$1,110 Main Event ($500K GTD) Day 1a | 2022 MSPT Riverside

03-17-2022 19:04 UTC-6

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Phuong Nguyen	135,600 135,600	135,600
Joe Landazzi	100,000 68,800	68,800
Kevin Berthelsen	98,600 13,900	13,900
Julie Rickert	84,500 5,500	5,500
Jeff Fielder	82,300 22,300	22,300
Darnell Echols	74,500 23,200	23,200
Aaron Johnson	74,300 30,800	30,800
Jeff Grimes	71,100 17,700	17,700
Darin Utley	31,200 6,200	6,200
Reg Powell	29,300 14,200	14,200
Brad Sailor	24,300 9,300	9,300
Todd Melander	22,500 17,500	17,500
Mike Shaw	20,100 5,300	5,300
Taylor Howard	18,100 6,900	6,900
Matt Morfitt	15,600 10,900	10,900
Phil Mader	13,400 11,600	11,600
Peyton Smith	Busted
Ha Nguyen	Busted
George Dietz	Busted
Tony Olguin	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-17-2022 18:58 UTC-6

Sun Wakes Up with Another Made Hand

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action on the table folded to the button who raised all in for 10,000 and John Sun isolated from the small blind.

Opponent:
John Sun:

Sun woke-up with a premium hand and the runout secured him the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sun	35,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: John Sun

03-17-2022 18:52 UTC-6

Eights Hold for Sun to Double Through McFate

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Dan McFate raised from the cutoff and then called the 11,700 three-bet jam John Sun made from the big blind.

John Sun:
Dan McFate:

Sun was ahead with his made hand but had a sweat after a seven appeared in the window on the flop.

Luckily for Sun, the turn and river were of no consequence to his hand as he collected his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sun	25,000 20,600	20,600
Dan McFate	15,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dan McFate John Sun

03-17-2022 18:49 UTC-6

McFate Wins Race to Drop Opponent

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player from middle position open-jammed for 14,600, Dan McFate came over the top from the hijack and got isolation.

Opponent:
Dan McFate:

It was a classic race with McFate keeping the lead after the flop hit the felt.

The turn did give McFate's opponent a Broadway draw but the was a brick on the river and McFate scored the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan McFate	35,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Dan McFate

03-17-2022 18:38 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sun	45,600 30,600	30,600

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

03-17-2022 18:11 UTC-6

Break Time

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

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

03-17-2022 18:04 UTC-6

Baime Coolered by Rickert

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Brad Sailor raised to 1,200 from early position and found three callers which included Julie Rickert from middle position, along with Ken Baime from the small blind.

The flop was checked to Sailor who continued for 2,800 and Rickert called before Biam check-raised to 10,500.

After the big blind and Sailor folded, Rickert called, bringing the turn.