MSPT Black Hawk

$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1b
1a1b1c2
Event Info
MSPT Black Hawk
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$631,470
Total Entries
651
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
5,425,000
Total Chips
16,275,000
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
216
Players Left
25
Players Left 3 / 651
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Needens Wakes Up with Aces at the Right Time

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Randy Needens
Randy Needens

The hijack opened to 1,100 and saw Dapo Ajayi three-bet on the button to 4,000. Randy Needens then cold-four bet jammed for above starting stack and saw the hijack call all in. Ajayi then called both shoves with a covering stack.

Hijack: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Randy Needens: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Dapo Ajayi: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Needens' aces stayed on top through a nine-high runout of {9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} to score him both pots, the knockout, and more than a double.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Needens
83,000
58,000
58,000
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Dapo Ajayi
65,500
3,700
3,700

Tags: Dapo AjayiRandy Needens

Verbeck Gets a Knockout

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Joel Verbeck
Joel Verbeck

Under the gun opened to 1,000 and the cutoff re-jammed for 7,200 before Joel Verbeck cold four-bet shoved for just under 30,000 in the small blind, forcing the original raiser out of the hand.

All-In Player: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Joel Verbeck: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

The two were off to the races but a four in the window of the flop {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} left the all-in player in need of running cards to stay alive.

"Oh," said the player with a laugh upon seeing Verbeck's flopped set. The turn came {5-Hearts}. "Eight?" requested the player, but instead hte river fell {a-Diamonds} to leave Verbeck's set best and eliminate the player from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Joel Verbeck
38,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Joel Verbeck

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

More Counts Before Break

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Scott Stewart us
Scott Stewart
66,000
41,000
41,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joel Verbeck us
Joel Verbeck
56,800
6,300
6,300
Profile photo of Al Hart us
Al Hart
48,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Renato Spahiu us
Renato Spahiu
39,500
14,500
14,500
Profile photo of Donald McDowell us
Donald McDowell
36,400
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Kane Lai us
Kane Lai
26,200
1,200
1,200
Profile photo of Chris Quackenbush us
Chris Quackenbush
23,800
1,200
1,200
Profile photo of Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
23,200
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Connie Bruce us
Connie Bruce
19,500
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
15,000
Profile photo of Ryan Hopp us
Ryan Hopp
11,300
13,700
13,700
Profile photo of Greg Collins us
Greg Collins
11,100
13,900
13,900
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Keith Wright
Busted
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Andreas Ramadanis
Busted
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Daniel Sandoval
Busted
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Sammy Aweida
Busted

Suzuki Doubles Through Rodriguez

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Patrick Suzuki
Patrick Suzuki

A preflop raising war between the early-position James Rodriguez and Patrick Suzuki, who was in the small blind saw Suzuki's stack of 14,600 get into the middle.

Patrick Suzuki: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
James Rodriguez: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Suzuki held through the runout {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and doubled to bring himself back above starting stack as a result.

Player Chips Progress
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James Rodriguez
37,000
37,000
37,000
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Patrick Suzuki
30,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: James RodriguezPatrick Suzuki

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Blankenship us
David Blankenship
77,500
52,500
52,500
Profile photo of Will Givens us
Will Givens
74,500
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
53,400
28,400
28,400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Horvath us
Scott Horvath
50,500
50,500
50,500
Profile photo of Max Young
Max Young
40,100
15,100
15,100
Profile photo of Michael Wyporowich ca
Michael Wyporowich
39,500
7,000
7,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
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Josh Saltz
34,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
33,600
8,600
8,600
Profile photo of Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
31,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mike Vanier us
Mike Vanier
29,200
4,200
4,200
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Marchitti us
Nick Marchitti
19,300
5,700
5,700
Profile photo of Daniel Sepiol
Daniel Sepiol
14,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Adam Wilbur us
Adam Wilbur
12,400
12,600
12,600
Profile photo of Salim Wahdan us
Salim Wahdan
11,400
13,600
13,600
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Steve Wilkie
10,300
14,700
14,700
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Barry Faecher
Busted
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Nader Wahdan
Busted

Ajayi Collects a Stack

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Dapo Ajayi
Dapo Ajayi

Dapo Ajayi was just seen collecting a pile of chips being shipped to him as the player on his direct left was vacating his seat. According to Ajayi, he opened to 800 in early position and was three-bet to 5,000. Action folded back to Ajayi and he jammed for around 13,000 effective, with his opponent calling it all off.

All-In Player: {a-}{k-}
Dapo Ajayi: {q-}{q-}

The highest card that came on the runout was a six, earning Ajayi the pot and the knockout with queens up as a result.

Player Chips Progress
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Dapo Ajayi
69,200
44,200
44,200

Tags: Dapo Ajayi

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300