$1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
979
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
316
Players Left
37
Randy Perkins Bags Biggest in MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship Main Event Day 1b
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1b of the MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship Main Event has come to a close and surviving players have bagged up until Sunday's Day 2 restart. Iowa's own Randy Perkins put the most chips in his bag with an impressive 445,000.
A total of 316 entrants fired today's flight. For the second night in a row, players made it down to 12 percent of the field before reaching the end of level 15, so 37 players will move on to Sunday's Day 2 and resume play at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Early on in the day, Perkins went on a heater to build an early stack. He flopped a set against pocket aces to cross the 100,000 mark and never looked back.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Perkins | 445,000 | 89 |
| 2 | Sam Rothschild | 385,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Tim Garles | 356,000 | 71 |
| 4 | Eric Atchison | 354,000 | 71 |
| 5 | Bradley Beetz | 318,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Sarah Stefan | 312,000 | 62 |
| 7 | John Mingus | 296,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Ben Hanson | 293,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Marshall Lagani | 288,000 | 58 |
| 10 | Byron Ziebell | 286,000 | 57 |
CJ Peake was one player unable to find a bag, despite doubling his stack in the first few hands of play. Other players left without a bag were Mitchell Bank, Craig Casino, Gary Herstein, Andy Rogowski, Steve Vang, and Rob Wazwaz. Bank went out late in the day for the second flight in a row after a late-night cooler left him short-stacked.
Sarah Stefan (312,000), Elizabeth Ethridge (269,000), and Angela Jordison (254,000) all found big-stack bags. Stefan scored a big double knockout about halfway through the day and rode that momentum to a top-ten stack.
Players will return on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and join the players from the other two flights.
That does it for today's coverage. PokerNews will be on hand the rest of the weekend to follow this one to what is sure to be an exciting conclusion.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000 | 325,000 |
|
385,000 | 180,000 |
|
356,000 | -4,000 |
|
354,000 | 354,000 |
|
318,000 | 278,000 |
|
312,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
296,000 | 151,000 |
|
293,000 | 293,000 |
|
|
288,000 | 148,000 |
|
286,000 | 69,000 |
|
282,000 | -28,000 |
|
280,000 | 80,000 |
|
269,000 | 269,000 |
|
262,000 | 262,000 |
|
258,000 | -57,000 |
|
258,000 | 258,000 |
|
254,000 | -9,000 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
|
233,000 | -33,000 |
|
231,000 | |
|
227,000 | 227,000 |
|
199,000 | 199,000 |
|
|
182,000 | 17,000 |
|
151,000 | -47,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 109,400 |
12 Percent of the Field Reached
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 37 players remaining, players have reached 12 percent of the field with 31:53 left in level 15. Play is over for the day. A full recap of the day's action and full chip counts will be posted shortly.
Jordison Binks the River
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action started on the flop in a heads-up pot. Angela Jordison was in position and looking at a board of 
.
Her opponent bet 17,000 on the flop and Jordison made the call.
On the 
turn, here opponent fired again, this time for 25,000. Again, Jordison made the call.
The river fell the 
, her opponent bet the same amount as the previous street, 25,000. Jordison called fairly quickly.
Her opponent showed 
, but Jordison showed 
for a better two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
263,000 | 137,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Fielder's Choice is to Flop a Set
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
David McKim raised from under the gun and found four callers to head to a flop in a swelling pot.
The dealer flopped 
and McKim continued with a bet of 35,000. Just on his left, a player moved all in for 76,000. Action folded to Jeff Fielder on the button who also moved all in, his stack at 95,000.
McKim didn't seem to love it, but he did make the call.
Opponent: 
Jeff Fielder: 
David McKim:
Fielder had his opponents right where he wanted them. The board ran out clean with no drama and Fielder scooped it all to jump into a top spot on the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000 | 315,000 |
|
|
310,000 | -150,000 |
|
265,000 | 50,000 |
McKim Drills the River
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action picked up on the river of a large pot between David McKim and Mitchell Bank. The full board showed 
.
McKim moved all in on the river and had just barely less than Bank. Bank made the call to see the terrible news.
McKim showed for the rivered full house and Bank revealed for top pair down the drain.
"Are you kidding me? Again?" a distraught Bank said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
460,000 | 460,000 |
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
MSPT Current Season Points Leaders
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Each calendar year, the MSPT keeps track of the player of the year points. The player of the year will receive five main event tickets. Here's where players currently sit on the top-ten leaderboard.
| Place | Player | Season 13 Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Reichard | 3,450 |
| 2 | Daniel Bekavac | 3,400 |
| 3 | Rob Wazwaz | 2,500 |
| 4 | David Leese | 2,367 |
| 5 | Yulia Lisichkina | 2,150 |
| 6 | CJ Peake | 2,150 |
| 7 | Jamie Allen | 2,100 |
| 8 | DJ Buckley | 2,067 |
| 9 | Tim Mulroy | 2,050 |
| 10 | Federico Roberto | 2,000 |