Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2021 MSPT Showdown Series
MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event
Day: 1b
Last Break of the Night
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Players are now on their last 10-minute break of the night. When they return, late registration and re-entries will come to a close on Day 1b. They will then play until there's 30:00 remaining in Level 15 before stopping for the night.
Also, the end of the break will also open up registration for Saturday's Day 1c flight, which will get underway at 3 p.m. local time.
Da Bears
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
There was around 15,000 in the pot and a flop of 
when a raising war broke out between Kyna England and Sean Yu. We're not sure how it unfolded, but we do know it resulted the former getting all in for 128,500 and called by the latter.
Sean Yu: 
Kyna England: 
Like her favorite football team, the Chicago Bears, 85 was looking good as she'd flopped two pair with the hand. However, Yu had a ton of outs with both straight and flush draws.
The 
turn gave him even more outs, but the 
river was a brick. England, who is fresh off finishing third in the MSPT Riverside in Iowa for $73,782, held and doubled big on the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | 165,000 |
|
60,000 | -160,000 |
Ohio's Ken Po Wins Event #7: $360 PLO8 for $8,369
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
In addition to the $1,100 Main Event happening here at the MSPT Sycuan Casino, there were 10 other side events that awarded trophies. One of them was Tuesday's Event #7: $360 PLO8, a tournament that attracted 93 runners and awarded a $27,900 prize pool to the top dozen finishers.
Among those to cash were Daniel Griffen (12th - $642), Luanne Uligan (9th - $753), DJ Buckley (7th - $1,088), and Ajay Chabra (3rd - $3,711).
In the end, Ken Po of Seven Hills, Ohio beat Brian Caplan in heads-up play to win the trophy and $8,369 first-place prize.
Event #7 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Po | Seven Hills, Ohio | $8,369 |
| 2 | Brian Caplan | Richboro, Pennsylvania | $5,162 |
| 3 | Ajay Chabra | San Diego, California | $3,711 |
| 4 | Michael Shields | Newport Beach, California | $2,651 |
| 5 | Whitney Brayton | Pinon Hills, California | $1,869 |
| 6 | Derrick Herron | Santee, California | $1,367 |
| 7 | DJ Buckley | Shakopee, Minnesota | $1,088 |
| 8 | Richard Niminski | La Mesa, California | $893 |
Andre Verardi Eliminates Andy Rogowski
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andre Verardi opened with a raise from the hijack and then called when Chicago's Andy Rogowski three-bet all in for 25,000 from the small blind.
Andy Rogowski: 
Andre Verardi: 
Rogowski was behind but drawing to two live cards. The 
flop didn't pair him but it did give him a gutshot straight draw to a nine.
Unfortunately for Rogowski, both the turn and river bricked to send him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A Round of Chip Counts; Scott Stewart Jumps Back In
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 143,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 120,000 |
|
210,000 | 10,000 |
|
150,000 | -14,000 |
|
140,000 | 90,000 |
|
140,000 | 100,000 |
|
138,000 | 63,000 |
|
130,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -50,000 |
|
75,000 | 5,000 |
|
75,000 | 10,000 |
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
60,000 | 20,000 |
|
50,000 | -60,000 |
|
40,000 | -20,000 |
|
40,000 | -15,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
25,000 | -25,000 |
|
Busted |
One for Alex Balcerzak
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Alex Balcerzak raised to 4,500 from the hijack and a short-stacked player defended from the big blind.
On the 
all-tens flop, the big blind checked and Balcerzak continued for 5,000.
His opponent called and then check-called a bet of 5,500 on the 
turn.
When the completed the board on the river, the big blind checked for the third time and Balcerzak followed suit by tabling the 
.
His tens full of eights was good enough to collect the pot as the player in the big blind simply mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 40,000 |
Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables in History
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 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.
Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."
Here's a look at the top eight MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Main Event Final Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alsup | New Hope, Minnesota | 12 |
| 2 | Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 10 |
| 3 | Blake Bohn | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 9 |
| 4 | Rob WazWaz | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 9 |
| 5 | Jason Bender | Keota, Iowa | 9 |
| 6 | Aaron Johnson | Red Wing, Minnesota | 9 |
| 7 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley, Minnesota | 8 |
| 8 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 |
| 9 | Joe Matheson | Monticello, Minnesota | 7 |
| 10 | Dan "DQ" Hendrickson | Faribault, Minnesota | 7 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000