will receive POY recognition and a $10,000 Main Event buy-in for 2020.

With just a few stops remaining, Shin holds a big lead in the Player of the Year race. His 5,400 points are well ahead of Friedman, who is his next closest competition with 3,500 points.

Shin has amassed 10 MSPT cashes in 2019 which includes winning the MSPT Majestic Star back in January for $68,593 and finishing third in the MSPT Venetian over the summer for $334,000. That was the second-largest score of his career behind the $427,930 he received for finishing 12th in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.

PlacePlayerPoints
1Mike Shin5,400
2Adam Friedman3,500
3Matt Kirby3,425
4Brian Wilson3,250
5Andy Tran2,950
6Aaron Johnson2,867
7Eric Baldwin2,700
8Brian Hou2,700
9DJ Buckley2,417
10Alex Winter2,450

Belland Wins with Queens

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Steve Belland
Steve Belland

Steve Belland opened the action with a raise to 15,000 from middle position and action folded around to Paul Camby, who defended his big blind. The flop fell {7-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and both players checked.

Camby fired out a bet of 18,000 on the {6-Clubs} turn and Belland called. The river came {3-Clubs} and Camby bet again, sliding out a stack of T1,000 chips about 25,000 tall. Belland quickly tossed a chip in the middle to call.

Camby showed {3-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a rivered pair of threes and Belland tabled {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} for a pair of queens, good to earn him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Camby us
Paul Camby
420,000 -45,000
Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
210,000 19,000

Tags: Paul CambySteve Belland

Durkin Wins at Showdown

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

There was around 60,000 in the middle on a board reading {7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Gerald Siemienas had checked from the big blind to put action onto William Durkin, who bet 25,000 from middle position. Siemienas thought for a few moments and called.

The river came {5-Diamonds} and both players checked to take the hand to showdown.

Siemienas showed {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a pair of nines and Durkin tabled {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, good to earn him the pot with his pair of queens.

Player Chips Progress
William Durkin us
William Durkin
245,000 89,000
Gerald Siemienas us
Gerald Siemienas
205,000 -111,000

Tags: Gerald SiemienasWilliam Durkin

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Beddaoui Loses Flip To Bust

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Abraham Beddaoui shoved all in for around 70,000 from under the gun and received action from Hassan Tahsildar, who was on the button.

"Please have ace-king," said Beddaoui, showing {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

Tahsildar complied with a shrug-nod hybrid, showing {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

The coin flip situation was about all Beddaoui could ask for before the flop, though his postflop wishes would not be fulfilled as the board ran out {q-Clubs}{a-Spades}{3-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, resulting in him hitting the rail as Tasildar saw a pot sent his way that brings him over a quarter-million.

Player Chips Progress
Hassan Tahsildar us
Hassan Tahsildar
255,000 75,000
Abraham Beddaoui us
Abraham Beddaoui
Busted

Tags: Abraham BeddaouiHassan Tahsildar

Berk Busts Rock To Burst the Bubble

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ben Rock got his last 17,000 in from the big blind with action from Michael Berk, who was in middle position.

Ben Rock: {j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Michael Berk: {7-}{7-}

The board ran out {a-}{2-}{4-}{a-}{3-} and Rock became the 73rd place finisher, taking the tournament into the money with around 12 minutes left in Level 16.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Berk us
Michael Berk
185,000 21,500
Ben Rock us
Ben Rock
Busted

Tags: Ben RockMichael Berk