MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 MSPT Showdown Series

05-06-2021 16:21 UTC-7

What You Need to Know About San Diego's Sycuan Casino

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Are you familiar with Sycuan Casino? If not, fear not as we're ready to let you know everything you need to know.

Sycuan Casino is located in the Dehesa Valley just 30 minutes from downtown San Diego, Sycuan Casino Resort began as a one-room Bingo Palace in 1983. Over three decades later, they've grown into a community landmark and one of San Diego’s premier casino resort destinations that offers something for everybody.

They recently completed a 260 million dollar expansion project featuring a 12-story luxury hotel with over 300 guest rooms and 57 suites. Guests have several new onsite amenities to enjoy like expanded casino floor space, bars and restaurants, a full-service spa and salon, over 80,000 square feet of customizable meeting and event space, and a state-of-the-art pool area.

The casino floor now includes 2,200 diverse slot machines and 50 classic table games like poker, blackjack, craps, and roulette.

And the fun extends well past the gaming. From A-list concerts and comedy shows to sports viewing parties and San Diego’s only country pool party, their featured live entertainment is always a world-class guest experience.

With over 15 bars and restaurants ranging from casual to upscale, dining at Sycuan Casino Resort is an experience in itself. Whether it’s a laidback tap house, an upscale steakhouse, or a fast-casual eatery featuring several of San Diego’s favorite restaurants, their full-service resort offers dining for every taste.

They also created their very own oasis with two pools, a lazy river, a swim-up bar, and cabanas. Their full-service spa and salon offers a wide array of wellness treatments ranging from facials to massages, saunas, and steam rooms, to even a complete hair salon.

For more on the venue, visit sycuan.com.

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

05-06-2021 16:36 UTC-7

The Current MSPT All-Time Money List

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 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.

To date, the MSPT has awarded $110,657,533 in prize money.

Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List:

Place	Player	MSPT Winnings
1	Rich Alsup	$785,534
2	Pavel Plesuv	$681,212
3	Michael Soyza	$592,137
4	Blake Bohn	$502,720
5	David Levine	$499,752
6	Mike Shin	$498,753
7	Thomas Boivin	$461,505
8	Aaron Johnson	$448,644
9	[Removed:460]	$445,000
10	Felipe Davila	$427,942

05-06-2021 16:44 UTC-7

Odeing with the Full Press

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Three players each committed 700 preflop and saw a flop of .

Rob Press was first to act in the lojack and moved all in for his last 4,300 or so. The player in the hijack folded but Ronald Oeding called from the cutoff.

Rob Press:
Ronald Oeding:

Both players had flopped top pair but Oeding's kicker had him way out in front. Neither the turn nor river helped Press and he made an early exit from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Oeding	37,000
Rob Press	Busted

Tags: Ronald Oeding Rob Press

05-06-2021 17:06 UTC-7

Daniel Mason Ships Early Double

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

The preflop action escaped us but we do know that a raising war resulted in Daniel Mason getting his stack of 16,100 allin and being called by an opponent.

"Aces?" Mason asked skeptically. His opponent did not reply but instead let his cards do the talking.

Daniel Mason:
Opponent:

Mason was relieved to see he wasn't up against aces, and his cowboys held after the board ran out a clean [jh9h6s10s3c[.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Mason	33,000

Tags: Daniel Mason

05-06-2021 17:06 UTC-7

Break Time

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-06-2021 17:29 UTC-7

Get to Know 3-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner Adam Friedman

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

One of the most accomplished and skilled poker players in today’s field is no doubt Ohio’s Adam Friedman. If you don’t believe us, his poker résumé will surely convince you.

Let’s start with the MSPT. Friedman has amassed $349,707 in tour earnings, which puts him 22nd on the tour all-time money list. He has cashed 14 MSPT Main Events and amazingly has made the final table of those seven times! In January 2018, he finished third in the MSPT JACK Cleveland Casino for $52,976, and the following year returned to win it for $121,405.

According to The Hendon Mob, Friedman has more than $3.1 million in live tournament earnings, which puts him seventh on the Ohio all-time money list. His biggest cash of $312,417 when he won the 2019 World Series of Poker Event #35: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship for what was his third gold bracelet.

His second came the year before in the same event, good for $293,275, while his first came in the 2012 WSOP Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud for $269,037. The trio of bracelet wins constitutes Friedman’s three biggest scores.

Additionally, Friedman is a high-stakes mixed cash game player. While he’s been hibernating during the pandemic, Friedman opted to travel out west to try his hand in his first tournament in more than a year.

Time will tell if he can capture his second MSPT title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	5,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Adam Friedman

05-06-2021 17:43 UTC-7

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.

The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:

Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year

To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.

As of today, seven players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.

05-06-2021 17:55 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marty Gorenc	100,000 75,000	75,000
Adam Friedman	46,000 41,000	41,000

Faris Fetouhi	40,000 15,000	15,000
Andrew Moreno	40,000 15,000	15,000
Ben Moon	36,000 11,000	11,000
Robert Keeling	35,000 10,000	10,000
Rich Alsup	29,000 4,000	4,000

Greg Raymer	25,000

Tim Daly	23,500 -1,500	-1,500
Jeff Grimes	22,000 -3,000	-3,000
Christine Blake	22,000
Alan Wentz	21,000 -4,000	-4,000
Veronica Daly	15,000 -10,000	-10,000
Christina Read	15,000
Brad Sailor	6,300 -18,700	-18,700
Happy Spaulding	Busted
Chad Bjorkman	Busted