$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)
Day 1a Started
MSPT Black Hawk
$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
MSPT Black Hawk
Winner
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$299,400
Entries
998
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
151
Players Left
22
Welcome To Day 1a of the 2021 MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional ($150K GTD)
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues to roll through summer, making its way westward to beautiful Black Hawk, Colorado for a two-weekend stint at the newly rebranded Bally’s Casino after more than an 18-month hiatus from the property. Up first is the $360 Regional ($150K GTD), which runs from Wednesday, August 4 through Sunday, August 8 and will be followed by next weekend’s $1,100 Main Event.
Day 1a is set to begin at noon local time and will be the first of four starting flights taking place each day through Saturday. Last time around, the MSPT Black Hawk Regional set a Colorado state record with 1,087 entries over the same four days’ worth of starting flights with Erasmus Morfe claiming victory for $53,048 after a heads-up chop with Alex Kotliarski, who earned $43,000 of his own.
Players begin with 25,000 starting stacks and blinds of 100/100. Big-blind ante is in play from the get-go with 30-minute levels all tournament long and 10-minute breaks taking place after every four levels, or two hours of play. Late registration will remain open until the beginning of Level 13 (1,500/2,500/2,500) at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.
A total of 15 levels are scheduled on Day 1, with play set to end after blinds of 3,000/5,000/5,000 unless 12% of the field is reached prior to that mark, at which point a hard stop will occur and become the new stopping point for all subsequent flights. All left standing at that time will then bag and tag their chips, advancing to Sunday's Day 2. Should any advancing player wish to take a future shot at a bigger bag, they must forfeit their stack before bagging as this is not a best-stack-forward event.
Plenty of familiar faces to the Colorado poker scene including previous MSPT Black Hawk Regional Champion Aaron Frei, MSPT Black Hawk Main Event Champion Steve Wilkie, Ben Keeline, Danny Gonzales, and Jason Vanstrom should be making their way up the mountain with the hopes of being in contention on Sunday when it all comes down to the wire.
PokerNews will have you on all the updates from start to finish, so be sure to hang around.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Let's Get This Party Started!
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
After a short delay, Day 1a of the MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional is officially underway with 36 players in their seats to begin play.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Wheeler Among Early Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
The field has climbed to 52 at the midway mark of Level 1 and a handful of familiar faces have been spotted in their seats, including recent Bally's Poker Open July $1,400 Main Event Champion Terry Wheeler, who topped a field of 349 to take home the top prize of $98,730.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Lazzara Takes It on the River
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
A player in early position opened to 300 and was called by Russel Lazzara in the hijack and Steve Patch in the small blind. The flop dropped 
and Patch checked to the original opener, who continuation-bet 1,000. Lazzara called and Patch folded.
Action was then heads up to the turn 
, where the early-position player continued with a second barrel for 3,000. Lazzara wasted no time calling and the river fell 
. The early-position player checked and Lazzara tossed out a bet of 4,500.
Lazzara's opponent thought for half a minute, sliding his cards on the felt as he deliberated before sending them to the muck to earn Lazzara the pot with his river bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,300 | 38,300 |
|
|
22,500 | 22,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Hopp Picks Off the Bluff
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
There was a little over 4,000 in the middle on a board of 
with heads-up action between a player in the small blind and Ryan Hopp, who was under the gun.
The small blind bet 2,100 and Hopp called, bringing the river 
. The small blind fired out another 2,000 and Hopp tossed in chips to call.
The small blind showed 
for the missed nut flush draw and Hopp tabled 
to win the pot with a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,300 | -5,700 |
Novak Out-Kicks Collins
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Three players had cards in front of them on 
and Randy Novak announced a bet of 2,500 into a pot of around the same size. A player in middle position folded and then Greg Collins called in the cutoff. The turn came 
.
"How much does he have left?" asked Novak.
Collins spread out his remaining chips onto his felt sideways, announcing "ten-point-five (thousand)," and Novak tapped the felt. Collins checked behind.
The river was 
and Novak checked again. Collins announced a bet of 4,000 and Novak immediately called.
Collins tabled 
for kings and eights with a nine kicker, which was topped by Novak's ace kicker 
to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
6,500 | -18,500 |