$1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) sees its next stop in Season 10 visit the Badger State for the 2019 Wisconsin State Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, WI.
The tournament features a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool with three starting flights in total. Cards are set to fly at 3 p.m. local time for Day 1a, and players will receive 15,000 in starting chips with the option for a $10 add-on for another 5,000, giving players the opportunity to start with 20,000 in chips.
Blinds begin at 100/100 with 40-minute levels all day and 10-minute breaks after every three levels. Late registration is open until the start of Level 13, and players are afforded one reentry per flight, with play going until the completion of Level 15 (2,000/4,000/4,000) unless 12 percent of the field remains before that mark is reached. The stopping point of Day 1a will then determine the stopping point of the two subsequent flights.
All who do not advance in today’s heat have the opportunity to fire again on Friday at 3 p.m. for Day 1b and/or Saturday at 1 p.m. for Day 1c. The field will then combine for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 a.m. to play down to a winner, where the final table will be live-streamed on a 15-minute delay.
Last year’s 2018 Wisconsin State Poker Championship saw 748 entries over three starting days, the same number for this year, and Brett Halen claimed victory to earn himself $144,812. The MSPT also came through Potawatomi this past April, where Daniel Bekavac topped a field of 625 entries to earn a first-place prize of $126,998.
Who will be among the first to punch their tickets to Day 2 in the 2019 edition? Keep it at PokerNews to find out.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Pre-tournament announcements have been made and cards are in the air with blinds of 100 and 100 and Level 1 underway on Day 1a of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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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 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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22,500 | 22,500 |
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18,000 | -2,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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30,200 | |
|
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17,300 | -2,700 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
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 |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |