$1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1c | 2022 MSPT Sycuan Showdown Series

05-01-2022 00:14 UTC-4

Pitesa Eliminates Allen; Pushing For Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Anthony Pitesa's stack was recently seen to be notably larger, and he shared the actions surrounding its growth.

According to Pitesa, action was folded to him in the small blind and he limped. In the big blind, Jamie Allen raised to 4,200, and Pitesa re-raised to 19,200.

Not one to shy away from an aggressive line, Allen jammed for 65,000 and Pitesa happily called.

Pitesa showed , while Allen showed .

The board ran out clean for Pitesa and he scooped a huge pot to vault him over 200,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Pitesa	206,000 121,000	121,000
Jamie Allen	Busted

Tags: Jamie Allen Anthony Pitesa

05-01-2022 00:24 UTC-4

Big Stacks at Break

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Barbod Salimi has taken over the chip lead as players head to break.

He won a large pot from Massoud Eskandari with pocket kings versus pocket queens.

Several players are now over the 200,000 chip mark with just three levels of registration remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barbod Salimi	250,000
Ed Alikhani	240,000 26,000	26,000
Anthony Pitesa	203,000 -3,000	-3,000
Daniel Guerrero	195,000 72,000	72,000
Massoud Eskandari	65,000 -95,000	-95,000

Tags: Barbod Salimi Massoud Eskandari

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-01-2022 00:39 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Brewer	125,000

Steve Kang	123,000 123,000	123,000
Mark Cincotta	80,000 18,000	18,000
David Uvaydov	80,000 80,000	80,000
Christina Gollins	77,000 2,000	2,000
Elvis Toomas	55,000 55,000	55,000
Justin Lapka	43,000 6,000	6,000
Brad Sailor	35,000 10,000	10,000
Adam Friedman	33,000 -20,000	-20,000

Gianluca Pace	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jamie Allen	25,000 25,000	25,000
Laurette Thurber	25,000 -27,000	-27,000

Salimi Eliminates Pace

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Barbod Salimi's stack continues to grow thanks to a lucky river against Gianluca Pace.

According to Salimi and his tablemates, on a turn board reading , Pace check-raised all-in holding the nut straight with and got called by Salimi's for a Broadway straight draw.

That draw came in with an on the river, eliminating Pace and extending Salimi's chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barbod Salimi	270,000 15,000	15,000
Gianluca Pace	Busted

Tags: Barbod Salimi Gianluca Pace

05-01-2022 00:56 UTC-4

William Glasser Wins Event #5 $250 Seniors (50+)

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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

Tags: Armando Mesina Michael Kaplitz Paul Zgheib Robert Chaffin Terry Wilson Veronica Daly William Glasser

05-01-2022 01:09 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Guerrero	225,000 30,000	30,000
Brandon Lee	140,000 85,000	85,000
Jacob Mendelsohn	120,000 29,000	29,000
David Uvaydov	110,000 30,000	30,000
Christina Gollins	105,000 28,000	28,000
Adam Friedman	102,000 69,000	69,000

Justin Lapka	92,000 49,000	49,000
Brad Sailor	46,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

05-01-2022 01:24 UTC-4

Patrick McCool Wins Event #6 $250 Turbo Super Stack

Mike Patrick

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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

Tags: Anthony Bland Brandon Anderson Jonathan Starek Lisa Fortman Michael Souza Michael Starek Patrick McCool Taylor Minshew Vladimir Medvinsky

05-01-2022 01:32 UTC-4

Bandit(h) Steals From Friedman's Growing Stack

Mike Patrick

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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:
Adam Friedman: