$360 MSPT ($150K GTD) Day 1d | MSPT Black Hawk

08-07-2021 16:37 UTC

Welcome To Day 1d of the MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional

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The sky is the limit for Day 1d of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Black Hawk $360 Regional ($150K GTD) and a packed house is expected all afternoon inside Bally's Black Hawk for the final starting flight of the weekend-long event.

Saturday's flight begins at noon local time and presents the last opportunity to play for Sunday's Day 2, where 93 players have already advanced from the first three flight's 651 total entries, and Day 1a chip leader James Rodriguez (675,000) still leads the rest of the field by a hefty amount, being the only player so far to have bagged half a million.

Like the first three days, starting stacks are 25,000 with blinds lasting 30 minutes and beginning at 100/100/100. Breaks will take place after every two hours of play, lasting 10 minutes apiece after Levels 4 and 8 with a 40-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 12. Late registration with unlimited re-entries will remain open through the dinner break, closing at the beginning of Level 13 at approximately 7 p.m. local time.

Registration is already open and players have been advised to arrive early in order to avoid alternate lines that will likely be unavoidable due to the event's sheer demand. With that demand, action will likely be fast and furious all day long, and PokerNews will be keeping you in the loop every step of the way.

08-07-2021 18:32 UTC

Morfe In The House

HillKerby

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Several more players have been spotted in their seats throughout a still-growing house inside the Bally's Black Hawk Poker Parlour. One of those players seen for the first time all tournament is Erasmus Morfe, the reigning MSPT Black Hawk $360 Regional champion from January 2020.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roeman Warner	25,000 25,000	25,000
Phil Gioia	25,000 25,000	25,000
Barry Faecher	25,000 25,000	25,000
Erasmus Morfe	25,000 25,000	25,000
Chris Ellis	25,000 25,000	25,000
Corey Zedo	25,000 25,000	25,000
Salim Wahdan	25,000 25,000	25,000
Terry Harper	25,000 25,000	25,000

08-07-2021 18:42 UTC

Hemschik Goes Set-Over-Set for the Double

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Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Rob Hemschik limped under the gun and saw another player limp behind in middle position before Salim Wahdan opened to 800 in the hijack. Both limpers called.

The flop came and action checked to Wahdan, who continuation-bet 1,600. Hemschik called and the playear in middle position folded.

Action was then heads up to the turn , where Hemschik checked again. Wahdan fired a second barrel of 2,100 and Hemschik announced a check-raise to 4,500. Wahdan immediately three-bet jammed and Hemschik called all in for 11,400.

Rob Hemschik:
Salim Wahdan:

"Nice hand," said Wahdan, seeing the cooler he had just been dealt. The case four did not come on the river and Hemschik scored the double as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Hemschik	28,900 28,900	28,900
Salim Wahdan	11,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Rob Hemschik Salim Wahdan

08-07-2021 19:39 UTC

Cieluch Connects With a King

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was around 9,000 in the middle on a flop of with three players holding cards. The small blind checked and the big blind bet 2,100, with Vincent Cieluch calling in early position. The small blind then folded.

With action heads up, the small blind bet another 4,000 on the turn and Cieluch called again, bringing the river . First to act, the small blind thought for over a minute and then connected her fist to the felt, with Cieluch quickly checking behind to take the hand to showdown.

The big blind showed and Cieluch turned over , hitting one of his 10 outs on the river to improve to the best hand and take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Cieluch	52,000 26,300	26,300

Tags: Vincent Cieluch

08-07-2021 20:36 UTC

Wilbur Nears Six Figures

HillKerby

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

There was over 4,000 in the middle on a flop of and the big blind had 4,000 out in front of him. Action was back on him after 2018 MSPT Black Hawk Regional Champion Adam Wilbur raised all in for the player's effective 25,000 behind.

After close to a minute, the player found a fold and Wilbur took down the pot. He is one of the largest stacks in a still-full room, nearing 100K early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Wilbur	96,000

Tags: Adam Wilbur

08-07-2021 21:15 UTC

Bjorkman Cooked

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Chris Lang opened in the hijack and 2021 MSPT Grand Falls Champion Chad Bjorkman re-jammed for his last 5,500. Action made its way back to Lang and he called.

Chad Bjorkman:
Chris Lang:

Bjorkman received no help from the runout and found himself bounced from the tournament as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Lang	45,200 45,200	45,200
Chad Bjorkman	Busted

Tags: Chad Bjorkman Chris Lang

08-07-2021 22:07 UTC

MSPT Venetian September 4-6

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be returning to the Venetian Las Vegas September 4-6 for what is sure to be another massive $1,100 Main Event, as is evidenced by the accompanying $500K Guarantee.

Per usual, MSPT Venetian will headline an entire series' worth of events held from August 30 through September 26, with two starting flights before the field combines on Sunday to compete for the MSPT title.

Recent MSPT Venetian winners include Chance Kornuth ($412,086) Harlan Miller ($367,801), Johnny Oshana ($130,000), James Carroll ($180,850), Korey Payne ($327,773), and Landon Tice ($201,529).

Who will be the next one to add their name to the list of aforementioned champions? PokerNews will be on hand to provide live updates as the answer to that question is determined.

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08-07-2021 22:58 UTC

Prompovitch Finds One of Too Many Outs

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

Alex Prompovitch opened in early position and called a re-jam from a player in middle position for just under 25,000 once action got back to him.

All-In Player:
Alex Prompovitch:

The flop came to give Prompovitch's opponent top pair, but with 12 outs of his own to hit.

"Always gotta make it interesting," said tablemate Nader Wahdan. Prompovitch then added five more outs to his total on the turn , causing even more excitement among hte table before the river landed to put Prompovitch back on top when all was said and done.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Prompovitch	72,500 72,500	72,500

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08-07-2021 23:58 UTC

Suzuki Up, Then Down

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

Hand #1: Patrick Suzuki shoved just under a starting stack in from middle position over two limpers and action folded around to Caleb Meyer, who re-jammed in the big blind and forced the two limpers out of the pot.

Patrick Suzuki:
Caleb Meyer:

Upon seeing Meyer's hand, Suzuki stood up to sweat the runout for his tournament life. That sweat lasted all of about a second as the flop gave him the nuts. The turn and river made the hand official and the double was shipped his way.

Hand #2: Moments later, Suzuki got stacks in preflop once more from early position against a re-jam from Carlos Lopez in middle position for 37,700.

Carlos Lopez:
Patrick Suzuki:

Lopez was the one who stayed on top, winning the coin flip by way of making a full house on a runout of to take him above three starting stacks while sending Suzuki down to just a handful of big blinds remaining in his stack.