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

11-16-2019 20:25 UTC-6

Day 1c Reaches 300 Entries

Hill Kerby

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

The tournament clock now displays a total of 301 entries into Day 1c, making the running total at the current moment 654. There is just over an hour left of registration available, so that number should climb slightly higher before the registration period closes.

Meanwhile, the eleventh table in play just broke, meaning that there are 90 players still duking it out at the felt with the hopes of finding their names among those to make it to Day 2 when the night comes to a close.

11-16-2019 20:33 UTC-6

Hot Dusts Two

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Hill Kerby

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

A player raised to 4,000 from under the gun and received a call by another player in middle position. Action folded around to Igor Hot, who was on the button and went all in.

Hot was already sitting with a wall of chips and the reraise effectively put both other players in. They both were sitting with between 20,000 and 30,000, and the original raiser committed the rest of his chips after about 15 seconds.

The middle-position player then went into the tank for about 40 seconds before deciding to call as well. The dealer requested all three hands be turned up for the runout.

Under the Gun:
Middle Position:
Igor Hot:

The board ran out to give Hot a pair of kings on the river.

"Ace-king," said the dealer, pushing the king forward and announcing Hot's hand as best. Both players found themselves with no chips left to play and made their way from the tournament area as Hot scooped the pot and added to his stack.

"It's your day," said tablemate Cody Brinn. Though there are still four-and-a-half levels left in the night, Hot looks to be the chip leader by a decent margin despite some large stacks around the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Hot	333,000

Tags: Cody Brinn Igor Hot

11-16-2019 20:41 UTC-6

Taleb Flops Trips to Crack Kings

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Hill Kerby

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

A player opened from middle position to 3,500 and action folded around to Ahmed Taleb, who defended his big blind. The flop was and Ahmed checked to his opponent, who made a continuation-bet of 4,000. Ahmed called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . Taleb made a bet of 10,000 and was quickly called.

Taleb tabled for trip queens with the nut kicker. His opponent flung his cards face up to the center of the table to muck them, displaying a second-best before the pot was shipped Taleb's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Taleb	106,000 7,700	7,700

Tags: Ahmed Taleb

11-16-2019 20:49 UTC-6

End-of-Level Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Johanssy Joseph	244,500 74,500	74,500
Joe Matheson	128,500 55,000	55,000
Mario Hudson	93,200 3,800	3,800
Ralph Massey	89,000 24,000	24,000
Steve Belland	65,000 9,000	9,000
Jonathan Kim	60,500 30,500	30,500
Matthew Levin	60,000 12,000	12,000
Phil Mader	58,500 25,000	25,000
Travis Sweet	48,000 5,000	5,000
Jim Engelbrecht	35,000 35,000	35,000
Saad Ghanem	28,000 5,500	5,500
Steve Wazwaz	20,000 6,000	6,000
Joshua Gervais	Busted
Thai Dinh	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-16-2019 21:00 UTC-6

Bryant Climbing

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ralph Massey opened to 5,000 from early position and received a call from Jill Bryant, who was on the button. The two went heads up to a flop of and Massey put out another 5,000 for a continuation-bet. Bryant quickly flicked in a T5,000 chip to call.

Action went check-check on the turn and the river came . Massey checked to Bryant and she threw out a bet of 10,000. Massey sent his cards to the muck.

After winning the pot, Bryant now finds herself with 170,000. She had accumulated a mass of chips earlier before losing them all to a massive river bluff, but has not missed a beat on bullet number two and is again well above the average stack in the room around one-third of the way through Level 12.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jill Bryant	170,000 19,500	19,500
Ralph Massey	93,100 4,100	4,100

Tags: Jill Bryant Ralph Massey

11-16-2019 21:08 UTC-6

Another Round of Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Hot	292,000 41,000	41,000
Bryant Miller	218,000 11,000	11,000
Jason Zarlenga	172,000 86,000	86,000
Aaron Johnson	151,300 5,200	5,200
Alin Cotolan	132,000 132,000	132,000
Cody Brinn	97,500 11,000	11,000
Brett Reichard	96,000 45,500	45,500
Eric Barnes	39,000 12,900	12,900
Dedric Henderson	28,500 39,000	39,000
Alex Winter	23,800 800	800
Aaron Massey	Busted
Ahmed Taleb	Busted
Bryan Skreens	Busted
Griff Woodman	Busted

11-16-2019 21:17 UTC-6

A Look at the Current MSPT Season 10 POY Race

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The MSPT Season 10 Player of the Year Race is in its home stretch and right now Mike Shin holds a healthy lead over both Adam Friedman and Matt Kirby.

At the end of the calendar year, the top-ranked player will receive POY recognition and a $10,000 Main Event buy-in for 2020.

With just a few stops remaining, Shin holds a big lead in the Player of the Year race. His 5,400 points are well ahead of Friedman, who is his next closest competition with 3,500 points.

Shin has amassed 10 MSPT cashes in 2019 which includes winning the MSPT Majestic Star back in January for $68,593 and finishing third in the MSPT Venetian over the summer for $334,000. That was the second-largest score of his career behind the $427,930 he received for finishing 12th in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Place	Player	Points
1	Mike Shin	5,400
2	Adam Friedman	3,500
3	Matt Kirby	3,425
4	Brian Wilson	3,250
5	Andy Tran	2,950
6	Aaron Johnson	2,867
7	Eric Baldwin	2,700
8	Brian Hou	2,700
9	DJ Buckley	2,417
10	Alex Winter	2,450

Tags: Mike Shin

11-16-2019 21:24 UTC-6

Wiora Sends Player Home Via Counterfeit

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Stacks got all in preflop between Ben Wiora, who was in the cutoff, and the big blind, who was all in for his tournament life.

Big Blind:
Ben Wiora:

The two were in a coin flip situation as the board ran out , leaving the big blind's pair of fives to be nothing more than a five kicker two the queens and eights that were on the board. As such, Wiora's ace proved to be the difference in the hand and earned him both the pot and the knockout, bringing him just shy of a quarter-million in chips nearing the final break of the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Wiora	237,000 237,000	237,000

Tags: Ben Wiora

11-16-2019 21:30 UTC-6

Final Break of the Night - Last Chance To Register

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The remaining seven tables-worth of tables are on their final 10-minute break of the night. This is the last chance to register for the tournament: registration will close and become final when Level 13 begins at the completion of the break