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

Break Number Three

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on their third 10-minute break of the night. Registration will remain open through the next two hours plus the 10-minute break that follows it, which will be the final one of the night. Four hours of play (six levels) remain until play concludes and chips go into bags.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
82,000
66,000
66,000
Profile photo of Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
60,300
2,900
2,900
Profile photo of Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
51,000
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
43,000
5,600
5,600
Profile photo of Dan Goepel us
Dan Goepel
32,000
-24,000
-24,000
Profile photo of Matt Shepsky us
Matt Shepsky
31,000
-6,300
-6,300
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
30,000
-16,400
-16,400
Profile photo of Lisa Thomas us
Lisa Thomas
25,000
-7,600
-7,600
Profile photo of Josh Meyer us
Josh Meyer
23,000
3,700
3,700
Profile photo of Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
18,500
-4,700
-4,700
Profile photo of Thai Dinh us
Thai Dinh
16,000
-22,200
-22,200
Profile photo of Eric Eelkema us
Eric Eelkema
Busted
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Ahmed Taleb
Busted
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Jason Seitz
Busted
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Glen Nelson
Busted

Engelbrecht Cracks Aces

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jim Engelbrecht
Jim Engelbrecht

A player shoved all in for 10,400 from under the gun and action folded around to Jim Engelbrecht, who was on the button. Engelbrecht asked for a count and then shoved all in over the top. The two players in the blinds quickly folded and hands were tabled for the runout.

All-In Player: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Jim Engelbrecht: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

"Aces," said another player at the table as the all-in player tabled his hand. "And queens," the player added upon seeing Engelbrecht's. Engelbrecht hit gin on the turn and faded the two outer on the river as the board came {5-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, giving him a full house to top his opponent's aces up. The newly-eliminated player got up and wished everybody at the table good luck as the pot was sent Engelbrecht's way.

Player Chips Progress
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Jim Engelbrecht
53,000
53,000
53,000

Tags: Jim Engelbrecht

Wolff Gets a Dub

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

An all in and a call were heard as Yao Yin had opened from the button and called Mike Wolff's three-bet all in from the small blind for 8,400 total.

MIke Wolff: {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}
Yao Yin: {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Wolff had Yin dominated and needed to fade the three tens in the deck to earn the double. He would do just that as the board came {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades} to leave his ace kicker to the board's pair of threes best.

Player Chips Progress
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Yao Yin
115,000
25,000
25,000
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Mike Wolff
18,800

Tags: Yao Yin.Mike Wolff

More Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Zarlenga us
Jason Zarlenga
149,500
70,900
70,900
Profile photo of Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
146,000
15,600
15,600
Profile photo of Robert Mitchell us
Robert Mitchell
136,000
Profile photo of Robert Hofer us
Robert Hofer
134,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
127,800
28,200
28,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yao Yin us
Yao Yin
115,000
Profile photo of Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
112,000
-22,700
-22,700
Profile photo of Umut Ozturk us
Umut Ozturk
111,000
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
97,000
79,000
79,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
Busted
Profile photo of Brian Wilson us
Brian Wilson
Busted
Profile photo of Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
Busted
Profile photo of Randy Madl us
Randy Madl
Busted

Medesan Pushes Out Zarlenga

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was about 40,000 in the pot from preflop action on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Alain Medesan had a bet of 35,000 out in front of him. Action was on Jason Zarlenga, who was on the button and in the tank.

Over a minute later, Zarlenga folded and Medesan took down the pot. Zarlenga asked Medesan what he had and Medesan remarked quietly in a manner that seemed cryptic, leading to some chuckles from their side of the table.

Zarlenga remarked back, saying he folded two queens.

Player Chips Progress
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Alain Medesan
137,500
137,500
137,500
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Jason Zarlenga
92,000
-57,500
-57,500

Tags: Alain MedesanJason Zarlenga

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Goepel Wins Big Flip To Double

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Dan Goepel
Dan Goepel

Johanssy Joseph opened the action with a raise to 3,500 from early position and the player on his direct left called, also from early position. Action folded to Dan Goepel, who shoved all in from the hijack. The players behind him folded and Joseph followed suit to put action back onto the early-position caller.

The player asked for a count and Goepel's stack was totaled to be 33,300. A call was then announced and the two were off to the races.

Dan Goepel: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Early Position: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

Goepel pulled ahead on the flop {6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{j-Spades} when he paired his ace and was able to hold as the turn {3-Spades} and river {2-Hearts} completed the runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Goepel
71,600
39,600
39,600
Profile photo of Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
44,000
-16,300
-16,300

Tags: Dan GoepelJohanssy Joseph

Thomas "Doubles" With Two Reshoves

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Hand #1: Robert Mitchell was under the gun and opened to 3,500. Action folded around to Lisa Thomas, who pushed forward all of her chips and announced a raise to 14,700. The math added up to prove she was all in and action folded back to Mitchell, who thought for a few moments before letting his cards go as well.

Hand #2: On the following hand, Phil Mader opened to 3,000 from early position and Thomas three-bet all in again. Action folded back to Mader.

"Easy," he said with a grin as he sent his cards to the muck.

Meanwhile, Thomas has increased her stack from 14,700 to 29,200 after winning the two consecutive pots and now finds herself with a workable 20 big-blind stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Mitchell
100,500
-35,500
-35,500
Profile photo of Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
94,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Lisa Thomas us
Lisa Thomas
29,200
4,200
4,200

Tags: Lisa ThomasPhil MaderRobert Mitchell