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

08-15-2021 01:26 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodson	118,000
Aaron Frei	101,000
Zach Soller	98,000
Stacey Jones	95,000
Caleb Meyer	95,000
Sammy Aweida	81,000
Scott Stewart	66,500

Vincent Moscati	58,000
Ronnie Bardah	54,000

Jay Jesse	33,500
Allen Kessler	26,500
David Levy	Busted
Salim Wahdan	Busted
Steve Wilkie	Busted
Mike Vanier	Busted

Cy Church	Busted
Scott Horvath	Busted
Bobby Sanoubane	Busted
Matt Livingston	Busted
Allen Sease	Busted
Jonathan Kim	Busted

Pelz Gets a Flop Jam Through

Hill Kerby

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player in middle position opened to 4,000 and received a call from the hijack. Ian Pelz was next to act in the cutoff and he three-bet to 15,000. The original opener quickly folded, and then the hijack went into the tank for more than a minute before tossing in chips to call.

The flop dropped and the hijack checked. Pelz took his remaining stack of 33,500 and put it onto the felt, pushing it so that it toppled forward. The hijack once again went into the tank for close to a full minute and then found a fold, earning Pelz the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	71,500 11,700	11,700

Tags: Ian Pelz

08-15-2021 01:08 UTC

Cyr Holds To Double

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Hill Kerby

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action folded to the hijack, who opened and saw Jerry Cyr re-jam for 14,500 in the small blind. A call was made.

Jerry Cyr:
Hijack:

Both players smashed the flop , ultimately giving Cyr one less out to fade for the remainder of the runout. The turn was the prettiest card in the deck for him, giving him the nuts and locking up the double as the river completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Cyr	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Jerry Cyr

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

08-15-2021 00:21 UTC

Dinner Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are on a 40-minute dinner break, set to resume at 7:01 p.m. local time.

08-15-2021 00:14 UTC

MSPT Venetian September 4-6

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Hill Kerby

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.

Click here for more details including hotel rates.

08-15-2021 00:08 UTC

A Round of Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Corey Zedo was seen recently with a stack north of 100K and has since nearly doubled it. The seat that Ashley Warren formerly occupied was vacant, and Zedo confirmed he took her stack with pocket kings to pocket jacks, making him one of the largest stacks in the room with around 10 minutes to go before the dinner break.

Updated counts from around the room have been provided below with 281 entries having been recorded thus far and 126 players still remaining in the flight. Registration will remain open til approximately 9:10 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Zedo	198,000 126,000	126,000
Ting Luo	171,300 97,800	97,800
Brian Hou	160,000 160,000	160,000
Nate Zoller	148,000 31,000	31,000
Yohannes Ambaye	99,000 68,900	68,900
Alex Winter	96,000 16,000	16,000
Kane Lai	93,000 67,000	67,000
Jason Vanstrom	92,000 21,500	21,500
Fred West	74,500 900	900
DJ Buckley	69,500 69,500	69,500
Terry Harper	65,000 14,000	14,000
Anthony Martinez	47,900 17,700	17,700

Danny Gonzales	47,000 8,700	8,700
Josh Trevino	45,000 9,200	9,200
Phanora Pham	36,500 4,000	4,000
Barry Faecher	36,500 11,000	11,000
Francesco Campanile	27,300 21,700	21,700
Tomas Brown	23,800 19,000	19,000
Nick Marchitti	22,500 9,800	9,800
Thomas Fuller	Busted
Ashley Warren	Busted
Alex Smith	Busted

Jimmy Skovgard	Busted

Tags: Ashley Warren Corey Zedo

08-14-2021 23:55 UTC

Heiberg Tramples an Opponent

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jeff Heiberg opened the action with a raise to 2,800 in the cutoff and the player on the button called. The small blind then squeezed, three-bet shoving for around 30,000. Heiberg re-jammed for 32,900, and the small blind folded after some serious deliberation.

All-In Player:
Jeff Heiberg:

Heiberg's cowboys remained best through a runout of and the pot was shipped his way as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Heiberg	68,400 39,000	39,000

Tags: Jeff Heiberg

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-14-2021 23:43 UTC

Warren Wins With Top-Top

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Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was heads up on a board reading between Thomas Fuller in the hijack and Ashley Warren, who was on the button. Fuller checked to Warren, who bet 15,000 into a pot barely bigger, sending Fuller into the tank.

"Whose action is it?" asked another player from across the table after a while had passed. Fuller replied that it was on him, and a clock was called. Fuller didn't use much of his 30-second allotment before calling, and action proceeded to check through the river to take the hand to showdown.

Warren showed after checking back and it was good enough to receive a muck from Fuller and earn her the pot.