2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Gerald Heath
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$130,935
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$638,700
Entries
660
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
233
Players Left
26

$1,100 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Umut Ozturk Leads the Day 1b Pack at 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Umut Ozturk
Umut Ozturk

The second of three starting flights has been played to its conclusion with 233 entries on Day 1b bringing the two-day total to 353. Umut Ozturk (402,000) found himself atop the counts when the day came to an end, finishing as the only player above 400,000.

Ozturk was seen with a comfortable stack throughout most of the day after registering shortly after play began. That was only the beginning though, as he found pocket aces twice at the right time in the last two hours, winning two huge pots and scoring two knockouts along the way. The second knockout brought him just below 350,000, and he chipped up a bit from there to reach his final resting total for the day.

Second in chips for the day was former MSPT Potawatomi champ Dan Goepel (392,000). Goepel busted his first bullet of the tournament within the first few hands after running the second nuts into the nuts. However, he got back in on the action and hung around for several hours before winning a huge coin flip to double during Level 11. That proved to be the turning point, as he continued to climb from there and looked to be a lock for the end-of-day chip lead until Ozturk made his charge.

Rob Wazwaz rounds out the top three, finishing the day with 374,000. Wazwaz had 130,000 during the penultimate level of the night before finding pocket kings and three-betting, only to see the original opener four-bet to put him all in with ten-nine suited. The pot put him over 250,000, and he increased that number by nearly another 50 percent before chips went into bags.

In total, 26 players advanced from the flight after two eliminations occurred on the final hand of play. Several of those to advance included familiar players around the MSPT such Nick Pupillo (250,000), Mike Shin (178,000), Yao "YY" Yin (123,000), and Andy Tran (46,000).

Many others, including Aaron Massey, Ralph Massey, John Sun, Alex Winter, and Ahmed Taleb were among those less fortunate and unable to find a bag during Friday’s heat. All players who have yet to qualify for Day 2 will have one final shot to do so on Saturday’s Day 1c, which will begin at 1 p.m. local time.

PokerNews will be back at it for the final heat to provide coverage as the Day 2 field looks to be solidified. Make sure to come back to see who will add their name to the list of 42 to have already done so.

Tags: Aaron MasseyAhmed TalebAlex WinterAndy TranDan GoepelJohn SunMike ShinNick PupilloRalph MasseyRob WazwazUmut OzturkYao Yin

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Umut Ozturk us
Umut Ozturk
402,000 -16,000
Dan Goepel us
Dan Goepel
392,000 15,000
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
WSOP 1X Winner
374,000 74,000
Gerald Siemienas us
Gerald Siemienas
316,000 36,000
Goran Filipovic us
Goran Filipovic
289,000 -10,000
Rob Dunn us
Rob Dunn
259,000 -17,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
250,000 42,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
237,000 63,000
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
228,000 228,000
Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
210,000 210,000
Li Shen us
Li Shen
203,000 17,000
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
178,000 38,000
Louie Brazzoni us
Louie Brazzoni
158,000 158,000
George Dietz us
George Dietz
150,000 -90,000
Casey Robbins us
Casey Robbins
141,000 -29,000
John Reading us
John Reading
WSOP 1X Winner
136,000 7,000
Yao Yin us
Yao Yin
123,000 -87,000
Matt Shepsky us
Matt Shepsky
122,000 -6,000
Kanat Ozturk us
Kanat Ozturk
102,000 102,000
Alain Medesan ro
Alain Medesan
84,000 -41,000
Todd Sladek us
Todd Sladek
81,000 81,000
John Sun us
John Sun
61,000 -40,500
Songjie Zhou us
Songjie Zhou
49,000 -35,000
Andy Tran us
Andy Tran
46,000 -164,000
Lisa Thomas us
Lisa Thomas
36,000 6,800

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Play Ends for the Night

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Both Phil Mader and another player busted simultaneously across two of the four remaining tables on the final hand of the night, bringing the total number of players down to 26 as play concluded.

Official chip counts will be provided shortly and a recap of the day's action will follow.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
Busted
Kelly Lopriore us
Kelly Lopriore
Busted

Tags: Phil Mader

Filipovic Puts an Opponent To the Test

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was around 27,000 in the middle from preflop action on a board of {9-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} with heads-up action between Goran Filipovic, who was in the hijack, and his opponent in the small blind.

The small blind had 35,000 in front of him and was facing a decision for his remaining 107,000 as Filipovic had shoved over the top. The small blind went into the tank for over two minutes, resulting in Filipovic calling a clock on the player.

After the floor came and confirmed with the dealer that the small blind had had sufficient enough time to think, a 30-second timer was on. With 10 seconds left, the player flung his cards from the three-seat to the muck pile that was near the center of the table, giving up contention of the pot and choosing to fight another hand (or day).

Player Chips Progress
Goran Filipovic us
Goran Filipovic
299,000 15,000

Tags: Goran Filipovic

King High Good for Shepsky

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Shepsky opened to 8,500 from middle position and action folded around to the big blind, who defended. The flop came {4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Shepsky made a continuation-bet of 7,500 and the big blind called.

Both players then checked through the turn {q-Diamonds} and river {3-Spades} to take the hand to showdown.

The big blind showed {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Shepsky tabled {k-Clubs}{9-Spades}, pointing to the king briefly as he tabled it to show that his king high was good for the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Shepsky us
Matt Shepsky
128,000 63,500

Tags: Matt Shepsky

Play Reaches the Bubble

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With 233 total entries for Day 1b, the rounded-down figure of 12 percent for a hard stop is 27 players. Despite Day 1a playing a full 15 levels, this figure is still in play to ensure that the tournament does not make it into the money during any Day 1 flight.

Twenty-eight players currently remain, meaning that play will end early if one more player is eliminated before the end of the night.

"You Were Behind!"

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

John Reading was in the hijack and opened the action with a raise to 10,500. He received a call from Yao Yin, who was in the small blind, putting action onto Gerald Siemienas in the big blind. Siemienas squeezed, putting in a three-bet to 29,500.

"That's a bit more!" said a player at the table after the raise was made. Reading quickly folded. Yin then thought for a few moments and folded {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} face-up.

"You were behind!" said Siemienas with a grin.

"I know! Show it!" prodded Yin. Siemienas said no more as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Gerald Siemienas us
Gerald Siemienas
280,000 28,000
Yao Yin us
Yao Yin
210,000 60,000
John Reading us
John Reading
WSOP 1X Winner
129,000 -34,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000