MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2021 MSPT Showdown Series
MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event
Days: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2021 MSPT Showdown Series
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$654,220
Players
676
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left
15
Entries
131
Adam Friedman Leads After Day 1a of the MSPT Showdown Series $1,100 Main Event
Level 15
: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1a of the MSPT Showdown Series $1,100 Main Event at San Diego’s Sycuan Casino attracted 131 runners, but after a little over 14 levels of play the field was whittled down to the final 15 with three-time WSOP bracelet winner and MSPT JACK Cleveland champ Adam Friedman leading the way.
His monster stack of 816,000 is more than double that of Nic Getzen (322,000), his next-closest competitor. Others to bag were Jimmy Donuts (305,000), 2004 WSOP Main Event champ Greg Raymer (271,000), Adam Demersseman (188,000), and Minnesota’s Tony Hartmann (106,000).
Among those to fire and fall on Day 1a were Nick Yunis, Alex Winter, Andrew Moreno, Hannah and Happy Spaulding, Brad Sailor, WSOP bracelet winner Ben Moon, MSPT champs Chad Bjorkman, Ken Baime, and Rich Alsup.
There are still two more starting flights to be had with Day 1b and 1c taking place at 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday respectively. PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante
The day was scheduled to play either 15 levels or down to 12 percent of the field, whichever hit first. As it turned out, the latter did with 30 minutes remaining in Level 15.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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816,000 | 116,000 |
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322,000 | 322,000 |
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305,000 | 25,000 |
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284,000 | |
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271,000 | 16,000 |
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188,000 | -22,000 |
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181,000 | -69,000 |
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159,000 | 59,000 |
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156,000 | 156,000 |
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152,000 | 152,000 |
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116,000 | 41,000 |
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106,000 | 106,000 |
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88,000 | 5,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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42,000 | 42,000 |
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Han Finishes Off Lopez
Level 15
: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante
Greg Raymer opened for 10,000 from the cutoff and Adrian Lopez three-bet all in for 20,000 from the small blind. Haiau Han then jammed over the top from the big and Raymer got out of the way.
Haiau Han: 
Adrian Lopez: 
The board ran out 
and that was all she wrote for Lopez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000 | 80,000 |
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Busted | |
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Paul Doubles Through Lopez
Level 15
: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante
Gabe Paul got his stack of 40,000 all in preflop and was at-risk against Adrian Lopez.
Adrian Lopez: 
Gabe Paul: 
Paul had the best of it and shipped the double after the board ran out 
. Meanwhile, Lopez was left with just 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,000 | 43,000 |
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21,000 | -29,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Christmas Comes Early for Friedman
Level 14
: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante
Adam Friedman raised the button to 9,000 and the player in the small blind called. The big got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the 
flop.
The player in the small blind opted to pile for around 70,000 and Friedman wasted little time in making the call.
Adam Friedman: 
Small Blind:
Friedman had flopped top set and that left the player in the small blind calling for a five to make a wheel. That was rendered a moot point when the 
turn paired the board and improved Friedman to an unbeatable full house.
The meaningless 
was run out on the river and Friedman pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000 | 200,000 |
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Shiller Scores KO; Thurber Falls
Level 14
: 2,000-4,000, 4,000 ante
A short-stacked player was all in preflop for their last 46,000 and looking to survive against Brendan Shiller.
Brendan Shiller: 
Opponent: 
Shiller was behind but with two live cards, one of which he paired on the 
flop. Neither the turn nor 
river changed a thing and Shiller scored a late-night knockout.
Meanwhile, Laurette Thurber was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Two Pair Over Two Pair Sends Gorenc to the Rail
Level 13
: 2,000-3,000, 3,000 ante
Jimmy Donuts raised the button to 8,000 and both Greg Raymer and Marty Gorenc called from the small and big blinds respectively.
Two checks on the 
flop saw Donuts continue for 7,000 and both his opponents called to see the turn.
Two more checks saw Donuts toss out another bet, Raymer folded, and Gorenc check-jammed all in for approximately 60,000. Donuts snap-called and Gorenc discovered the bad news.
Jimmy Donuts: 
Marty Gorenc: 
Both players had two pair but the aces and tens of donuts was best. The river was no help to Gorenc and he headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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280,000 | 80,000 |
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Busted | |
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