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

11-16-2019 02:21 UTC-5

King High Good for Shepsky

HillKerby

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 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 and river to take the hand to showdown.

The big blind showed and Shepsky tabled , 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	128,000 63,500	63,500

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11-16-2019 02:29 UTC-5

Filipovic Puts an Opponent To the Test

HillKerby

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

There was around 27,000 in the middle from preflop action on a board of 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	299,000 15,000	15,000

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11-16-2019 02:35 UTC-5

Three More Hands

HillKerby

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

The tournament clock has been stopped at six minutes with three hands left to play.

11-16-2019 02:44 UTC-5

Play Ends for the Night

HillKerby

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	Busted
Kelly Lopriore	Busted

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11-16-2019 02:56 UTC-5

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

HillKerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	402,000 -16,000	-16,000
Dan Goepel	392,000 15,000	15,000
Rob Wazwaz	374,000 74,000	74,000

Gerald Siemienas	316,000 36,000	36,000
Goran Filipovic	289,000 -10,000	-10,000
Rob Dunn	259,000 -17,000	-17,000
Nick Pupillo	250,000 42,000	42,000

Blake Whittington	237,000 63,000	63,000
Nicola Ditrapani	228,000 228,000	228,000
Eric Salazar	210,000 210,000	210,000
Li Shen	203,000 17,000	17,000
Mike Shin	178,000 38,000	38,000
Louie Brazzoni	158,000 158,000	158,000
George Dietz	150,000 -90,000	-90,000
Casey Robbins	141,000 -29,000	-29,000
John Reading	136,000 7,000	7,000

Yao Yin	123,000 -87,000	-87,000
Matt Shepsky	122,000 -6,000	-6,000
Kanat Ozturk	102,000 102,000	102,000
Alain Medesan	84,000 -41,000	-41,000
Todd Sladek	81,000 81,000	81,000
John Sun	61,000 -40,500	-40,500
Songjie Zhou	49,000 -35,000	-35,000
Andy Tran	46,000 -164,000	-164,000
Lisa Thomas	36,000 6,800	6,800

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11-16-2019 03:28 UTC-5

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

HillKerby

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

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 Massey Ahmed Taleb Alex Winter Andy Tran Dan Goepel John Sun Mike Shin Nick Pupillo Ralph Massey Rob Wazwaz Umut Ozturk Yao Yin

$1,100 Main Event

Day 1b Completed