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

Heath Wins Biggest Pot of the Night to Take Huge Chip Lead

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Gerald Heath
Gerald Heath

Gerald Heath was in the small blind and opened to 500,000. Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of {4-Hearts}{5-Spades}{k-Hearts}. Heath made a continuation-bet of 500,000 and Ditrapani clicked it back, raising the minimum to 1 million.

Heath went into the tank for some time and then three-bet all in, and Ditrapani quickly called.

Gerald Heath: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Nicola Ditrapani: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The two got stacks in for around three-quarters of all chips in play in a situation between a set and a flush draw. The turn came {9-Diamonds} and the river fell behind it {a-Spades} to leave Ditrapani's draw dry. Stacks were totaled and Heath barely had Ditrapani covered, leaving him crippled as four-handed play continues.

Player Chips Progress
Gerald Heath us
Gerald Heath
9,200,000 4,760,000
Wai Ngai us
Wai Ngai
2,100,000 -440,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
1,390,000 -230,000
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
225,000 -4,370,000

Tags: Gerald HeathNicola Ditrapani

Heath Raises the Flop

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Wai Ngai opened to 500,000 from the small blind and Gerald Heath defended his big blind. The flop came {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}. Ngai continuation-bet for 275,000 and Heath put in a raise to 850,000.

Ngai thought for a few seconds and then folded.

Player Chips Progress
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
4,595,000 270,000
Gerald Heath us
Gerald Heath
4,440,000 285,000
Wai Ngai us
Wai Ngai
2,540,000 -265,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
1,620,000 -790,000

Tags: Gerald HeathWai Ngai

Level: 32

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 30,000

Ngai Gets Three-Bet Twice

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

Tags: Gerald HeathWai Ngai

Heath Wins on the Turn

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 {5-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Heath checked. Ditrapani made a continuation-bet of 350,000 and Heath called.

The turn was {4-Spades}. 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 us
Gerald Heath
4,305,000 575,000
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
2,955,000 -795,000

Tags: Gerald HeathNicola Ditrapani

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

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

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: {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Wai Ngai: {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

Reichard paired his ten on the flop {6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{10-Spades}, leaving Ngai with seven outs to either a pair of aces or a ten-high straight. The turn {10-Clubs} gave Reichard trips, cutting Ngai's outs to four. Unfortunately for Reichard, the river {8-Clubs} was one of those four, giving Ngai a straight to send Reichard to the rail in fifth place.

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

Tags: Gary HersteinJosh ReichardWai Ngai

Four Hands; No Action

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

Tags: Gerald HeathJosh ReichardNicola DitrapaniWai Ngai

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

Some Fun Leads Into the Break

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: {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Gary Herstein: {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{3-Hearts} to give Herstein a nut flush draw and take away one of Reichard's outs. The turn came {q-Diamonds} to bring three chop outs to Broadway on board, and the river fell {j-Diamonds} 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 us
Gerald Heath
3,745,000 -120,000
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
3,350,000 -10,000
Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
2,540,000 -290,000
Wai Ngai us
Wai Ngai
1,785,000 -640,000
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard
1,780,000 150,000

Tags: Gary HersteinJosh Reichard