2022 MSPT Sycuan Showdown Series

$1,110 MSPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 MSPT Sycuan Showdown Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$79,671
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$457,310
Entries
473
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
182
Players Left
21

$1,110 MSPT Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Kolman Bags Chip Lead, MSPT Stars Shine on Day 1b of Sycuan Main Event

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sebastin Kolman
Sebastin Kolman

Sebastin Kolman of Los Angeles, California will lead 21 more survivors into Sunday’s final day of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Sycuan Showdown Series $1,100 Main Event with a massive 584,000 chips.

He’ll be joined by a who’s who of the MSPT as Rob Wazwaz (310,000), DJ Buckley (188,000), and Rich Alsup (136,000) all bagged to join the nine survivors from Day 1a.

A large part of Kolman’s stack came courtesy of a huge miscue by Jeffrey Jordan who ran his pair of nines preflop into Kolman’s kings after moving all-in for over 70 big blinds effective. Kolman never looked back and continued to grow his stack right until the end of the night.

Alsup looked to be cruising into Day 2 until the second to last level when his pocket aces were cracked by David Avina’s pocket queens, leaving him with just 10 big blinds. The MSPT Hall of Famer battled back to bag a healthy 136,000, while Avina did not survive the day.

Alsup’s may not have been the best comeback story of the day though, as Thuy (TK) Kawano fought back from just over 10,000 chips midway through the day to find herself a bag with 109,000 chips at the end of the night.

Other big stacks heading to Day 2 included Ulisese Liaina (492,000), Stephen S. O’Dwyer (344,000), and Andres Moran (328,000).

Sycuan Showdown Series Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNT
1Sebastin KolmanUnited States584,000
2Ulisese LiainaAmerican Samoa492,000
3Stephen S. O’DwyerUnited States344,000
4Andres MoranMexico328,000
5Rob WazwazUnited States310,000
6David MannUnited States278,000
7Rich LanesUnited States254,000
8Abdulkadir BulleCanada198,000
9DJ BuckleyUnited States188,000
10Genefredo LegaspiUnited States186,000

The second of three opening flights drew a field of 182 players, adding to the 79 who fired on Day 1a. With 261 entries already, and Day 1c Saturday expected to draw a huge field, the $300,000 guarantee is now guaranteed to be shattered.

Among those that will need that final chance on Day 1c after busting this flight are WSOP bracelet winners Adam Friedman, Jim Collopy, and Justin Lapka, along with MSPT Sycuan January Main Event champion Gianluca Pace.

They’ll have their shot Saturday at 3 pm and PokerNews will be there for all the action, so be sure to join us then.

MSPT Showdown Series Remaining Schedule

DateTime (PDT)TournamentLate RegGTD Prize PoolStarting StackBlind Levels 
Saturday, April 3010:00 am$265 Satellite – 1 in 5 advance to MSPT Main2:00 pm5 seats15,00020 
 3:00 pmEvent #10: $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1c11:40 pm$300,00025,00040 
 8:00 pm$135 Nightly NLH10:10 pm$4,00012,00020 
Sunday, May 111:00 am$1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 2-    
 NoonEvent #10: $250 Last Chance NLH3:00 pm$10,00015,00020 
 3:00 pm$135 Last Dance NLH5:10 pm$2,00012,00020 

Tags: Adam FriedmanAndres MoranDavid AvinaDJ BuckleyGianluca PaceJeffrey JordanJim CollopyJustin LapkaRich AlsupRob WazwazSebastin KolmanStephen O’Dwyer

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sebastin Kolman in
Sebastin Kolman
Day 1B Chip Leader
584,000 14,000
Ulisese Liaina as
Ulisese Liaina
492,000 492,000
Stephen S. O'Dwyer ie
Stephen S. O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
344,000 -6,000
Andres Moran mx
Andres Moran
328,000 -2,000
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 23,000
David Mann us
David Mann
278,000 73,000
Rich Lanes us
Rich Lanes
254,000 15,000
Abdulkadir Bulle ca
Abdulkadir Bulle
198,000 28,000
DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
188,000 -92,000
Genefredo Legaspi us
Genefredo Legaspi
186,000 186,000
Tim Acker us
Tim Acker
185,000 55,000
Zach Gutierrez us
Zach Gutierrez
153,000 -47,000
Ricardo Mendoza us
Ricardo Mendoza
151,000 16,000
Eric Liu us
Eric Liu
151,000 -44,000
Veronica Daly us
Veronica Daly
138,000 68,000
Rich Alsup
Rich Alsup
136,000 43,000
David Leese us
David Leese
134,000 -21,000
Gary Bousquet us
Gary Bousquet
120,000 -85,000
Thuy Kawano us
Thuy Kawano
109,000 109,000
Luis Yepez ve
Luis Yepez
68,000 -82,000
Matthew Zevin us
Matthew Zevin
54,000 -13,000

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21 Players Advance to Day 2

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Play has concluded for the night with 21 players remaining, including MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup, who survived a short stack late in the day.

Players are bagging their chips, and we'll have a full recap and final chip counts shortly.

Final Level Underway; Buckley Elimintaes Truesdale

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
DJ Buckley
DJ Buckley

Just before the final level of the day began, DJ Buckley eliminated Shane Truesdale when his ace-king pipped Truesdale's ace-queen.

There are now 25 players remaining, with either 40 minutes or four more eliminations remaining in the night.

Player Chips Progress
DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
280,000 42,000
Shane Truesdale us
Shane Truesdale
Busted

Tags: DJ BuckleyShane Truesdale

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000