$1,110 South Dakota State Championship Day 1b | 2022 MSPT Deadwood

05-21-2022 16:56 UTC-5

Some Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Lybeck	80,000 80,000	80,000
Kevin Sickels	62,000 62,000	62,000
Jeff Paulson	55,000 -2,000	-2,000
Terence Reid	47,000 47,000	47,000
Nichole Eby	35,000 35,000	35,000
Donovan Frank	34,000 34,000	34,000
Jill PIke	32,000 7,000	7,000
Sacha Zian	31,500 6,500	6,500
Dave Ouellette	28,300 28,300	28,300
Josh Santi	28,000 28,000	28,000
Eddie Ghostbear	17,800 -7,200	-7,200
Kara Tripp	17,000 -8,000	-8,000
Michael Campbell	16,500 -8,500	-8,500

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

05-21-2022 17:27 UTC-5

Bekavac Building Early; Some Updated Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Bekavac	60,000 60,000	60,000
Warner Ghere	59,000 59,000	59,000
Steven Dale	50,000
Taylor Howard	42,000 17,000	17,000
John Tieszen	41,000 -1,000	-1,000
Wes Cannon	33,000 33,000	33,000
Penn Swindle	25,000
Cy Church	12,500 -12,500	-12,500

05-21-2022 17:44 UTC-5

Tripp Lays Down Top Pair to Jam

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

On a three-way flop of , Kara Tripp in the big blind and Josh Santi in middle position called a 1,400 chip bet from Dave Oullette in late position.

On the turn, Tripp checked and Santi moved all in for almost 20,000. Oulette folded and Tripp went into the tank.

After some deliberation, she folded face up, showing , for top pair with a king kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kara Tripp	37,000 20,000	20,000
Josh Santi	35,500 7,500	7,500
Dave Ouellette	28,000 -300	-300

Tags: Josh Santi Kara Tripp Dave Ouellette

05-21-2022 17:55 UTC-5

Break Time!

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

The 168 players in the field have been sent on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-21-2022 18:16 UTC-5

MSPT Season 13 Points Leaders

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

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.

Here's a look at the top ten on the Season 13 points leaderboard.

Place	Player	Hometown	Points
1	Dan Bekavac	Chicago, Illinois	3,400
2	Josh Reichard	Janesville, Wisconsin	2,250
3	CJ Peake	Cleveland, Ohio	2,150
4	Rob Wazwaz	Minneapolis, Minnesota	2,150
5	Jamie Allen	Dundalk, Maryland	2,100
6	Tim Mulroy	Westland, Michigan	2,050
7	David Leese	Oceanside, California	1,967
8	Ron West	Los Angeles, California	1,900
9	DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	1,867
10	Richard Alsup	New Hope, Minnesota	1,833

Tags: CJ Peake DJ Buckley Dan Bekavac David Leese Eden Prairie Jamie Allen Richard Alsup Rob Wazwaz Ron West Tim Mulroy

05-21-2022 18:35 UTC-5

Hepper First Over 100,000

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cash Hepper	102,000 102,000	102,000
Dan Bekavac	80,000 20,000	20,000
Terence Reid	56,000 9,000	9,000
Warner Ghere	55,000 -4,000	-4,000
Donovan Frank	36,000 2,000	2,000
Jill PIke	32,000
Nichole Eby	31,000 -4,000	-4,000
Sacha Zian	29,500 -2,000	-2,000
DJ Buckley	27,000 27,000	27,000
Ken Lybeck	26,500 -53,500	-53,500
Sergio Mireles	14,000 14,000	14,000
John Tieszen	10,000 -31,000	-31,000
Michael Campbell	6,500 -10,000	-10,000
Kara Tripp	6,000 -31,000	-31,000