Welcome to Day 1b of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event
Welcome back to PokerNews coverage for Day 1b of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship, the second of three initial starting flights.
Play gets underway at 3 p.m. local time and after 120 Day 1a entries, the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool is likely to be challenged today and well on its way to being exceeded through the weekend. Sixteen players advanced out of those 120 with Paul Camby (465,000) finishing the day as chip leader by a wide margin with more than three times an average stack.
All players will receive 15,000 in chips to start for their $1,100 buy-in and can receive another 5,000 for a $10 add-on. Blinds start at 100/100 with 15 levels of 40 minutes each on the schedule. Breaks will occur at the completion of every three levels, and late registration will remain open until the beginning of Level 13.
Players are allowed one re-entry into this flight should they bust, and all players not on the Day 2 roster will have the option to play Saturday’s Day 1c at 1 p.m. as well, the final opportunity to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 where the field will combine and play down to a winner.
PokerNews will be on the floor providing updates on the action all day long. Don’t miss any of it.
to give Pupillo the two outer he needed to hit a set and improve beyond Wilson's pair of kings. Stacks were counted and Pupillo's totaled 19,500. WIlson's 18,800 was added up afterward, leaving him with no chips left to play as the pot was shipped to Pupillo, who now finds himself just shy of two starting stacks around an hour into the day.
with four players having cards in front of them. Nick Pupillo was first to act out of the big blind and checked. A player in early position then bet 1,600 and was called by Jason Zarlenga, who was in the cutoff. The final player in the hand was on the button and raised to 4,500. 
. All three players checked. 
and the early-position player checked. Zarlenga announced a bet of 3,500 and got a fold from the player on the button and a call from the player in early position.
for a flush and the early-position player quickly sent his cards to the muck.
to bring the turn 
. Action checked to Skreens and he made a bet of 1,500, which only Taleb called.
, getting a reaction from the table as Taleb mucked and the pot was sent his way.
gave the shortest stack a wheel draw and the turn 
and the small blind checked. Massey made a continuation-bet of 1,900 to put action onto Rogowski, who threw in a raise to 5,100. The small blind folded.
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to cut his number of chances in half, and the river 