Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Garcia Wins a Small Showdown
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
A player raised to 300 from middle position and Andres Garcia announced a three-bet to 800 out of the hijack. Action folded back to the opener and he made the call, bringing a flop of 
. Both players checked.
Action again checked through both the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Garcia tabled 
after checking back for ace-queen high. His opponent remarked that the second-nut-no-pair was good and sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,400 | 21,400 |
Herstein Wins with River Bet
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
There was a four-way limped pot on a flop of 
and both players in the blinds checked to a player in middle position, who bet 300. Gary Herstein was in the cutoff and called. Both blinds then folded to take action heads up to the turn 
.
The middle-position player bet 300 and Herstein stuck around, bringing the river 
. The middle-position player then checked.
Herstein fired out 2,000 and the player in middle position tossed his cards to the middle, resulting in the pot being sent Herstein's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,500 | -8,500 |
"YY" Shows the Nuts
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Nick Pupillo opened the action with a raise to 400 from the cutoff. The player on the button called and Yao "YY" Yin came along as well, defending his big blind to take postflop action three ways.
The flop fell 
and Yin tapped the top of a stack of chips twice to indicate a check. Pupillo made a continuation-bet of 600, which the player on the button called. Yin found action back upon him and postured for a few moments before throwing in a check-raise to 5,000. Both Pupillo and the player on the button quickly folded.
Yin turned over 
, showing that he had flopped the nuts. The dealer sent him the pot and he added some commentary as he stacked his chips.
"I didn't want you guys to see another card for free!" said Yin, laughing as he finished adding to his stack and the next hand began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,900 | 1,900 |
|
13,300 | -6,700 |
Welcome To the Party
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
A few more players have been spotted in the tournament area with Level 2 underway and the tournament clock displaying 63 entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Dembiec Finds Value on River
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Five players all committed 1,000 preflop to result in five T1,000 chips in the middle as the dealer fanned a flop of 
. All five players checked.
Ken Komberec checked again from the small blind and the big blind put out a bet of 1,600. The next player to act was under the gun and he folded to put action on Steven Dembiec, who was in early position. Dembiec called, as did the hijack, to put action back on Komberec, who folded.
Action was then three-handed as the river came 
. The big blind checked to Dembiec, who put out a bet of 3,000. The hijack folded.
"I'm not sure what I beat here," said the big blind as he considered his options. He elcted to call.
"Queen-ten," said Dembiec, showing 
. The dealer confirmed Dembiec's trips and his final opponent was unable to best it, earning him the pot to bring him over one-and-a-half starting stacks with Level 1 coming to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,200 | |
|
17,300 | -2,700 |
Birov Makes Trips
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Action was five ways on a flop of 
with over 1,000 in the middle and action on Daniel Bekavac, who fired 600 from under the gun. Only Leo Birov called, who was in the small blind.
The turn came and Birov checked to Bekavac, who fired another 1,100. Birov called. Both players checked the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Birov tabled 
and the dealer announced trip jacks, prompting a muck from Bekavac for the pot to be sent Birov's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,500 | 22,500 |
|
18,000 | -2,000 |
Early Day 1a Runners
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The following players are among the 54 to have registered, with that number having been rising steadily over the first handful of minutes in the day. One such player is the most recent MSPT Potawatomi champion, Daniel Bekavac.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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