There was over 3,000 in the middle on a completed board of 
with heads-up action between Ryan Hopp, who was under the gun and his opponent on his direct left. Hopp threw in 2,000 and his opponent thought for about 10 seconds before calling.
Hopp tabled 
for two aces, resulting in a muck from his left to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500 | 1,500 |
The room inside Bally's Black Hawk is starting to fill up with the tournament clock ticking up to 57 entries halfway through Level 1. Plenty of familiar faces have already been spotted, the likes of whom are listed below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
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25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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Play is underway on Day 1a with 38 players in their seats and registration remaining open for the next nine hours.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Black Hawk series begins its culmination on Thursday with Day 1a of the $1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD), the first of three starting days.
A week's worth of prelims have played to their conclusion, including a 998-entry $360 Regional that saw Juan Perez come out on top and earn himself $44,079 for his efforts. Others such as Cy Church, Vincent Moscati, Alex Kotliarsky, and Adrian Buckley also made it deep in the Regional, creating a hopeful momentum to ride into this weekend's Main Event.
Steve Wilkie also ran deep in last weekend's Regional event, taking 18th place ($2,934). More notably, however, is the fact that Wilkie enters the Main Event as reigning champion after topping a field of 399 to earn a career-best score of $85,149. A British native and Colorado resident, Wilkie was almost not going to be able to play this weekend due to his daughter's wedding, but international COVID restrictions have brought about a change in the wedding plans, thus enabling him to take a shot at defending his title.
The standard MSPT structure is in play, with 25,000 starting stacks and blinds beginning at 100/100/100. Levels will last 40 minutes all tournament long with 10-minute breaks at the end of every three levels, or two hours of play, and a 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9.
Late registration with one re-entry per flight is available for this event until the beginning of Level 13 (2,000/3,000/3,000), at approximately 9:10 p.m. local time. Fifteen levels are on the schedule for the day unless the field plays down to 12% of its total entries prior to that time, at which point a hard stop will be reached and will become the stopping point for all subsequent flights.
PokerNews will be bringing you updates from the time cards go in the air until chips have been sealed inside bags. Be sure to stick around.
$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day 1a Started