Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
MSPT Black Hawk
$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1b
Serock Gets Shot Down
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Ian Mangan opened the action with a raise to 7,000 in the cutoff and David Blankenship called in the small blind. Joe Serock was in the big blind and re-jammed for 55,000, with Mangan calling and Blankenship quickly folding thereafter.
Joe Serock: 
Ian Mangan: 
"Whoops," said Serock upon seeing Mangan's bullets. He picked up a backdoor wheel draw on the flop 
, and the turn 
gave him three direct outs to the improbable double. Unfortunately for him, none came as the river 
completed the runout to spell his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 95,000 |
|
Busted |
Reid Sets Up Sanchez
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was heads up on a board of 
with a pile of chips already in the middle from preflop action. Terence Reid checked in early position to put action onto Sergio Sanchez in the hijack, who bet 15,000. Reid thought for a bit and then check-raised to 47,000, sending Sanchez into deliberation before calling.
The turn came 
and Reid announced he was all in. His stack was counted to be 91,000, and Sanchez went into the tank for over a minute before finding a call.
Terence Reid: 
Sergio Sanchez:
Reid's set of eights needed to fade the remaining spades in the deck, and he improved to a full house on the river 
in the process to score the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 315,000 |
|
28,000 | -47,500 |
Serock Doubles With an Ace
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action folded around to Joe Serock in the small blind and he open-jammed for 24,000. The big blind thought for about half a minute and then flicked a chip into the middle of the pot.
Joe Serock: 
Big Blind: 
The runout 
gave Serock virtually no sweat en route to the double, and he now finds himself with two starting stacks as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000 | 26,000 |
Mangan Out-Races Rodriguez
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
All of the chips got into the middle before the flop with Ian Mangan at risk from middle position against the under-the-gun James Rodriguez.
Ian Mangan: 
James Rodriguez: 
Mangan flopped a set on 
but found himself needing to still fade four outs to Broadway. He did so successfully on the turn 
, and the river 
fell behind to complete the runout.
"Only quads," said another player at the table.
Meanwhile, Bryan Piccioli found another double through Daniel Sepiol before the break, his second in five hands after registering. Piccioli's pocket fours held versus Sepiol's ace-ten, and Piccioli now has a six-figure stack while Sepiol
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 | 215,000 |
|
105,000 | 56,000 |
|
65,000 | -13,000 |
|
30,000 | -225,000 |
Registration Closes
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level 13 has begun and registration has closed with an unofficial 216 entries on the clock. Play will conclude with 21 minutes remaining in Level 15 unless 25 players remain before that time.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Final Break of the Night - Last Chance To Enter!
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The tournament has reached its final break of the night, with late registration set to close upon its completion when Level 13 begins at 9:10 p.m. local time.
A total of 216 entries have been logged so far, and 46 players remain.
Piccioli Finds a Double
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andreas Ramadanis opened the action with a raise to 5,500 in middle position and action folded over to Bryan Piccioli in the big blind, who re-jammed.
"Starting stack, right?" asked Ramadanis.
"Minus the ante," confirmed Piccioli. "Twenty-two (point) five," he added, and Ramadanis immediately dropped a stack of chips onto the felt to call.
Bryan Piccioli: 
Andreas Ramadanis:
The flop came 
to give Piccioli a pair of fives. However, Ramadanis still had 12 outs after flopping a flush draw. The turn gave him five more outs to counterfeit, but the river 
came in Piccioli's favor and earned him the double shortly after registering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,000 | 24,000 |
|
36,000 | -58,500 |
Piccioli and Serock Join the Fun
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Bryan Piccioli and Joe Serock have just made their way into the Bally's Black Hawk Poker Parlour to take a last-minute shot at finding a bag for the evening, coming into town for a friend's bachelor party for the weekend.
The pair of players have career earnings of more than $4 million apiece, and should either of them spin up their stacks, they could be forces to be reckoned with.
Their entries have also brought the field up to 216 with just over 15 minutes remaining in late registration. Should that number remain the same, the hard-stop figure at 12% would be 25 players remaining in the field; if one more player joins, that number becomes 26. Otherwise, play is set to conclude with 21 minutes remaining in Level 15, as that was when play concluded during yesterday's Day 1a flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000 |