$1,110 Main Event Day 1c | 2022 MSPT Cleveland

05-07-2022 18:19 UTC-5

Kessler Cut Down

Liam Gannon

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

Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler moved all-in under the gun for 9,500 and was called by two players including Ken Lamoreaux in the big blind.

The flop came out and Lamoreaux moved all-in for 30,000 effective, folding out the other player and the hands were turned on their backs.

Allen Kessler:
Ken Lamoreaux:

"You called an all-in for 9,500 with queen-ten offsuit?" asked Allen as he stood up out of his chair. "I did," replied Lamoreaux as the board ran out bringing no improvement to Kessler and he left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Lamoreaux	53,000	53,000
Allen Kessler	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Ken Lamoreaux

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-07-2022 17:23 UTC-5

Dinner Break

Liam Gannon

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The remaining players have gone on a 40-minute dinner break. The tournament clock currently reads 391 with late registration open for 3 more levels after the break. Play will resume at 7:00

05-07-2022 17:05 UTC-5

Updated Counts Before Dinner

Liam Gannon

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Heffner	272,000	60,000
Hayden Glassman	235,000	235,000
Jeff Hall	209,000	209,000
Ryan Delgros	194,000	194,000
Vamshidhar Kanjarla	160,000	73,300
Matthew Zepp	154,000	9,000
Daniel Swartz	139,000	27,000
Alec Magnum	73,500	37,600
Jason Kapoor	68,000	68,000
Kyna England	63,800	-7,200
Chris Tryba	43,500	9,700
Adam Friedman	41,800	-11,400
Anthony Carbone	32,000	-4,500
Christopher Moon	25,600	25,600
Allen Kessler	17,200	-32,000
Daniel Buckley	11,000	-13,900
Alan Wentz	Busted
Dan Bekavac	Busted

05-07-2022 16:45 UTC-5

Biggest Flight Thus Far

Liam Gannon

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The tournament clock currently reads 381 with still some levels left of late registration.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-07-2022 16:43 UTC-5

Heffner Takes Down Multi-Way Pot

Liam Gannon

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

A player in first position raised to 2,500 and was called by four players including Bob Heffner one seat over.

The flop came out and action checked to Heffner who bet 8,000. After some time, every other player in the pot folded and the current tournament chip leader took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Heffner	212,000	129,000

Tags: Bob Heffner

05-07-2022 16:29 UTC-5

Friedman's Ladies

Liam Gannon

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

Action folded around to a player in the small blind who called and from the big blind, Adam Friedman raised to 3,000 and was called by the small blind.

The flop of saw Friedman bet 1,500 when checked to and the small blind called.

The turn of saw the small blind check once more and Friedman sized up to 4,000 which again was called.

The river saw action check to Friedman once more who bet 10,000 of his remaining 15,600. The small blind moved all-in and Friedman snap-called.

Adam Friedman:
Opponent:

The opponent's three aces were not good against the queens-full of Friedman and he found himself on the right end of an all-in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	53,200	19,100

Tags: Adam Friedman

05-07-2022 16:14 UTC-5

Magnum Triples

Liam Gannon

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

An early position player raised to 3,000 and a player on the button called. From the small blind Alec Magnum moved all-in for 11,200 and both the early position player and the big blind called.

The board ran out with action checking down every street and the three players hands were revealed.