More Photos from Day 1a of the MSPT Black Hawk $1,110 Main Event
MSPT Black Hawk
$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1a
Another Round of Counts
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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134,500
8,900
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8,900 |
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128,700
118,700
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118,700 |
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127,500
38,000
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38,000 |
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105,000
27,000
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27,000 |
|
88,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |
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83,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
64,500
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
63,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
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55,500
12,200
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12,200 |
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53,100
-13,300
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-13,300 |
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49,600
14,600
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14,600 |
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27,000 | |
|
23,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
22,300
3,300
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3,300 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Morrison Gets a Double; Gives a Double
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #1: More than 65,000 was already in the middle with heads-up action between Jim Morrison in the cutoff and an opponent under the gun. The board read 
and the under-the-gun player had checked to Morrison, who shoved for 50,200. After some deliberation, a call was made.
Jim Morrison: 
Opponent: 
Morrison's aces were out in front but needed to fade the remaining spades and sevens in the deck. The river 
fell cleanly in his favor and he scored a full double, with his opponent covering by about 10,000.
Hand #2: On the very next hand, Bruce Carter open-jammed for 22,300 in early position and Morrison called in the hijack. The big blind, who was Morrison's opponent from the previous hand, called all in as well.
Big Blind: 
Bruce Carter: 
Jim Morrison: 
Each player took turns having the best hand through a runout of 
, with Carter's rivered pair of aces scoring both pots for a full double and then some.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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144,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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56,000
33,700
|
33,700 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Stewart Rips the Turn
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The board read 
with heads-up action between a player in middle position and Scott Stewart, who was in the hijack. The middle-position player bet 8,700 into a pot that was just greater, and Stewart raised all in for 19,800.
Stewart's opponent began to study him as he sat there calmly. After nearly a minute passed, the player took his cards and gave them to the dealer on his direct right from the one-seat, earning Stewart the pot with his turn shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
14,900
|
14,900 |
Rieder Rips It In
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
A player raised to 2,500 under the gun and Andre Rieder called in the hijack. The player on the button also called, taking postflop action three ways.
The flop came 
and the original opener continuation-bet 3,500. Both Rieder and the player on the button called, bringing the turn . The original raiser checked, putting action onto Rieder, and he put his remaining 19,600 into the pot.
The player on the button folded and then the original raiser thought for close to a minute before following suit, earning Rieder the pot with his turn shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,300 |
"It's a Fair One"
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Slater Dean was down to 18,300 and got it all in preflop in the cutoff against Jon Glendinning, who was in the small blind.
Slater Dean: 
Jon Glendinning:
"It's a fair one," remarked Dean after seeing he was in a coin-flip situation for his tournament life. When the runout 
was done, Dean wound up on the wrong end of the flip and was knocked out by Glendinning as a result.
"Good game. Good luck, everybody," Dean added before leaving the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,500 | |
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Busted |
Johnson Nearing a Quarter-Million
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Peter Johnson was just spotted with a stack close to 240K with less than 10 minutes remaining before the dinner break. He confirmed that he took a chunk of it by eliminating Frederick Rule, who got his ace-queen all in preflop and ran it into Johnson's pocket aces.
Johnson appears to have the largest stack in the room at the present moment, though a ton of poker is left to be played after dinner with six more levels on the docket at 40 minutes apiece.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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240,000
214,400
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214,400 |
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Busted |
MSPT Venetian September 4-6
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be returning to the Venetian Las Vegas September 4-6 for what is sure to be another massive $1,100 Main Event, as is evidenced by the accompanying $500K Guarantee.
Per usual, MSPT Venetian will headline an entire series' worth of events held from August 30 through September 26, with two starting flights before the field combines on Sunday to compete for the MSPT title.
Recent MSPT Venetian winners include Chance Kornuth ($412,086) Harlan Miller ($367,801), Johnny Oshana ($130,000), James Carroll ($180,850), Korey Payne ($327,773), and Landon Tice ($201,529).
Who will be the next one to add their name to the list of aforementioned champions? PokerNews will be on hand to provide live updates as the answer to that question is determined.
Dinner Time
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The final seconds of Level 9 have ticked off the clock and players are now on a 40-minute dinner break, set to conclude at 7 p.m. local time.
As of the beginning of the break, the tournament clock displays a total of 129 players with __ currently in play across five tables.