2022 MSPT Sycuan Showdown Series
Jim Collopy and Justin Lapka were both all in with short stacks against Hesam Fadaifar preflop.
Jim Collopy: ![]()
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Justin Lapka: ![]()
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Hesam Fadaifar: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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giving Collopy the lead with top pair, but the
on the turn gave Fadaifar the lead. He would fade Lapka's straight draw on the river with the
, sending the bracelet winners to the cage to pick up a ten big blind stack to try to quickly spin up.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A huge pot was brewing on a river board of ![]()
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as with a sizable pot of over 60,000 already built, Brandon Schaefer bet 25,000 from the big blind, John Montoux moved all in for his last 26,500, and then Brandon Lee re-shoved for 44,000 more effective, the value of Schaefer's remaining stack.
Schaefer went deep into the tank before folding, later claiming he folded ![]()
for a rivered flush.
That would turn out to be a great fold as Lee rolled over ![]()
for a full house, while Montoux's ![]()
went up in flames, ending his day.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jim Collopy has joined the field, hopping into the action with 12 big blinds.
With his entrance, the Day 1c field has surpassed 200 entrants, boosting the total for the weekend to 463 entries and counting before registration closes before Level 13.
Adam Friedman has built his biggest stack of the weekend and is making a push to reach Day 2. His stack recently took a small hit however from the aptly named, Xaysana Bandith.
After Friedman raised in early position to 4,000, Bandith three-bet to 12,000, which was about a third of his remaining stack. Friedman gave his decision some brief pause, then dropped enough chips forward to put Bandith all in. Bandith called.
Xaysana Bandith: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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, giving Bandith a double-up, while Friedman's stack still remains healthy with approximately 60 big blinds.
While PokerNews is here bringing you live updates for the $1,100 Main Event, we’re happy to tell you about some of the side events that have taken place over the past week during the Showdown Series here at Sycuan Casino.
Event #6: $250 Turbo Super Stack saw 90 entries build a prize pool of $18,000 with the top 9 players earning at least $576. When the dust settled, it was Patrick McCool of Temecula, CA taking home the top prize of $5,760 and an MSPT trophy.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick McCool | $5,760 |
| 2 | Jonathan Starek | $3,564 |
| 3 | Michael Starek | $2,484 |
| 4 | Lisa Fortman | $1,818 |
| 5 | Anthony Bland | $1,332 |
| 6 | Vladimir Medvinsky | $1,008 |
| 7 | Brandon Anderson | $792 |
| 8 | Michael Souza | $666 |
| 9 | Taylor Minshew | $576 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
While PokerNews is here bringing you live updates for the $1,100 Main Event, we’re happy to tell you about some of the side events that have taken place over the past week during the Showdown Series here at Sycuan Casino.
Event #5: $250 Seniors (50+) saw 95 entries build a prize pool of $19,000 with the top 12 players earning at least $399. Following a three-handed deal, it was William Glasser of Rockport, MA taking home the top prize of $4,439 and an MSPT trophy.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Glasser | $4,439 |
| 2 | Robert Chaffin | $3,751 |
| 3 | Graut Foster | $3,533 |
| 4 | Veronica Daly | $1,805 |
| 5 | Reginald Burnley | $1,330 |
| 6 | Michael Kaplitz | $988 |
| 7 | Paul Zgheib | $798 |
| 8 | Armando Mesina | $646 |
| 9 | Terry Wilson | $513 |