MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)

MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 2
Event Info

MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$170,769
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$898,660
Entries
928
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
110
Players Left
1

Phelps Finds a Quadruple on the Bubble

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ramon Ziadeh opened to 25,000 in early position and received calls from Donnie Phan in the cutoff and Jason Ramos, who was on the button. Brent Phelps was in the big blind and re-shoved for 50,000, with all three players calling.

Action then checked through to showdown on a runout of {3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{7-Spades}.

Brent Phelps: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Ramon Ziadeh: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Jason Ramos: {k-Spades}{8-Spades}
Donnie Phan: {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

Phelps' queens remained best and he suddenfly found himself with a lot more breathing than he had just a moment before as the bubble continues with 100 still remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Ziadeh us
Ramon Ziadeh
440,000 90,000
Brent Phelps us
Brent Phelps
215,000 -27,000
Donnie Phan us
Donnie Phan
185,000 -30,000
Jason Ramos us
Jason Ramos
125,000 -275,000

Tags: Donnie PhanJason RamosRamon ZiadehBrent Phelps

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
MSPT Riverside
MSPT Riverside

Swadeep Mishra was just eliminated from the tournament and 100 players now remain. The tournament has reached the bubble and hand-for-hand play is now in effect across all remaining tables.

Player Chips Progress
Swadeep Mishra us
Swadeep Mishra
Busted

Foust Ousted

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Thaddeus Foust was just knocked out of the tournament by Donnie Phan after getting the last of his chips into the middle preflop with {a-}{4-} against Phan's {a-}{k-}.

Foust flopped a four but was unable to fade a king on the turn, spelling his elimination.

"With a little luck I'd win the tournament every time," said Phan as he collected the pot from the favorable runout.

Player Chips Progress
Donnie Phan us
Donnie Phan
215,000 60,000
Thaddeus Foust us
Thaddeus Foust
Busted

Tags: Donnie PhanThaddeus Foust

Garles Triples

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Hunter Barnett opened the action with a raise to 17,000 in early position and was called by Swadeep Mishra in middle position. Tim Garles re-jammed for 41,000 and Barnett called, prompting Mishra to shove over the top for around 200,000. Barnett quickly folded, giving Garles a chance at a triple with just one opponent to beat.

Tim Garles: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Swadeep Mishra: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Garles' kings held through the runout {4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and the triple was shipped his way. Meanwhile, Matt Johnson was just eliminated from another table to bring the tournament one closer to the money, with 102 now remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Hunter Barnett us
Hunter Barnett
460,000 -41,000
Swadeep Mishra us
Swadeep Mishra
157,000 -76,000
Tim Garles us
Tim Garles
143,000 -83,000
Matt Johnson us
Matt Johnson
Busted

Tags: Hunter BarnettSwadeep MishraTim Garles

Chip Counts Approaching the Bubble

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There are now 103 players remaining in the tournament, just four way from reaching the money.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Ramos us
Jason Ramos
400,000 -54,000
Ramon Ziadeh us
Ramon Ziadeh
350,000 44,000
Travis Burch us
Travis Burch
305,000
Eric Eelkema us
Eric Eelkema
250,000 29,000
Brent Phelps us
Brent Phelps
242,000 96,000
Donnie Phan us
Donnie Phan
155,000 -67,000
Thaddeus Foust us
Thaddeus Foust
82,000 -60,000
Abbas Pasha us
Abbas Pasha
80,000 -352,000
Cole Ernst us
Cole Ernst
Busted
Marcus Steinhauer us
Marcus Steinhauer
Busted
Tony Olguin us
Tony Olguin
Busted

Sailor Drags a Pot

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Brad Sailor
Brad Sailor

At the end of the previous level, action folded to the Brad Sailor in the cutoff who raised to 12,000 and found his only caller in the big blind.

The big blind checked a flop of {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{a-Clubs} to Sailor who bet 10,000 and the opponent called. The turn {7-Spades} checked through.

The river produced an {8-Clubs} and the big blind checked once more before Sailor fired 26,000. After brief contemplation the big blind called.

Sailor tabled {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a straight and the big blind mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Brad Sailor us
Brad Sailor
175,000 23,000

Tags: Brad Sailor

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Another handful of eliminations have brought the field down to 106 as Level 17 has begun. Here's a look at some counts from a couple of tables in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Marquez Davis us
Marquez Davis
335,000 123,000
Ryan Phan us
Ryan Phan
320,000 109,000
Brian Landon us
Brian Landon
305,000 -35,000
Perry Stone us
Perry Stone
285,000 4,000
Nick Marsh us
Nick Marsh
280,000 -17,000
Tracy Porter us
Tracy Porter
237,000 -34,000
Jeff Grimes us
Jeff Grimes
192,000 21,000
Rajasekhar Kola us
Rajasekhar Kola
185,000 -20,000
Penelope Banhidy us
Penelope Banhidy
173,000 80,000
Al Carpenter us
Al Carpenter
172,000 93,000
Renato Spahiu us
Renato Spahiu
150,000 -29,000
Mark Lafata us
Mark Lafata
142,000 -90,000
David Roemer us
David Roemer
140,000 -15,000
Matt Johnson us
Matt Johnson
140,000 26,000
Steve Becker us
Steve Becker
115,000 -11,000
Troy Tallman us
Troy Tallman
63,000 -81,000
Byron Ziebell us
Byron Ziebell
60,000 -91,000
Eddie Blumenthal us
Eddie Blumenthal
Busted
Michael Lu us
Michael Lu
Busted
Ryan Svoboda us
Ryan Svoboda
Busted
Ken Auker us
Ken Auker
Busted
Josh Martin us
Josh Martin
Busted
Jacob Woggan us
Jacob Woggan
Busted
Matt Seiter us
Matt Seiter
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Whittington Loses a Flip To Bust

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Blake Whittington on Day 1
Blake Whittington on Day 1

Donnie Phan saw action fold to him on the button and opened to 17,000. Blake Whittington re-jammed in the small blind for 103,000 and Abbas Pasha came over the top for a bit more than 300,000. Phan went into the tank for about half a minute before mentioning having the clock called on him.

Tablemate Ramon Ziadeh asked him if he wanted the clock called on him and he affirmed, so Ziadeh called the clock. Tournament Director Jeremy Smith then came over and asked the dealer if Phan had had enough time to act, to which the dealer said he did not.

"He did not?!" asked Smith. A quick discussion sorted out the haps, with Smith understanding that Phan had brought about the situation in the first place.

"Do you want a clock called on you?" After a couple of moments, Phan said he did and Smith gave him 30 seconds to act. Phan then folded two queens face-up.

Blake Whittington: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Abbas Pasha: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

A jack appeared on the flop {2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to leave Whittington with nothing but a few backdoors to stay alive. Running {6-Hearts}{q-Clubs} completed the board and Whittington was eliminated from the tournament by Pasha's set. Eric Phillip and Anthony Knepper were also recently eliminated, bringing the field down to 114.

Player Chips Progress
Abbas Pasha us
Abbas Pasha
432,000
Donnie Phan us
Donnie Phan
222,000
Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
Busted
Eric Phillip us
Eric Phillip
Busted
Anthony Knepper us
Anthony Knepper
Busted

Tags: Abbas PashaBlake WhittingtonDonnie PhanJeremy SmithRamon Ziadeh