MSPT Black Hawk

$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)
Day: 1a
Event Info

MSPT Black Hawk

Final Results Event Info
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$299,400
Entries
998
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
151
Players Left
22

Pence Doubles Through Thomas

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Caleb Pence
Caleb Pence

Clay Wilson opened to 8,000 on the button and received calls from both Aaron Thomas in the small blind and Caleb Pence, defending his big blind.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{10-Spades} and Thomas checked. Pence shoved all in for 23,000 and Wilson folded, prompting Thomas to announce that he was calling.

Caleb Pence: {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Aaron Thomas: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}

Pence had an apparent 12 outs in the deck to fade and did so with ease as the turn {j-Hearts} and river {q-Clubs} came to complete the runout. He let out a fist pump upon seeing the river and then collected the pot that was shipped his way.

Player Chips Progress
Clay Wilson us
Clay Wilson
216,000 -12,000
Aaron Thomas us
Aaron Thomas
210,000 -52,000
Caleb Pence us
Caleb Pence
74,000 39,000

Tags: Aaron ThomasCaleb Pence

Thomas Over a Quarter Milly

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aaron Thomas
Aaron Thomas

Aaron Thomas has just been spotted with a stack significantly larger than he had in front of him a level ago. He was kind enough to fill in the details on a recent double, saying he defended his big blind versus an open from Allan Sease in the hijack and that action checked through a {7-}{6-}{3-} flop with two hearts. Thomas then fired 16,000 forward on the {2-} turn before jamming the river {j-Diamonds} and receiving a call.

Aaron Thomas: {2-}{2-}
Allan Sease: {k-}{k-}

Thomas' set of deuces was good to earn him the double and he now finds himself as one of the largest stacks in the room with less than 45 minutes of play remaining in the evening.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Thomas us
Aaron Thomas
262,000 172,000
Allan Sease us
Allan Sease
65,000 -13,000

Tags: Aaron ThomasAllan Sease

MSPT United States Poker Championship Comes to Sycuan Casino September 16-26

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
MSPT Sycuan
MSPT Sycuan

The Mid-States Poker Tour will play host to the United States Poker Championship September 16-26 at Sycuan Casino in San Diego, California.

A total of 11 trophy events will take place including a $360 Regional $100K Guarantee during the opening weekend (September 16-19) and the $1,110 Main Event running from Thursday, September 23 through Sunday, September 26, which will feature a $300K Guarantee for its three starting flights.

Sycuan's first MSPT stop came back in March and also culminated with a $300K Guarantee Main Event. That time, Alesandro Jauregui claimed victory and the accompanying $140,665 first-place prize after topping a field of 676, which more than doubled the tournament's guaranteed prize pool.

PokerNews will be returning to Sycuan alongside MSPT to bring you live updates of both the $360 Regional and $1,110 Main Events.

Click here for more details including hotel rates.

Bujorian Stays Alive

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Phil Bujorian
Phil Bujorian

Phil Bujorian open-jammed for his last 19,000 under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, where Justin Shaw took over half a minute to consider his decision before finding a call.

Phil Bujorian: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}
Justin Shaw: {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}

The runout {5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} left Bujorian's hand on top and he scored the much-needed double to stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Shaw us
Justin Shaw
80,000 -65,000
Phil Bujorian us
Phil Bujorian
44,000 44,000

Tags: Justin ShawPhil Bujorian

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Kotliarsky Check-Raises the River

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Alex Kotliarsky
Alex Kotliarsky

Justin Shaw opened in middle position and saw Alex Kotliarsky defend his big blind before check-calling Shaw's continuation-bet on a flop of {5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{k-Clubs}.

The turn came {3-Diamonds} and Kotliarsky check-called another 12,000 from Shaw to bring the river {k-Hearts} on board. Kotliarsky checked again and Shaw fired a third time for 15,000, prompting Kotliarsky to check-raise to 35,000. Shaw thought for about 20 seconds and then called.

Kotliarsky showed {k-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a backdoor full house, earning him the pot as Shaw flashed {a-Diamonds} en route to his cards going to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
167,000 23,000
Justin Shaw us
Justin Shaw
145,000 -55,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyJustin Shaw

Hopp Skipped Out of the Tournament

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Toby Gebauer
Toby Gebauer

A short-stacked Ryan Hopp got the last of his chips into the middle in the big blind, receiving action from Toby Gebauer in middle position.

Ryan Hopp: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Toby Gebauer: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

"I love poker!" exclaimed Hopp sarcastically. "I even got jacks in the big blind!"

The runout {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} brought the possibility of a gutshot straight draw completing on the river to bring a chop, but ultimately left Hopp's jacks second best to the aces of Gebauer, who took down the pot and sent Hopp to the rail shortly after returning from dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Gebauer us
Toby Gebauer
142,000 142,000
Ryan Hopp us
Ryan Hopp
Busted

Tags: Ryan HoppToby Gebauer

Post-Dinner Chip Counts

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Rod Siegfried us
Rod Siegfried
290,000 -54,000
Clay Wilson us
Clay Wilson
228,000 228,000
James Rodriguez us
James Rodriguez
Day 1A Chip Leader
215,000 121,000
Justin Shaw us
Justin Shaw
200,000 -62,000
Daniel Sandoval us
Daniel Sandoval
165,000 -45,000
Andrew Pettenger us
Andrew Pettenger
161,000 57,800
Barry Faecher us
Barry Faecher
161,000 33,400
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
144,000 51,000
Jordan Walker us
Jordan Walker
138,000 2,000
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
93,000 39,000
James Eads us
James Eads
92,000 92,000
Aaron Thomas us
Aaron Thomas
90,000 16,500
Allan Sease us
Allan Sease
78,000 78,000
Caleb Pence us
Caleb Pence
74,000 21,400
Steven Rule us
Steven Rule
72,000 -67,000
Yohannes Ambaye us
Yohannes Ambaye
55,000 -44,000
Ryan Hopp us
Ryan Hopp
25,000 -48,500
Steve Patch us
Steve Patch
Busted
Chris Durant us
Chris Durant
Busted
Russel Lazzara us
Russel Lazzara
Busted
Austin Cole us
Austin Cole
Busted

Registration Closes

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Bally's Black Hawk
Bally's Black Hawk

No additional entries were logged during the dinner break and Level 13 is officially underway. With its beginning, Day 1a's registration has officially closed with a total of 151 entries.

Thirty-eight players remain, and play will continue until the end of Level 15 unless the 12%-mark of 18 players is reached before that time. Should that happen, a hard stop will ensue with all remaining players making it to Sunday's Day 2.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000