Break Time
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Players are on another 10-minute break.
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
"Chop, I Guess"
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Action was three-handed on a board reading 
with just under 8,000 in the middle and James Ahlers was first to act out of the small blind. He checked to put action onto the big blind, who bet 4,000. Todd Melander was the final player in the hand and called from the hijack.
All three players then saw the river come 
and action checked through to showdown.
Ahlers showed 
for two pair, tens and fives with no kicker to play beyond the board's queen. The big blind sent his cards to the muck and then Melander tabled 
.
"Chop, I guess," said Melander as he showed his hand. The dealer confirmed and split up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,600 | 84,600 |
|
41,600 | 41,600 |
Kim Pushes Out the Competition
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Walter Weiss opened the action with a raise to 1,500 from middle position and was called by the hijack and the cutoff. Yoon Kim was on the button and came along as well, as did the big blind to take action five ways to a flop of 
.
Action checked to the hijack, who put out a bet of 3,000. The cutoff called and Kim put in a raise to 6,300. Action folded back to the hijack, and both he and the cutoff called.
Three players then saw the turn 
and both the hijack and cutoff checked to Kim, who went all in for 13,200 more.
Both players folded and he took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 | 32,400 |
|
37,200 | 37,200 |
Zuccarello Dusts Sun
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Cero Zuccarello opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from middle position and had received calls from the hijack and the small blind before John Sun three-bet all in for his last 11,000 from the big blind. Zuccarello called and the two players behind him folded, leaving the two to turn up their hands in preparation for the runout.
John Sun: 
Cero Zuccarello: 
Sun needed to improve to stay alive and was unable to do so as the board ran out 
, earning Zuccarello the pot as Sun made his way from the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,600 | 30,600 |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Weiss Doubles With Aces
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
The board read 
with around 4,800 in the middle and three-way action. Walter Weiss checked from the small blind, as did the player in the big blind to put action onto Gary Herstein, who bet 5,200.
Weiss check-raised all in for 19,400 and the big blind folded. Herstein thought for close to a minute and then tossed in chips to call.
Walter Weiss: 
Gary Herstein: 
Weiss' aces were ahead of Herstein's tens with two cards to come. The turn and river completed the runout to score Weiss the double, bringing Herstein back to around 25,000 in chips with Weiss finding himself with over two starting stacks when all was said and done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,600 | 43,600 |
|
25,300 | -10,700 |
Manke Finds a Dub
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
There was around 7,500 in the pot with three-way action on a board of 
and Bryan Manke went all in for 5,800 from the small blind. A player in early position quickly folded to put action onto the cutoff, who thought for a few moments before making the call.
Bryan Manke: 
Cutoff: 
Manke had filled up a flopped flush draw and gutshot straight draw, improving to a seven-high straight. He needed to fade the board pairing to stay ahead of his opponent's set of treys, which he did as the dealer brought the river .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,300 |
Brunette Gets a Double
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
On the last hand of the previous level, Justin Brown was in early position and raised to 700. The player on his left called, as did the hijack before the next two players folded. Action was then on Bob Brunette, who called from the small blind. The big blind defended to take the tally up to five for postflop action, and the flop fell 
.
Action checked to the player on Brown's left, who bet 1,400. The hijack called to put action back onto Brunette, who check-raised to 3,000. Only the hijack called and action proceeded heads up to the turn 
, where Brunette fired out another 6,000. The hijack called.
The river came 
and Brunette checked.
"What do you have behind, plenty?" asked Brunette's opponent. Brunette moved his hands and shrugged a little before beginning to count his chips.
"Nine-point-four (thousand)," he responded. The hijack slid out a bet of more than that to put him all in, and he asked how much the bet was.
"More than you have," the hijack said. "I put you all in."
"I call," said Brunette.
Bob Brunette:
Hijack: 
Brunette's two pair was good versus his opponent's pair of jacks and busted straight draw and he scored the double as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,600 | |
|
32,300 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Field Hits 100
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
The field size has reached 100 players at the end of Level 4. Here are a few other players to have been spotted around the room since the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,100 | |
|
|
33,000 | |
|
30,300 | |
|
20,000 |