Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The remaining 50 players are now on another 15-minute break. Day 1b will continue until 43 players remain in the flight.
Adam Brownstone limped in from the small blind before Josh Reichard raised to 11,000 from the big blind. Brownstone called and the flop was ![]()
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Brownstone led for 12,000 on teh flop and Reichard called to see
on the turn. Brownstone check-called a 32,000 bet from Reichard on the turn.
The river was
and Brownstone checked once again. Reichard considered his options before he put out a 115,000 bet. Brownstone called quickly for slightly less and turned over ![]()
for a set of fours. Reichard showed the losing ![]()
and counted out the chips to pay Brownstone his double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000 | |
|
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300,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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525,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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|
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490,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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|
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375,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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303,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
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|
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285,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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||
|
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243,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
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||
|
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225,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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215,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
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|
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193,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
187,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
172,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
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126,000 | |
|
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|
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106,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
|
106,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
100,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Arkadi Onikoul raised to 10,000 before Miles Barnum shoved his stack of around 60,000. The rest of the table was out of the way and Onikoul looked him up.
Miles Barnum: ![]()
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Arkadi Onikoul: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Barnum's kings held to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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125,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
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96,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Aaron Massey was committed with his small stack while Sharon Levin was all in for around 54,000 three seats over. David Yonnotti had the big stack and he had put both players at risk. The cards were turned up and the dealer was ready to go.
Aaron Massey: ![]()
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Sharon Levin: ![]()
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David Yonnotti: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Levin flopped a set of nines to win the big pot and knock out Massey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
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Busted |
Josh Reichard has charged up the leaderboard throughout Day 1b and he has now locked up the MSPT Player of the Year award with CJ Peake's elimination earlier in the afternoon.
Here's a look at the top 10 point leaders of this season going into this week's event:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Season 13 Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Reichard | Janesville, WI | 6,422 |
| 2 | CJ Peake | Cleveland, OH | 5,775 |
| 3 | Dan Bekavac | Chicago, IL | 5,282 |
| 4 | John Dennehey | Savage, MN | 4,747 |
| 5 | Justin Barnum | Fargo, ND | 4,349 |
| 6 | Chan Pelton | College Station, TX | 3,400 |
| 7 | Michael Estes | Coralville, IA | 3,400 |
| 8 | Aaron Massey | Elmwood Park, IL | 3,375 |
| 9 | Wesley Cannon | Minneapolis, MN | 3,333 |
| 10 | Rob Wazwaz | Minneapolis, MN | 3,149 |
A player got his dwindling stack into the middle and Brendan Shiller was there to go for a knockout and continue his run.
Opponent: ![]()
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Brendan Shiller: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Shiller held on with pocket fours to score another pot.
Meanwhile, Joao Simao is above 250,000 and Huy Nguyen is hanging around with nearly 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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430,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
260,000 | |
|
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|
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140,000 | |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000