Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Registration Closed
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The beginning of Level 13 means that registration has closed with the official Day 1c number of entries totaling 307, bringing the three-day total for the entire tournament up to 660. Payout information will be provided upon announcement.
Parsons Picks Off a Bluff
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The hijack opened the action with a raise to 5,000 and was called by Jacob Parsons in the small blind and Alex Winter, defending his big blind. The flop came 
and action checked to the hijack, who made a continuation-bet of 6,000. Parsons called and Winter folded.
Action was then heads up for the turn 
, where both players checked. The river fell 
and Parsons checked. The hijack threw out a bet of 15,000 and Parsons tossed in chips to call.
The hijack tabled 
for king high and Parsons showed top pair, tabling 
to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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126,000
126,000
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126,000 |
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31,000
7,200
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7,200 |
Cotolan Check-Raises the Turn
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
A player raised to 6,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Alin Cotolan, who called out of the small blind. The flop came 
and Cotolan checked to his opponent, who made a continuation-bet of 7,000. Cotolan called.
The turn fell and Cotolan checked again. His opponent fired a second barrel of 9,000.
"How much is that?" asked Cotolan. The dealer reached over and fanned the chips out to confirm the amount. Cotolan then fanned out more chips onto the table, check-raising to 24,000. His opponent went into the tank.
While thinking, the player counted out his stack, which totaled 58,000. He put it back in order and thought some more. After about 90 seconds, he began to put all of his chips into one tall stack. Several chips fell over while doing so and he calmly picked them up to complete the stack, making it look as if he was about to slide the chips forward to three-bet all in.
Instead, the player took his hand off the stack of chips and put it onto his cards. He peeled his cards up to look back at them and thought for another 15 seconds.
"Clock," said the player in the six-seat from across the table. The dealer called a floor and by the time one was present, Cotolan's opponent sent his cards to the muck.
Cotolan said something to his opponent and turned over 
for a turned top pair, top kicker. The player remarked saying that he had a king as well, and that it was a sick turn. He then said he folded king-jack.
"You should have busted me twice already," the player then said to Cotolan. Even without a knockout, Cotolan continues to build and now finds himself with 179,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
179,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Taleb Fades Everything To Double
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Matthew Levin was in middle position opened the action with a raise to 8,000 and Ahmed Taleb three-bet all in for his last 22,000 from the button. Action got back to Levin and he called.
Ahmed Taleb: 
Matthew Levin: 
The two were off to the races as the flop came 
, leaving the odds relatively unchanged as Levin found himself with 13 outs by means of any card that was a jack or higher set to improve him beyond Taleb's holding. The turn 
gave Levin three more counterfeit outs for the river, which fell 
and left his ace-king second-best to Taleb's pocket fours.
Both players shrugged and smiled as the runout completed and Levin paid off the 22,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
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
|
-126,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
A Bunch of Chip Counts
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
369,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
300,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
232,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
222,500
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
185,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
172,000
113,500
|
113,500 |
|
166,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
158,000
64,900
|
64,900 |
|
155,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
140,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
111,500
-39,800
|
-39,800 |
|
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
62,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
53,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
51,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
36,000
-24,000
|
-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 | |
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Busted | |
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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
|
111,000 |
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
|
52,000 |
|
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Busted |