$1,110 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 MSPT Grand Falls

08-20-2022 21:52 UTC-5

Nguyen Flops the World

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Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action picked up on the flop in a heads-up battle with a board of and about 30,000 in the middle.

A player in middle position led for 15,000 and Kevin Nguyen made the call in the cutoff.

The turn brought the and Nguyen saw his opponent move all in for about 20,000. Nguyen made the snap call, and his opponent winced when he saw it.

All-in player:
Kevin Nguyen:

Nguyen had his opponent drawing very thin, and the changed nothing, giving Nguyen the victory.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Nguyen	178,000 178,000	178,000

Tags: Kevin Nguyen

08-20-2022 21:41 UTC-5

PN Pod: Phil Galfond Gives "Galfond Challenge" Update; He's Ready for High Stakes Duel

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Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Phil Galfond to the show. The poker legend gives more details on his summer match against the poker dealer who stepped up to play him at some high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) action, shares an update on the status of "The Galfond Challenge," and talks about the possibility of playing on PokerGO's High Stakes Duel, maybe against Phil Hellmuth or a PLO edition. He also talks about his recently-released PLO course.

Speaking of Hellmuth, the crew discusses Scott Seiver backing out of High Stakes Duel III and Jason Koon stepping up to fill his spot, as well as recap all the big stories coming out of the record-breaking PokerStars and Barcelona© Casino European Poker Tour including Michael Addamo claiming his first-ever EPT title and Giada Fang shipping a $30K Platinum Pass.

They also highlight Bobby Tieu's victory in the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Event #1: $400 NLH, and launch the brand new PokerNews Bad Beat Hotline where listeners can call in (+1 702-625-0166) and share their bad beats, which may be featured on a future episode of the show.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

08-20-2022 21:20 UTC-5

Break Time

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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

08-20-2022 21:19 UTC-5

Nguyen Gets a River Fold, Chipping Up

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

From early position, a player opened to 2,600. JC Nguyen was on the button and decided to call to see a flop, the blinds folded.

The flop came low and connected on the board. Both players checked the street.

The turn put a four-liner out when the landed. The early-position player bet 5,000 and Nguyen quickly called.

The river was the , this time Nguyen saw his opponent check. He decided to bet 15,000. His opponent mucked and Nguyen took down the pot, climbing the leaderboard to near the top.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Nguyen	248,000 248,000	248,000

Tags: JC Nguyen

08-20-2022 21:04 UTC-5

Ethridge a Big Stack After Aces Versus Kings

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Elizabeth Ethridge shared a hand after the fact that has resulted in her being one of the room's big stacks.

She tangled with another big stack at the table who had a very similar stack to herself at the time. She had aces and her opponent had kings.

The board came nine-high with all low cards and the two got all the chips in the middle. Ethridge's aces held and the cooler gave her piles of chips as we near the end of level nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elizabeth Ethridge	260,000 260,000	260,000

08-20-2022 20:57 UTC-5

Dinh Puts It In

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action began on the flop in a heads-up pot. The board showed .

Thai Dinh led from middle position for 1,500. His opponent raised to 6,500 from late position. Dinh made the call.

The turn brought a and Dinh checked to the previous street's raiser. That player bet 11,000. Dinh quickly moved all in, about 29,000 effective. His opponent thought for a while before folding and preserving his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Dinh	125,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Thai Dinh

08-20-2022 20:44 UTC-5

Calverley Drills Turn, Gets the Double

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action picked up on the turn in a heads-up pot with a board of showing.

Calverley sat in position and saw his opponent bet 10,000 into the growing pot. Calverley moved all in for about 38,000. His opponenet didn't like it, but did decided to put the chips in, having Calverley covered by a bit.

Jeremy Calverley:
Opponent:

Calverley drilled the straight to overtake the trips of his opponent, but had to dodge full house outs on the river. The was clean and Calverley locked up the double.

"I knew that was a bad card, I almost folded," said his opponent. "I thought sometimes he might have jack-ten."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Calverley	104,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Jeremy Calverley

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-20-2022 20:31 UTC-5

Moen Gets Respect

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Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mark Hodge opened from under the gun to 2,300 and the player on his immediate left made the call. In middle position, Chris Moen three-bet up to 13,800.

"Do you want a call?" asked Hodge as he contemplated. "Are you scared of all this?" he pointed at his smaller-than-Moen's chip stack. Moen just shrugged.

Hodge eventually folded, as did the player in between.

"Do you want to see?" asked Moen. Hodge did, and Moen showed .