$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD) Day 1a | MSPT Black Hawk

08-13-2021 03:59 UTC

Chip Counts from Table 9

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

All of the chips went into the middle preflop during a recent hand between Derek McMaster and Michael Kinzer, with Kinzer finding a double for his stack of 136,000 thanks to his pocket aces holding against McMaster's ace-king. Updated counts from the entire table have been provided below, with 20 players now remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Kinzer	282,000
Kevin Eyster	197,000
Jay Yates	185,000
Eli Loewenthal	173,000
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	124,000
Chris Quackenbush	112,000
Derek McMaster	80,000

08-13-2021 03:53 UTC

Chip Counts from Table 14

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zach Gutierrez	326,000	-9,000
Peter Johnson	262,000	28,000
Kyna England	200,000	28,000
Jason Welch	175,000	35,000
Peter Nigh	153,000
Andre Rieder	136,000	-10,000
Neil Smith	27,000	-24,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

08-13-2021 03:46 UTC

"Those Aren't Aces!"

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz opened the action with a raise to 7,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Derek McMaster, who defended his big blind along with a claim that he was going to crack Stybaniewicz's pocket aces. Both players checked the flop , bringing the turn .

"I'm gonna bet 7,000," said McMaster, throwing a matching amount onto the felt. Stybaniewicz called and the river came . McMaster fired out another 11,000 and Stybaniewicz wasted no time calling and showing .

"Those aren't aces!" said McMaster. He mucked nonetheless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek McMaster	200,000	-30,000
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	102,000	27,500

Tags: Derek McMaster Krzysztof Stybaniewicz

08-13-2021 03:35 UTC

West Goes South, Thanks to the North

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Minnesota's Derek McMaster opened under the gun and saw action fold around to the small blind, where Tim West re-jammed for around 55,000. McMaster Called.

Tim West:
Derek McMaster:

An ace on the flop came to give McMaster top pair and send West to the showers, bringing the field down to 21 just past the midway point in Level 13.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek McMaster	230,000	70,000
Tim West	Busted

Tags: Derek McMaster Tim West

08-13-2021 03:27 UTC

Gutierrez Gets Value from Welch

HillKerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Zach Gutierrez opened in the hijack and received a call from Jason Welch, who defended his big blind. Welch check-called a continuation-bet from Gutierrez on a flop of , and followed it up with two more check-calls of 11,000 on and 25,000 on .

Upon Welch calling on the end, Gutierrez flipped over for trips and earned the pot as Welch sent his cards to the muck.

Meanwhile, play has otherwise been fairly slow since returning from the final break, with the only elimination occurring being that of Jason Vanstrom shortly after trying to find a last-minute bag for the night.