Break
Players are on their third 10-minute break of the evening, all T100 chips will be raced off this break.
Players are on their third 10-minute break of the evening, all T100 chips will be raced off this break.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week at the Winter Poker Classic.
In Event #5: $250 NLH Turbo Super Stack, 135 entries created a $27,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Alan Baker (15th - $459), Jeff Petronack (14th - $459), Leo Fussy (13th - $459), Ryan Arnold (11th - $554), and Nick Anderson (10th - $554).
In the end, it was Adam Wiatrowski who collected every chip in play to capture the WPC trophy, along with first-place $4,335 payday.
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Adam Wiatrowski | $4,335 |
2 | Robert Biorn | $4,231 |
3 | Alex Winter | $3,825 |
4 | Alexander Troug | $3,360 |
5 | Alex Wheeler | $3,017 |
6 | Les Scottston | $2,601 |
7 | Criag Luedemaan | $1,080 |
8 | Mike Wang | $837 |
9 | Dennis Stevermer | $675 |
After the player under the gun raised and Adam Wiatrowski called from the cutoff, the big blind defended bringing about a flop.
Action was checked to the initial raiser who continued for 4,000 and only Wiatrowski called to see the turn.
Wiatrowski's opponent check-folded after he fired out 15,000 and Wiatrowski continues to build after being down to under 12,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Wiatrowski |
52,500
40,200
|
40,200 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Heather Kielpinski |
212,500
116,100
|
116,100 |
Brett Reichard |
164,000
70,800
|
70,800 |
Taylor Howard |
108,000
35,700
|
35,700 |
Ryan Phan |
100,000
47,700
|
47,700 |
Luke Blindert |
82,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Jason Seitz |
80,000
62,700
|
62,700 |
Kyna England |
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brad Sailor |
51,500
8,300
|
8,300 |
Michael Miller |
40,500
-59,500
|
-59,500 |
Jason Crews |
24,500
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
Brett Reichard raised to 4,000 from middle position and was called by Dan Favreau called directly to his left along with the cutoff before Todd Sladek squeezed for 31,000 from the small blind.
Only Favreau called and the two players were off to the races.
Todd Sladek:
Dan Favreau:
Sladek liked what he saw until the flop hit the felt giving Favreau a set of eights.
The turn wasn't the worst card for Sladek as it gave him more outs with a gutshot straight draw, but the completed the board on the river and he took his exit for the tournament field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brett Reichard |
160,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Dan Favreau |
113,500
39,000
|
39,000 |
Todd Sladek | Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.
On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.
Place | Player | Season | Cashes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mike Shin | 10 | 12 |
2 | Aaron Johnson | 10 | 10 |
3 | Aaron Johnson | 9 | 10 |
4 | Kou Vang | 5 | 8 |
5 | Mark Hodge | 6 | 8 |
6 | DJ Buckley | 9 | 7 |
7 | Kou Vang | 9 | 7 |
8 | Patrick Steele | 10 | 7 |
9 | Brian Hou | 10 | 7 |
10 | Cy Church | 12 | 7 |
The hijack raised to 4,500 and was called by Brett Reichard from the cutoff, along with Dan Favreau from the button.
The flop saw the initial raiser continue for 7,500 and only Reichard called to see the turn.
Action was checked to Reichard who fired out an uncontested 16,000 bet to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brett Reichard |
193,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
Dan Favreau |
74,500
-39,000
|
-39,000 |