Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Calvo Applies the Pressure
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jim Calvo opened to 9,000 from middle position and was called by Geremi Wicinski, who was in the cutoff. The two saw a flop of 
and Calvo made a continuation-bet for 20,000. Wicinski called.
The turn came 
and Wicinski kept the heat on, announcing an all-in bet to put Wicinski to a decision for his remaining chips.
Wicinski thought for a few moments and then let his hand go, earning Calvo the pot along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
79,500
|
79,500 |
|
109,000
-49,500
|
-49,500 |
Herstein Gets Another Double
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Gary Herstein shoved from early position and action folded around to Josh Reichard, who asked for a count. The number was totaled to be 42,500 and Reichard put out chips to call. All remaining players folded to send the two off to the races.
Gary Herstein: 
Josh Reichard: 
Herstein needed to fade Reichard's two overs and was able to do so as the runout came 
. Reichard turned over his hand as the runout finished and shipped the owed amount to Herstein, who now finds himself with just under 100,000 in chips after the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | |
|
92,500 |
Van Keirsbilck Gets a Big Hold
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Pat Steele was under the gun and raised to 8,000. Action folded around to Gary Herstein, who was in the small blind and called. Mark Van Keirsbilck was in the big blind and defended to take postflop action three ways.
The flop dropped 
and Herstein led out, firing 15,000. Van Keirsbilck announced he was all in, prompting a fold from Steele. Herstein called.
Mark Van Keirsbilck: 
Gary Herstein: 
Van Keirsbilck's top pair was up against two overcards and the nut flush draw, leaving him with 15 cards in the deck that would result in his elimination. Lucky for him, the turn and river 
were both safe, earning him the double at Herstein's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
101,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
|
38,000
-54,500
|
-54,500 |
"Congratulations, Nice Hand"
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Paul Camby opened to 9,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 27,500 by Paul Kelly, who was in the small blind. Camby confirmed the amount and quickly tossed in chips to call.
The flop came 
and Kelly checked. Camby threw out a bet of 27,500 and Kelly check-raised all in, sliding a stack of chips forward as he did. Camby called before Kelly finished putting his chips into the pot.
Paul Kelly: 
Paul Camby: 
Camby's flopped middle pair and open-ended straight draw had run into Kelly's aces, taking five of Camby's immediate outs off the table. The turn came , cutting Camby's number of chances at an elimination in half.
The final card fell 
to give him two pair, but it filled up Kelly to Broadway and scored him the double. Kelly's stack was totaled to 80,000 exactly and Camby sent the necessary chips his way.
"Congratulations, nice hand," said Camby as he paid off the amount. Despite the lost pot, Camby had chipped up to over 400,000 for a moment and still sits with 308,000 as the likely chip leader with well under an hour of play left in the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
308,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
221,000
106,500
|
106,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
"Congratulations, You're Welcome;" Chip Counts from Table 4
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the last hand of the previous level, Geremi Wicinski was under the gun in a heads-up pot against Paul Camby, who was in the hijack. There was around 20,500 in the middle on a flop of 
and Wicinski checked.
Camby fired out 22,000 and Wicinski check-raised all in for 74,000.
"You caught me," said Camby. He then verbally did the math, saying that he had already committed 22,000 of the 74,000 required to call. He then threw in chips to call, again saying that he had been caught in the meantime.
Geremi Wicinski: 
Paul Camby:
The turn came and river fell 
behind it to complete the runout, leaving Wicinski on top to score the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
232,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
181,000
-127,000
|
-127,000 |
|
|
179,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
176,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
130,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
|
116,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
84,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Chip Counts from Table 3
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
144,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
119,000
81,500
|
81,500 |
|
112,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
102,500
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
||
|
|
72,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
61,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
56,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
Play Slowing Near End of Night
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There has not been a showdown at either table over the last 10-plus minutes as play nears the end of the night. Bryan Manke just limped from early position and was raised to 10,000 by Paul Kelly, who was in middle position. Action folded around to Paul Camby, who defended his big blind, and Manke called as well to take action three ways to the streets.
The flop came 
and Camby led out for 20,000. Manke and Kelly both let their hands go and the pot was shipped Camby's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
206,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
193,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
Four More Hands: Camby Takes from Kelly Beforehand
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Paul Camby opened the action with a raise to 15,000 from the hijack and action folded around to Paul Kelly, who defended his big blind. Both players checked on a flop of 
.
The turn came 
and Kelly checked. Camby bet 15,000, which Kelly called. The river fell and Kelly checked once more. Camby thought for some time about betting or checking.
"It's not worth it," Camby said, tabling 
. Kelly showed 
for a lesser trips, sending the table into a discussion about how action checked through the river with both players having trips. The verdict got out that a possibility of a flush led to the course of events and that was that.
Four more hands of play are left in the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
248,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
159,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |