MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event Day 1c | 2021 MSPT Showdown Series

05-01-2021 21:40 UTC-7

MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Breaks 1,000 Runners

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event proved to be a massive affair. On Friday, 305 runners competed on Day 1a, and on Saturday an additional 275 partook. For Saturday's third and final flight, 467 entrants entered Day 1c to bring the total field up to 1,047 entries.

The tournament staff is still working on the final payout information, which we'll share with you just as soon as we have it.

05-01-2021 21:54 UTC-7

"There's No Way You Can Call There"

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player in middle position raised to 15,000 only to have Nathan Ghodoushim three-bet all in for 107,000 from the hijack. The player in the big blind, perhaps not realizing there was an original raiser, thought long and hard before folding his face up.

The dealer informed him there was another player in the hand still to act, and that player opted to call off for 92,000.

"I have a feeling my hand would've won," the big blind quipped. It turned out to be a premonition.

Nathan Ghodoushim:
Opponent:

The flop, which would've given the big blind two pair, kept Ghodoushim in the lead and he stayed there through the turn and river.

For the big blind, it's a story of what might have been, but as Ghodoushim told him, "There's no way you can call there."

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Ghodoushim	210,000

Tags: Nathan Ghodoushim

05-01-2021 21:58 UTC-7

Four More Hands

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1c. Stay tuned for a list of chip counts, a short recap of the day's action, and the Day 2 seat draw.

05-01-2021 23:51 UTC-7

End-of-Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tiffany Nguyen	826,000 186,000	186,000
Robert Fortuno	548,000
Anthony Nguyen	489,000 159,000	159,000
Sarah Smart	385,000 385,000	385,000
Ben Brown	374,000 14,000	14,000
Aldwin John Mariano	352,000
Harvey Negado	343,000
Marvin Imutan	317,000
Adrian Lopez	312,000 62,000	62,000
Josh Vlahos	310,000
Michael Rosado	308,000
Vernon Waite	271,000
Bob Chow	266,000 26,000	26,000
Tim Murphy	251,000
Taylor Bell	245,000
Michael DeGroot	238,000
Conrado "Jun" Parker	225,000
Robert Houg	217,000
Faris Fetouhi	216,000
Armando Mesina	215,000
Alexander Wood	209,000
Kasra Amiraslani	200,000
Jason Tang	195,000 195,000	195,000
David Ross	189,000
Anthony Javier	189,000

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05-02-2021 00:05 UTC-7

Tiffany Nguyen Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1c of MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event proved to be a massive affair. On Friday, 305 runners competed on Day 1a, and on Saturday an additional 275 partook. For Saturday's third and final flight, 467 entrants entered Day 1c to bring the total field up to 1,047 entries.

After 15 levels of play on Day 1c, 59 players remained with Tiffany Nguyen and her stack of 825,000 leading the way. That is ahead of both Day 1a chip leader Happy Spaulding (786,000) and Day 1b chip leader Benjamin Moon (560,000)

Others to make it through Day 1c were Robert Fortuno (548,000), Anthony Nguyen (489,000), Sarah Smart (385,000), and Ben Brown (374,000), who round out the top five stacks.

Of course, not everyone was so fortunate. Among those to fire and fall on Day 1c were popular poker vlogger Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno, CardPlayer Cruises co-owner Mark Napolitano, former Jeopardy! contestant Jeff Grimes, Marty Gorenc, one-time chip leaders Valentin Navarro and Ramon Reyes, and PLON founder Lena Evans, who will now help host tomorrow’s Ladies Event.

Day 2 will begin at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday. PokerNews will be on-hand bringing you all the updates from start to finish, so be sure to join us then.

Tags: Tiffany Nguyen

MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event

Day 1c Completed