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

11-14-2019 18:19 UTC-5

Chip Counts from Break

HillKerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Lauson	43,300 23,300	23,300
Aaron Johnson	40,400 20,400	20,400
Andres Garcia	37,400 16,000	16,000
Gary Herstein	34,000 22,500	22,500
Ken Baime	29,800 9,800	9,800
Mike Kamenjarin	26,800 6,800	6,800
Jason Trezak	25,600 5,600	5,600
Leo Birov	25,000 2,500	2,500
Jason Seitz	23,200 3,200	3,200
Yao Yin	20,800 -1,100	-1,100
Pat Steele	18,600 -1,400	-1,400
Nick Pupillo	15,500 -3,600	-3,600

Johanssy Joseph	3,000 -18,700	-18,700
Daniel Bekavac	Busted
Brian Wilson	Busted

11-14-2019 18:30 UTC-5

Komberec Gets a Squeeze Through

HillKerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The hijack opened the action with a raise to 800 and received calls from the cutoff and the player on the button. The small blind then folded to put action onto Ken Komberec, who was in the big blind.

"Sixty-two," said Komberec, throwing out a three-bet to 6,200. All three players left in the hand folded and he earned the pot, bringing his stack up over 50,000 in the process to make him one of the largest stacks in the room early on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Komberec	52,400 35,100	35,100

Tags: Ken Komberec

11-14-2019 18:41 UTC-5

Sinclair Makes Three Sevens on River

HillKerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The board read with 2,600 in the pot and Robert Sinclair check-raised all in for 5,600 from the big blind over a bet of 1,400 from his opponent, who was on the button. The player confirmed the amount and thought for about 15 seconds before tossing in chips to call.

Both hands were tabled, with Sinclair less than thrilled as he announced that he had two sevens.

Robert Sinclair:
Opponent:

The river fell . "Three sevens," corrected Sinclair from his announcement when cards were turned up. His trip sevens on the river improved to earn him the double over his opponent's nines up, giving him life as he stacked his chips, joking about needing to be all in for him to win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Sinclair	13,800 -13,600	-13,600

Tags: Robert Sinclair

11-14-2019 18:47 UTC-5

Bekavac Back In Action

HillKerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The seat that Daniel Bekavac occupied was seen having been vacated shortly after the first break. However, he was just spotted back in on the action and called a raise by Gary Herstein to 800. Herstein was in early position and Bekavac was in middle position, and the two saw the small- and big blinds come along as well to take action four ways to the streets.

The flop came and both blinds checked. Herstein fired a continuation-bet of 1,500. Bekavac called and the two blinds folded, taking action heads up to the turn . Both players checked.

The river came and Herstein checked. Bekavac made a bet of 1,500 and Herstein thought for a bit and then folded.

"Good fold," said Bekavac as the pot was sent his way. "Jacks full."

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Herstein	36,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Bekavac	23,700 23,700	23,700

Tags: Daniel Bekavac Gary Herstein

11-14-2019 18:50 UTC-5

Field Hits 100

HillKerby

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
Danny Sepiol	40,100
Justin Brown	33,000
Jeremy Brown	30,300
Mike Shin	20,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

11-14-2019 19:01 UTC-5

Brunette Gets a Double

HillKerby

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
Bob Brunette	40,600
Justin Brown	32,300

Tags: Bob Brunette Justin Brown

11-14-2019 19:12 UTC-5

Manke Finds a Dub

HillKerby

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
Bryan Manke	19,300

Tags: Bryan Manke

11-14-2019 19:25 UTC-5

Weiss Doubles With Aces

HillKerby

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
Walter Weiss	43,600 43,600	43,600
Gary Herstein	25,300 -10,700	-10,700

Tags: Gary Herstein Walter Weiss

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500