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

11-17-2019 15:07 UTC-5

Chip Counts from Break

HillKerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	735,000 112,000	112,000

Rob Wazwaz	636,000 262,000	262,000

Yao Yin	558,000 435,000	435,000
Wai Ngai	555,000 249,000	249,000
Luke Goodwillie	490,000 188,500	188,500
Paul Elfelt	463,000 294,000	294,000
Albert Nguyen	415,000 181,500	181,500
Michael Berk	413,000 228,000	228,000
Casey Robbins	383,000 4,000	4,000
Eric Salazar	359,000 149,000	149,000
Nick Pupillo	342,000 92,000	92,000

Dan Goepel	334,000 -58,000	-58,000
Gerald Heath	288,000 72,000	72,000
Saad Ghanem	268,000 78,000	78,000
John Sun	238,000 28,000	28,000
Alin Cotolan	223,000 6,000	6,000
Daniel Buckley	178,000 -5,500	-5,500
Bradley Jansen	169,000 82,000	82,000

Tomasz Luberda	166,000 112,000	112,000
Kyle Adams	152,000 103,500	103,500
Bryant Miller	132,000 -133,000	-133,000
Gary Herstein	120,000 18,000	18,000
Kyle Swanson	82,000 5,000	5,000
Umut Ozturk	Busted

11-17-2019 15:12 UTC-5

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

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11-17-2019 15:16 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

HillKerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Semanisin	614,000 -57,000	-57,000
Paul Camby	601,000 31,000	31,000
Ben Wiora	600,000 451,500	451,500
Paul Saharsky	461,000 348,000	348,000
Gheorghe Gradinaru	379,000 336,000	336,000
Gerald Siemienas	347,000 142,000	142,000
Jonathan Kim	278,000 178,000	178,000
William Durkin	230,000 -15,000	-15,000
Songjie Zhou	221,000 117,000	117,000
Blake Whittington	209,000 -1,000	-1,000
Rob Dunn	208,000 -51,000	-51,000
Nicola Ditrapani	203,000 -71,000	-71,000
Goran Filipovic	196,000 -210,000	-210,000
John Reading	184,000 -54,000	-54,000

Mark Van Keirsbilck	166,000 41,000	41,000
Louie Brazzoni	156,000 -2,000	-2,000
Steven Federspiel	154,000 -500	-500
Josh Reichard	143,000 -178,000	-178,000
Li Shen	135,000 -68,000	-68,000
Steve Belland	132,000 -78,000	-78,000

11-17-2019 15:25 UTC-5

Zhou Forces Out Semanisin

HillKerby

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

Songjie Zhou defended his big blind against an early-position open from Miroslav Semanisin and the two saw a flop of . Zhou checked and Semanisin fired out a continuation-bet of 25,000. Zhou check-raised to 60,000 and Semanisin thought for about 20 seconds before matching the bet.

The turn came and Zhou kept his foot on the gas, sliding forward a stack of T5,000 chips, 25 tall, for a bet of 125,000. Semanisin went into the tank for longer than his previous decision and then let his hand go, earning Zhou the pot with his turn bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Semanisin	470,000 -144,000	-144,000
Songjie Zhou	365,000 144,000	144,000

Tags: Miroslav Semanisin Songjie Zhou

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	302,000
Ravi Raghavan	500,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Ravi Raghavan Alin Cotolan

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

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

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	49,000

Michael Berk	668,000 255,000	255,000
Rob Dunn	15,000 -193,000	-193,000

Tags: Michael Berk Rob Dunn Rob Wazwaz

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	157,000

Wai Ngai	370,000 -185,000	-185,000
Steve Belland	130,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Ravi Raghavan Steve Belland Wai Ngai

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	-107,000
Gerald Heath	530,000 242,000	242,000
Albert Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Albert Nguyen Gerald Heath Michael Berk