Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Day 1a players are off on their first 10-minute break of the day with 135 entries logged thus far.
There was three-way all in action between Max Havlish, Vic Peppe, and Gregory Kukowski with Kukowski having both players covered.
Max Havlish: ![]()
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Vic Peppe: ![]()
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Gregory Kukowski: ![]()
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Peppe was ahead holding a made hand of sevens and it stayed that way after the ![]()
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flop hit the felt.
The
turn didn't change a thing but the
river secured Kukowski the double elimination as it paired his queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
25,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,300
41,300
|
41,300 |
|
|
34,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
33,400
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
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|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
23,400
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
22,400
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
|
16,700
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
|
15,400
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,700
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,400
11,600
|
11,600 |
|
|
3,400
21,600
|
21,600 |
There was heads-up action between Theo Falasco from the button and Daniel Lehmann from the small blind with a completed board of ![]()
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board showing,
With over 16,000 already in the middle, Lehmann led out for 9,000 and then called off his 28,600 stack after Falasco raised all in for more.
Falasco tabled ![]()
for the jack-high straight but it was no good as Lehmann rolled over ![]()
for the queen-high flush to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,500 | |
|
|
5,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,400
38,400
|
38,400 |
|
|
57,600
27,600
|
27,600 |
|
|
29,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,300
700
|
700 |
|
|
23,200 | |
|
|
19,300
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
|
19,300
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
|
18,900
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
|
18,300
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
16,400
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
|
9,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
7,000
18,000
|
18,000 |

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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/200
Ante: 300
There were four players that too to a ![]()
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flop and two players got their stacks into the middle after an initial 1,600 bet.
Dan Duggan: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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Duggan was out in front after flopping a set of fives but the
turn gave him a little sweat as his opponent could pull ahead if an ace or king were to fall on the river.
Luckily for Duggan, the
paired the board on the river and secured his 24,100 double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,400
63,400
|
63,400 |
There was heads-up action between MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele and his opponent from the cutoff with a ![]()
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board showing.
Steele led out for 4,600 into a 6,500 pot and his opponent called to see the
pair the board on the river.
Action went check-check and Steele rolled over ![]()
for two-pair to win the pot while his opponent tossed ![]()
into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,200
9,200
|
9,200 |