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

11-18-2019 00:26 UTC-5

Heath Applies Pressure in Blind-on-Blind Situation

HillKerby

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Gerald Heath opened to 360,000 from the small blind and Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind to take action heads up to the flop . Heath made a continuation-bet of 600,000.

Ditrapani went into the tank over a minute with a decision for nearly one-quarter of his stack. Eventually, he let his hand go and the pot was sent Heath's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	3,300,000 430,000	430,000
Nicola Ditrapani	2,500,000 -460,000	-460,000

Tags: Gerald Heath Nicola Ditrapani

11-18-2019 00:34 UTC-5

Action Slowing Down

HillKerby

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Action has slowed down with no pots of note over the last handful of minutes as all players find themselves hovering around 20 big blinds and have yet to find any spots where two players decided to commit a significant amount, if not all of their chips

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	3,665,000 365,000	365,000
Gary Herstein	2,830,000 -315,000	-315,000
Wai Ngai	2,425,000 495,000	495,000
Nicola Ditrapani	2,390,000 -110,000	-110,000
Josh Reichard	1,890,000 -695,000	-695,000

11-18-2019 00:48 UTC-5

Ditrapani Climbing

HillKerby

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Nicola Ditrapani has taken down the last couple of pots without resistance and now finds himself over 3 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Ditrapani	3,360,000 970,000	970,000

11-18-2019 00:52 UTC-5

Heath Puts Reichard To the Test

HillKerby

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Josh Reichard was in the cutoff and raised to 260,000. Action folded to Gerald Heath, who was in the big blind. Heath thought about his decision for over a minute and then announced he was all in.

Reichart quickly folded and Heath took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	3,865,000 200,000	200,000
Josh Reichard	1,630,000 -260,000	-260,000

Tags: Gerald Heath Josh Reichard

11-18-2019 00:59 UTC-5

Some Fun Leads Into the Break

HillKerby

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

The final five players are on a 10-minute break.

On the last hand before break, Josh Reichard saw action fold to him in the small blind and jammed all in for 1.73 million. Gary Herstein was in the big blind and called after a bit of deliberation.

Josh Reichard:
Gary Herstein:

The flop came to give Herstein a nut flush draw and take away one of Reichard's outs. The turn came to bring three chop outs to Broadway on board, and the river fell behind it to bring the chop.

Reichard and Herstein immediately looked to each other and high-fived one another before getting up along with the rest of the table to enjoy their 10 minutes away from the table.

Chip counts have been provided for all five players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	3,745,000 -120,000	-120,000
Nicola Ditrapani	3,350,000 -10,000	-10,000
Gary Herstein	2,540,000 -290,000	-290,000
Wai Ngai	1,785,000 -640,000	-640,000
Josh Reichard	1,780,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Gary Herstein Josh Reichard

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

11-18-2019 01:17 UTC-5

Four Hands; No Action

HillKerby

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

The first four hands after break saw a raise-and-take-it from Gerald Heath out of the cutoff, all-in shoves by Wai Ngai and Josh Reichard from the cutoff and small blind, respectively with no action on either, and a raise-and-take-it by Nicola Ditrapani

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Ditrapani	3,750,000 400,000	400,000
Gerald Heath	3,730,000 -15,000	-15,000
Gary Herstein	2,410,000 -130,000	-130,000
Wai Ngai	1,665,000 -120,000	-120,000
Josh Reichard	1,640,000 -140,000	-140,000

Tags: Gerald Heath Josh Reichard Nicola Ditrapani Wai Ngai

11-18-2019 01:26 UTC-5

Josh Reichard Eliminated in 5th Place ($33,212)

HillKerby

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Josh Reichard was on the button and shoved all in for 1.3 million. Next up was Gary Herstein in the small blind, and he thought for some time in deliberation before apologizing to the skies above for folding. Wai Ngai then called from the big blind.

Josh Reichard:
Wai Ngai:

Reichard paired his ten on the flop , leaving Ngai with seven outs to either a pair of aces or a ten-high straight. The turn gave Reichard trips, cutting Ngai's outs to four. Unfortunately for Reichard, the river was one of those four, giving Ngai a straight to send Reichard to the rail in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Ngai	3,565,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Josh Reichard	Busted

Tags: Gary Herstein Josh Reichard Wai Ngai

11-18-2019 01:31 UTC-5

Heath Wins on the Turn

HillKerby

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Nicola Ditrapani opened to 425,000 from the cutoff and saw Gerald Heath defend his big blind. The flop came and Heath checked. Ditrapani made a continuation-bet of 350,000 and Heath called.

The turn was . Heath led out with a bet of 600,000 and Ditrapani thought for a few moments before sending his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	4,305,000 575,000	575,000
Nicola Ditrapani	2,955,000 -795,000	-795,000

Tags: Gerald Heath Nicola Ditrapani

11-18-2019 01:36 UTC-5

Ngai Gets Three-Bet Twice

HillKerby

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #1:

Wai Ngai was on the button and opened to 350,000. Nicola Ditrapani three-bet to 860,000 and Ngai thought for a few moments and then folded.

Hand #2:

On the following hand, Ngai opened to 350,000 again from the cutoff and was three-bet to 850,000 by Gerald Heath. Ngai again sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Heath	4,855,000 550,000	550,000
Nicola Ditrapani	3,525,000 570,000	570,000
Wai Ngai	2,805,000 -760,000	-760,000

Tags: Gerald Heath Wai Ngai