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

08-20-2022 19:36 UTC-5

Truong Flops a Straight

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Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action began on the river with Brian Truong moving all in from the hijack. The board showed .

There was about 23,000 in the pot, and Truong's opponent was the effective stack with about 14,000 behind.

"I'm trying to decide if you have a straight or not," said Truong's opponent. "I just have top pair, I don't know if I want to put all my money in with top pair. On the other hand, I was already going to rebuy multiple times." His opponent talked himself into a call.

"I've got a jack," said Truong, showing for the flopped straight to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Truong	58,000 58,000	58,000

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08-20-2022 19:49 UTC-5

Wolcyn Puts the Pressure On

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Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Two players were heads up with a board of showing. About 5,000 was in the middle.

Clint Wolcyn checked from the big blind and his opponent bet 3,300 from under the gun. Wolcyn went for the check-raise up to 8,500. His opponent called.

The turn brought the and Wolcyn followed up with a bet of 10,000. After some thought, his opponent let it go and Wolcyn took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clint Wolcyn	50,000 50,000	50,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-20-2022 20:04 UTC-5

Johnson Wins With the Ladies

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

And under-the-gun player raised to 1,800 before Russell Johnson bumped it up to 3,800 from middle position. Action folded back to the opener who made the call.

The flop showed up and under the gun checked in flow. Johnson continued for 3,300. His opponent check-raised to 6,500. Johnson fairly quickly three-bet the flop to 19,500.

"You got aces or kings?" chuckled his opponent. Johnson let out a little laugh.

Eventually, his opponent did fold, showing . Johnson showed in kind, revealing for the overpair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Novak	95,000 36,000	36,000
Russell Johnson	61,000 61,000	61,000
Keerat Bawa	19,500 1,500	1,500

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08-20-2022 20:17 UTC-5

Novin Chips Up Without a Showdown

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

Ali Novin and Anthony Thompson were heads up looking at a board of . About 22,000 sat in the middle.

Novin was out of position and first to act, and he decided to fire 15,000. Anthony Thompson thought for a bit before letting his cards go.

Novin has built one of the bigger stacks in the room about halfway through the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Novin	135,000 16,000	16,000
Anthony Thompson	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Ali Novin Anthony Thompson

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 .

"I was supposed to get a read on you," laughed Hodge as Moen raked his pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moen	99,000 74,000	74,000
Mark Hodge	47,000 16,000	16,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

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

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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 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