$1,110 MSPT Main Event
Day 1b Completed
$1,110 MSPT Main Event
Day 1b Completed
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).
RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sebastin Kolman | United States | 584,000 |
2 | Ulisese Liaina | American Samoa | 492,000 |
3 | Stephen S. O’Dwyer | United States | 344,000 |
4 | Andres Moran | Mexico | 328,000 |
5 | Rob Wazwaz | United States | 310,000 |
6 | David Mann | United States | 278,000 |
7 | Rich Lanes | United States | 254,000 |
8 | Abdulkadir Bulle | Canada | 198,000 |
9 | DJ Buckley | United States | 188,000 |
10 | Genefredo Legaspi | United States | 186,000 |
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.
Date | Time (PDT) | Tournament | Late Reg | GTD Prize Pool | Starting Stack | Blind Levels | |
Saturday, April 30 | 10:00 am | $265 Satellite – 1 in 5 advance to MSPT Main | 2:00 pm | 5 seats | 15,000 | 20 | |
3:00 pm | Event #10: $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1c | 11:40 pm | $300,000 | 25,000 | 40 | ||
8:00 pm | $135 Nightly NLH | 10:10 pm | $4,000 | 12,000 | 20 | ||
Sunday, May 1 | 11:00 am | $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 2 | - | ||||
Noon | Event #10: $250 Last Chance NLH | 3:00 pm | $10,000 | 15,000 | 20 | ||
3:00 pm | $135 Last Dance NLH | 5:10 pm | $2,000 | 12,000 | 20 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sebastin Kolman
|
584,000 | 14,000 |
Ulisese Liaina | 492,000 | 492,000 |
Stephen S. O'Dwyer
|
344,000 | -6,000 |
Andres Moran | 328,000 | -2,000 |
Rob Wazwaz
|
310,000 | 23,000 |
David Mann | 278,000 | 73,000 |
Rich Lanes | 254,000 | 15,000 |
Abdulkadir Bulle | 198,000 | 28,000 |
DJ Buckley | 188,000 | -92,000 |
Genefredo Legaspi | 186,000 | 186,000 |
Tim Acker | 185,000 | 55,000 |
Zach Gutierrez | 153,000 | -47,000 |
Ricardo Mendoza | 151,000 | 16,000 |
Eric Liu | 151,000 | -44,000 |
Veronica Daly | 138,000 | 68,000 |
Rich Alsup
|
136,000 | 43,000 |
David Leese | 134,000 | -21,000 |
Gary Bousquet | 120,000 | -85,000 |
Thuy Kawano
|
109,000 | 109,000 |
Luis Yepez | 68,000 | -82,000 |
Matthew Zevin | 54,000 | -13,000 |
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.
Just after tournament staff announced that four hands would be played before night's end, Andres Moran eliminated David Avina when Moran rivered a flush versus Avina's set of fives.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andres Moran | 330,000 | 215,000 |
David Avina | Busted |
Steve Lardner committed the rest of his chips on a flop versus Rob Wazwaz who called.
Steve Lardner:
Rob Wazwaz:
The dealer put out the and , denying Lardner's flush draw and sending him home shy of making Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rob Wazwaz
|
287,000 | 32,000 |
Steve Lardner
|
Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Alsup
|
93,000 | 53,000 |
David Avina | 72,000 | -28,000 |
Veronica Daly | 70,000 | -56,000 |
Matthew Zevin | 67,000 | 20,000 |
Steve Lardner
|
60,000 | -45,000 |
Tyler Hatchel and Derrick Yamada have just been eliminated from the tournament, bringing the total down to 23 players.
With the elimination of two more players, play will end for the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tyler Hatchel
|
Busted | |
Derrick Yamada | Busted |
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 | 280,000 | 42,000 |
Shane Truesdale | Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000