$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Hot Claims Chip Lead on Day 1c of 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The third and final flight of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship saw 307 entries come out and it took less than a full 15 levels for that number to reach 36, the rounded-down figure of 12 percent of field that required a hard stop on play for the night. When that number was reached, 2:51 still remained on the clock for Level 14 (1,500/3,000/3,000).
Despite the abbreviated evening, Igor Hot had no trouble bagging a stack just shy of Day 1a chip leader Paul Camby (465,000). Hot finished the day with 452,000 after riding a heater through the last three hours of the night that saw him pick up chips in chunks, winning a massive pot with a river raise that earned an immediate fold from his opponent to put an exclamation mark on his ascent about 10 minutes before play concluded.
Rounding out the top five for the day were Miroslav Semanisin (440,500), Bryant Miller (364,500), Wai Ngai (306,000), and Luke Goodwillie (301,500). They were the only players to finish above 300,000 for the day.
Others to make it through the day included Jill Bryant (268,000), Ralph Massey (184,000), Phil Mader (170,000), Aaron Johnson (157,000), and Saad Ghanem (85,500).
Players such as Nghia Le, Cody Brinn, Aaron Massey, Johanssy Joseph, and Ahmed Taleb were among those who did not make it through the day.
In total, the tournament drew 660 entries over the three starting flights. Seventy-eight of those players will come back for Day 2, which will begin Sunday at 11 a.m. local time. It will mark the first time all weekend where the entire field will play under one roof, with play set to reach the money when the field reaches 72. Play will continue until a winner has been determined and the final table will be live streamed on a 15-minute delay on the MSPT website.
PokerNews will be providing updates from the time cards go in the air until the time the trophy is hoisted. Come back and find out who will be the next MSPT champion.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
452,000 | -28,000 |
|
440,500 | |
|
364,500 | 64,500 |
|
306,000 | |
|
301,500 | |
|
268,000 | |
|
265,000 | |
|
256,500 | 256,500 |
|
233,500 | 233,500 |
|
217,000 | -15,000 |
|
196,000 | |
|
195,000 | |
|
184,000 | 26,000 |
|
183,500 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
170,000 | -2,000 |
|
169,000 | |
|
163,500 | 21,500 |
|
157,000 | 45,500 |
|
154,500 | |
|
148,500 | -17,500 |
|
|
144,000 | |
|
139,000 | -16,000 |
|
106,000 | |
|
100,000 | -5,000 |
Play Ends for the Night
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
There was another elimination shortly after the announcement and the clock has been stopped with 2:51 remaining. Official chip counts for the 36 players to advance will be provided shortly and a recap of the day's action will soon follow.
Thirty-Seven Remain
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Thirty-seven players remain in the tournament with six minutes left in Level 14, and the floor has instructed dealers to inform them if anybody is busted as a hard stop will be instituted if one more player busts out due to the field reaching 12 percent of its total number of entries.
Zarlenga Toasted
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jason Zarlenga went all in for 45,000 from middle position and action folded around to Jonathan Kim, who reraised all in out of the small blind. The big blind folded and the two were off to the races.
Jason Zarlenga: 
Jonathan Kim: 
Zarlenga was unable to improve as the board ran out 
, resulting in his elimination from the tournament shortly before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 52,000 |
|
Busted |
Hot Nearing a Half-Million
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
There was over 80,000 in the middle on a board of 
in a heads-up pot between a player in the big blind and Igor Hot, who was in early position. The big blind was first to act and in the process of thinking. Eventually, he put out a bet that had numerous T5,000 chips that fell over onto their sides.
Hot asked how much the bet was and the dealer responded immediately saying it was 75,000. Hot didn't take long to act, putting in a raise to what looked like 170,000. The big blind immediately folded.
Once Hot was finished stacking his chips, his new stack was found to be in the range of 480,000, putting him well in front of the field with 41 players remaining - just five eliminations shy of a hard stop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000 | 111,000 |
A Bunch of Chip Counts
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
369,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
300,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
232,000 | 53,000 |
|
|
222,500 | -18,000 |
|
|
185,000 | 59,000 |
|
|
172,000 | 113,500 |
|
|
166,000 | -71,000 |
|
|
158,000 | 64,900 |
|
|
155,000 | 90,000 |
|
140,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
111,500 | -39,800 |
|
|
81,000 | 81,000 |
|
62,000 | 34,000 |
|
|
53,000 | -7,500 |
|
51,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 15,000 |
|
36,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Benkendorf Good at Showdown
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Benkendorf had raised from early position and saw Jason Zarlenga defend his big blind to take action heads up to a flop of . Zarlenga checked and Benkendorf made a continuation-bet of 10,000. Zarlenga called.
The turn was 
and Zarlenga checked again. Benkendorf fired a second barrel of 11,000 and Zarlenga stuck around. Both players checked the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Zarlenga showed 
for a pair of fives, and Benkendorf tabled 
for top pair to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,500 | |
|
|
46,000 | -126,000 |