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

11-16-2019 02:00 UTC-5

Late-Night Big Stacks

Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Here are some of the largest stacks in the room as the penultimate level of the night comes to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	418,000 69,000	69,000
Dan Goepel	377,000 117,000	117,000
Rob Wazwaz	300,000 33,500	33,500

Goran Filipovic	284,000 284,000	284,000
Robert Dunn	273,000 273,000	273,000
Gerald Siemienas	252,000 252,000	252,000
Nick Pupillo	208,000 84,000	84,000

11-16-2019 01:55 UTC-5

Ozturk in Search of the Loch Ness Monster

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player was standing up with a runout visibly finishing and proceeded to leave the tournament area shortly thereafter, having been eliminated by Umut Ozturk, who shared details of the hand afterward.

According to Ozturk, preflop action folded around to the hijack and he limped in before Umut Ozturk pumped it up to 12,000 from the button. The hijack called and the two saw a flop of ,

The hijack checked to Ozturk and then called his continuation-bet of 25,000, bringing the turn where he checked again. Ozturk shoved all in and the player went into the tank for a bit before making the call.

Hijack:
Umut Ozturk:

The hijack's queens up had two cards in the deck that would improve him beyond Ozturk's aces up. The river fell , which was of no help, and he was eliminated.

After Ozturk finished stacking his chips, his new count was totaled to be about tree fiddy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	349,000 139,000	139,000

Tags: Umut Ozturk

11-16-2019 01:41 UTC-5

Wazwaz Over a Quarter-Million

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Stacks got in before the flop in what turned out to be a massive pot between Robert Mitchell, who was under the gun, and Rob Wazwaz, who was in the small blind. After the hand, Wazwaz was happy to recap the hand.

According to Wazwaz, Mitchell opened to 6,500 from under the gun. George Dietz was on the button and called, and Wazwaz three-bet to 32,000. Wazwaz continued, "He (Mitchell) thought I had dog shit and went all in for 130,000 (effective) with ten-nine suited, and I called him with two black kings!"

Rob Wazwaz:
Robert Mitchell:

The board ran out to give Wazwaz no sweat and a set of kings to go along with it. His stack was pushed forward and totaled to be 129,500, and Mitchell paid him what he owed, leaving him with one of the shorter stacks in the evening with less than an hour of play left in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	266,500 158,500	158,500

George Dietz	240,000 4,000	4,000
Robert Mitchell	27,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: George Dietz Rob Wazwaz Robert Mitchell

11-16-2019 01:28 UTC-5

More Day 1b Photos

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Hill Kerby

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

11-16-2019 01:19 UTC-5

Ozturk Toasts Rogowski in Dramatic Fashion

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Raucous was overheard coming from Table 2 and it turned out to not be unwarranted as Umut Ozturk and Andy Rogowski had just ridden a roller coaster of a runout after getting stacks all in preflop. According to tablemate Aaron Massey, Ozturk was in the cutoff and opened. Rogowski three-bet all in from the button and Ozturk called.

Andy Rogowski:
Umut Ozturk:

Rogowski found himself in a cooler situation with his ace-king up against Ozturk's aces. However, the flop came to give Rogowski trip kings. Only one card in the deck would spell disaster for him.

Then the fireworks really flew: Ozturk hit the case ace as the turn fell to deliver a one outer to Rogowski and leave him drawing dead for the river . Stacks were counted to confirm, but Ozturk was out in front and sent Rogowski to the rail as the pot was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	210,000 100,000	100,000
Andy Rogowski	Busted

Tags: Aaron Massey Andy Rogowski Umut Ozturk

11-16-2019 01:08 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A table is in the process of breaking, meaning the tournament has been condensed down to four full tables of nine players. Here are some counts from around the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Goepel	260,000 65,000	65,000
George Dietz	244,000 231,100	231,100
Andy Tran	210,000 93,000	93,000
Li Shen	186,000 34,000	34,000
John Reading	163,000 9,000	9,000

Yao Yin	150,000 63,000	63,000
Robert Mitchell	140,000 39,500	39,500
Mike Shin	140,000 67,000	67,000
Alain Medesan	125,000 56,000	56,000
Nick Pupillo	124,000 23,500	23,500

Aaron Massey	120,500 90,500	90,500
Umut Ozturk	110,000 17,000	17,000
Rob Wazwaz	108,000 11,000	11,000

Andy Rogowski	106,000 40,000	40,000
John Sun	101,500 42,500	42,500
Matt Shepsky	64,500 33,500	33,500
Phil Mader	60,500 33,500	33,500
Jason Zarlenga	55,000 37,000	37,000
Mike Wolff	4,000 45,000	45,000
Albert Nguyen	Busted
Greg Himmelbrand	Busted
Thai Dinh	Busted
Josh Meyer	Busted
Robert Hofer	Busted
Jim Engelbrecht	Busted

11-16-2019 00:58 UTC-5

Zhou Eliminates An Opponent

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

An all in and a call were heard and Songzie Zhou, who was under the gun, had the player on the button dominated and at risk for their tournament life.

All-In Player:
Songzie Zhou:

The flop came , leaving the all-in player with nothing more than running cards to stay alive. The turn made four of those cards live outs for the final card, but the river fell to pair the board and leave Zhou with the best hand, earning him the pot in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Songjie Zhou	84,000

Tags: Songjie Zhou

11-16-2019 00:49 UTC-5

Whittington Sends One To the Showers

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player went all in for his last 30,000 or so from the cutoff and action folded to Blake Whittington in the big blind, who checked his cards and then called.

All-In Player:
Blake Whittington:

The board ran out , leaving the all-in player drawing dead by the turn. He got up as the river fell, tapping the table to signify a nice hand and wishing everybody good luck as he left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Whittington	174,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Blake Whittington

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500