$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)
Day 1c Started
MSPT Black Hawk
$360 MSPT ($150K GTD)
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
MSPT Black Hawk
Winner
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$299,400
Entries
998
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
266
Players Left
39
Welcome To Day 1c of the MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional
It's time for Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Black Hawk $360 Regional. A total of 385 entries have been recorded through the first two starting flights with 54 players having already advanced to Sunday's Day 2. Day 1a chip leader James Rodriguez's 675,000 well ahead of the rest of the field, though two more flights remain for the competition to try to catch him.
Players will start with 25,000 and blinds at 100/100 with a big-blind ante in play from the beginning. A total of 15 levels will be played for the day unless 12% of the field remains before that time, with all levels lasting 30 minutes. Breaks will occur after every two hours, or four levels of play, and will last 10 minutes each with the exception of a 40-minute dinner break after Level 12 (approximately 6:20 p.m. local time).
The tournament's $150K Guarantee is a virtual lock to be surpassed this afternoon as players make their way up the mountain to Bally's Black Hawk. Those who do will have unlimited chances throughout the registration period, which will last until the beginning of Level 13 (approximately 7 p.m. local time).
PokerNews will be on the floor capturing the action all day long, so be sure to stick around.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cards Are In the Air
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
The house is already full inside the Bally's Black Hawk Poker Parlour with Level 1 now underway.
MSPT Champions Among Early Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Plenty of familiar faces are turning up throughout the room, with perhaps the most notably being a pair of MSPT Main Event Champions in Chad Bjorkman and Steve Wilkie sitting right next to one another on Table 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Wheeler Wins at Showdown
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Terry Wheeler raised it up in the cutoff and received three calls behind. The flop was 
and action checked to Wheeler, who continuation-bet 600. The player on the button raised to 1,400 and only Wheeler called. Both players then checked through the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Wheeler turned over 
, missing a flush draw but improving to kings up by showdown nonetheless. His opponent mucked and the pot was sent his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,500 | 4,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Blankenship Waiting For a Second Shot
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
David Blankenship was just seen in the tournament area waiting to get in on the action as an alternate. He confirmed that he had already been eliminated from the tournament on his first bullet after running into pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Dodson Shows Two Bullets
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
A player raised to 400 in early position and Ryan Dodson three-bet to 2,300 one position over. Action folded back to the original raiser and he called.
The flop dropped 
and Dodson's opponent checked to him. He made a continuation-bet of 1,800, sending his opponent into the tank. After nearly a minute had passed, the player looked back at his cards and then meekly released them onto the felt.
Dodson, also known as "Ace Dredlo," then began peeling back his two cards and then proceeded to flash them to his opponent before tossing them onto the middle of the table for all to see his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,500 | 35,500 |