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

Four More Hands

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ten minutes now remain in Level 15 and the tournament clock has been paused. The floor has announced four hands will be played on each of the remaining tables to conclude play for the night.

Twenty-four players currently remain.

Play Finished

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Two eliminations occurred over the last four hands, meaning 22 players have advanced to Sunday's Day 2 from the initial Day 1a flight. James Rodriguez leads the field with a stack of 675,000.

Complete end-of-day chip counts will be posted shortly with an end-of-day recap to soon follow.

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
James Rodriguez us
James Rodriguez
675,000
-30,000
-30,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Daniel Sandoval us
Daniel Sandoval
374,000
209,000
209,000
Rod Siegfried us
Rod Siegfried
342,000
-28,000
-28,000
Jordan Walker us
Jordan Walker
336,000
25,000
25,000
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
285,000
118,000
118,000
Clay Wilson us
Clay Wilson
235,000
19,000
19,000
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
227,000
134,000
134,000
Michael Wyporowich ca
Michael Wyporowich
136,000
Yohannes Ambaye us
Yohannes Ambaye
131,000
76,000
76,000
David Mittleman us
David Mittleman
111,000
Steven Rule us
Steven Rule
111,000
39,000
39,000
Juan Perez (CO) us
Juan Perez (CO)
111,000
Lawton Duncan us
Lawton Duncan
100,000
Allan Sease us
Allan Sease
88,000
23,000
23,000
Aaron Thomas us
Aaron Thomas
85,000
-125,000
-125,000
Phil Bujorian us
Phil Bujorian
80,000
36,000
36,000
Jose Gonzales ar
Jose Gonzales
69,000
Justin Shaw us
Justin Shaw
61,000
-19,000
-19,000
Caleb Pence us
Caleb Pence
58,000
-16,000
-16,000
James Eads us
James Eads
56,000
-36,000
-36,000
Toby Gebauer us
Toby Gebauer
55,000
-87,000
-87,000
Derek Scarborough us
Derek Scarborough
46,000

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Rodriguez Leads Big on Day 1a of the MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
James Rodriguez
James Rodriguez

The first of four starting flights to the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Black Hawk $360 Regional set quite the pace for what should shape up to be an impressive weekend, drawing 151 entries on a Wednesday afternoon. Fifteen levels later, 22 players remained with a familiar face to Bally's Black Hawk in James Rodriguez (675,000) bagging a massive chip lead.

"J-Rod" got through on one bullet for the day, joining before the first break of the day and quickly chipping up to more than double the 25K starting stack. Two hours later, he chipped up a bit more and then caught some heat to take one of the top stacks in the room into the dinner break.

From there, Rodriguez challenged the chip lead in the room before playing what wound up to be the largest hand of the night, eliminating Barry Faecher with pocket aces to king-queen on a king-high board in a blind-versus-blind battle. When the hand was finished, Rodriguez found himself with more than 700,000 and built that up a bit more before doubling up Yohannes Ambaye just before the end of the night to end with 675,000.

Daniel Sandoval (374,000), Rod Siegfried (342,000), Jordan Walker (336,000), and Alex Kotliarsky (285,000) rounded out the top five, with other notables such as Clay Wilson (235,000), Ben Keeline (227,000), and Aaron Thomas (85,000) also making it through.

Plenty of others did not advance, including Aaron Frei, Terry Wheeler, Greg Colins, Greg Gius, and Ryan Hopp. Along with all others not included in the Day 2 roster, they will have three more flights to take shots at finding their way into Sunday's Day 2.

Day 1b is next up at noon local time on Thursday. Big turnouts are expected, and increasingly so with each passing flight, so be sure to come up early and enter ahead of time. Registration will be open at 10 a.m. and PokerNews will be in to bring you action from the time cards are in the air until chips go into bags.

Tags: Aaron FreiAaron ThomasAlex KotliarskyBarry FaecherBen KeelineDaniel SandovalJames RodriguezJordan WalkerRod SiegfriedRyan HoppTerry WheelerYohannes Ambaye

$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)

Day 1a Completed