2022 MSPT Sycuan Casino

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

2022 MSPT Sycuan Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
$74,562
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$444,700
Entries
460
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
206
Players Left
29

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Richard Lanes us
Richard Lanes
227,000 -13,000
George Yutuc us
George Yutuc
195,000 62,500
Cory Brehm us
Cory Brehm
155,500 124,000
Lena Evans us
Lena Evans
155,000
Steve Wendroff us
Steve Wendroff
149,000 -13,000
Maxwell Lineberger us
Maxwell Lineberger
94,000 19,500
Paul Zgheib us
Paul Zgheib
81,000 -14,500
Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
74,000 49,500
Altynai Fung us
Altynai Fung
68,000 7,000
Matthew Hansen us
Matthew Hansen
53,500 -9,800
Tai Purpero us
Tai Purpero
51,000 -21,000
Lucille Hargett us
Lucille Hargett
37,000 9,600
Johnnie Moreno us
Johnnie Moreno
29,500 -35,000
Jason Singleton us
Jason Singleton
23,000 5,000

Evans Scores Big Double Through Deberry

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With {8-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} on the board and a big pot in the middle, Ken Deberry made a big bet of 35,000 and Lena Evans committed all of it for a total of 45,500. Deberry called and they turned their cards over.

Evans had {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Deberry showed {8-}{2-}. The river was {3-Diamonds} and Evans secured the big double queens and tens.

Evans is a past champion here at MSPT Sycuan, having won Event #8: $250 NLH back in May 2021.

Player Chips Progress
Lena Evans us
Lena Evans
155,000 47,500
Ken Deberry us
Ken Deberry
76,500 -196,500

Tags: Ken DeberryLena Evans

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Emerging Big Stacks

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

As Day 1c enters the later stages, the big stacks in the room are starting to cross the 200K mark.

Haiau Han was a final table finisher at the MSPT Sycuan Main Event in May 2021, and he is running his stack up in search of an opportunity to improve on that eighth-place finish for $11,122.

Play will continue tonight until 10:00 left in Level 14.

Player Chips Progress
Ken Deberry us
Ken Deberry
273,000 273,000
Richard Lanes us
Richard Lanes
240,000 179,700
Haiau Han us
Haiau Han
215,000 215,000
Gayk Avetisyan us
Gayk Avetisyan
205,000 205,000

Hickey Leads 11 Advancing Players from Day 1a of the MSPT Sycuan Main Event

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

Jason Hickey of Marina Del Rey, California is the chip leader at the end of Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour(MSPT) $1,110 Main Event, part of the Showtime Series at San Diego’s Sycuan Casino Resort. In total, there were 98 runners for the first of three flights this weekend, and 11 will return on Sunday for the combined finale.

Hickey is in search of his first MSPT win after running his stack up to over 100 big blinds on Day 1a. Other players moving on to Sunday’s Day 2 include Ken Morey, Andrew Ostapchenko, Rich Alsup, and David Leese.

Day 1a Leaderboard

PlacePlayerChipsBig Blinds
1Jason Hickey441,000110
2Ken Morey381,00095
3Luke Nguyen364,00091
4David Leese204,00051
5Charly Peterson195,00049
6Nathan Trimble195,00049
7Andrew Ostapchenko176,00044
8Leonid Vaisburg148,00037
9Woo Suk Oh139,00035
10Rich Alsup106,00026
11Katerina Grishakova101,00025

Clemons Doubles; Leaves Singleton Hurting

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

With a pot building in the middle and {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{k-Hearts} on the board, Jason Singleton of Bonsall, California shoved from early position with Jeremy Clemons covered. Clemons called quickly and both players turned their cards over.

Jeremy Clemons: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}
Jason Singleton: {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Both players had two pair, but Clemons held a dominating lead. The turn was {j-Hearts} and the river {8-Hearts}, with no help for Singleton and Clemons scored a big double as Day 1c enters the late stages.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Clemons us
Jeremy Clemons
88,000 57,200
Jason Singleton us
Jason Singleton
18,000 18,000

Tags: Jason SingletonJeremy Clemons