MSPT Black Hawk

$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1c
Event Info

MSPT Black Hawk

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$631,470
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 1c
Entries
302
Players Left
43

Pelz Gets a Flop Jam Through

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

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 {8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} 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
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Ian Pelz
71,500
11,700
11,700

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Dodson
118,000
Profile photo of Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
101,000
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Zach Soller
98,000
Profile photo of Stacey Jones us
Stacey Jones
95,000
Profile photo of Caleb Meyer us
Caleb Meyer
95,000
Profile photo of Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
81,000
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Scott Stewart
66,500
Profile photo of Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
58,000
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
54,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jay Jesse
33,500
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Allen Kessler
26,500
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David Levy
Busted
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Salim Wahdan
Busted
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Steve Wilkie
Busted
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Mike Vanier
Busted
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Cy Church
Busted
Profile photo of Scott Horvath us
Scott Horvath
Busted
Profile photo of Bobby Sanoubane us
Bobby Sanoubane
Busted
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Matt Livingston
Busted
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Allen Sease
Busted
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Jonathan Kim
Busted

The Ladies Love Barry Faecher

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

A pile of chips was already in the middle on a board reading {10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{a-Spades} and three players had cards in front of themselves. Barry Faecher bet 9,000 under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. The hijack then raised to 35,000 and Faecher jammed for 39,500. The middle-position player went into the tank, eventually announcing a fold, and then the hijack confirmed the remainder to call before doing so.

"If you've got the straight, you've got me beat," said Faecher.

"I don't," said his opponent, tabling {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

Faecher turned over {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} for a set of queens and needed only to fade the two remaining aces in the deck. The river {7-Spades} fell cleanly in his favor and he scored the sizeable pot for more than a double.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry Faecher
123,500
87,000
87,000

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

McMaster Loses a Flip for his Tournament Life

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Derek McMaster
Derek McMaster

All of the chips went into the middle before the flop between Derek McMaster in the small blind and Ashton Bellah, in early position.

Derek McMaster: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Ashton Bellah: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

"Ace-king; jacks," announced the dealer of the two players' hands before bringing a ten-high runout of {3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades} to leave Bellah's jacks best. Stacks were counted with McMaster's totaling 50,500 and Bellah's 51,500, and McMaster was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Ashton Bellah
105,500
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Derek McMaster
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Winter Gets a Stack

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Alex Winter
Alex Winter

Alex Winter opened to 4,000 on the button and the big blind re-jammed for 13,500. Winter called.

All-In Player: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Alex Winter: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The runout {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} came uneventfully welcome for Winter, and he scored the pot and the knockout as a result.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Winter
139,000
39,000
39,000

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Updated Counts

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ting Luo us
Ting Luo
190,000
18,700
18,700
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Alex Winter
173,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Kane Lai us
Kane Lai
160,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Brian Hou us
Brian Hou
115,000
-45,000
-45,000
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Ian Pelz
105,000
33,500
33,500
Profile photo of Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
95,500
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Yohannes Ambaye us
Yohannes Ambaye
93,500
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
78,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jeff Heiberg
73,500
5,100
5,100
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Sammy Aweida
72,000
-9,000
-9,000
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Jerry Cyr
55,000
23,000
23,000
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Phanora Pham
51,500
15,000
15,000
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Jay Jesse
48,000
14,500
14,500
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Josh Trevino
27,000
-18,000
-18,000
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Francesco Campanile
22,000
-5,300
-5,300
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Danny Gonzales
19,000
-28,000
-28,000
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Daniel Sandoval
Busted
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Stacey Jones
Busted
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Nick Marchitti
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Soller Flips for His Stack

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The cutoff opened the action with a raise to 8,000 and Zach Soller re-jammed for 32,000 from the small blind. The cutoff called.

Zach Soller: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The cutoff picked up four more outs on the flop {10-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{8-Clubs}, but running {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} left Soller's pocket fives best and he won the coin flip to double.

Player Chips Progress
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Zach Soller
69,000
-29,000
-29,000

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