MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event Day 1a | MSPT Riverside Casino

03-26-2021 15:45 UTC-5

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Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

03-26-2021 15:43 UTC-5

Bekavac Bluffs Off a Heap

mnuwwarah

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

In a multi-way pot on the flop, only Dan Bekavac in the big blind and an opponent in early position saw the turn with on the felt. The early player bet 6,000 and Bekavac check-called. On the river, Bekavac checked and faced a bet of 7,000. He responded with a raise to 21,000 which was quickly called.

Bekavac shook his head and tossed in for a missed combo draw, with the other player showing for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Bekavac	8,100	-16,900

Tags: Dan Bekavac

03-26-2021 15:42 UTC-5

More Early Grinders

mnuwwarah

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Among the player also seated currently is Keith Heine, another former MSPT champ of an Iowa event who is also known for his success on the HPT with two top-three finishes there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	25,000	25,000
Reg Powell	25,000	25,000
John Simon	25,000	25,000
Keith Heine	25,000	25,000
Bill Romer	25,000	25,000
Jeff Bryan	25,000	25,000

03-26-2021 15:21 UTC-5

Players at Tip-off

mnuwwarah

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The entire room is full, all 200 seats available for MSPT Riverside. Here's a look at some of the players seated in half of the room closest to the media desk.

Among those runners is Taylor Howard, who won a different MSPT event in Iowa back in November 2018 for $89,939.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Brinn	25,000
Kyna England	25,000
Jeff Fielder	25,000
Phil Mader	25,000
Jeff Grimes	25,000
Dan Bekavac	25,000
Steve Federspiel	25,000
Andy Rogowski	25,000
George Dietz	25,000
Kevin Berthelsen	25,000
Taylor Howard	25,000

03-26-2021 15:05 UTC-5

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Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

03-26-2021 14:31 UTC-5

Welcome to Day 1a of MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event

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The Mid-States Poker Tour is all set to kick off a brand new event: MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event, located at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, 10 minutes south of Iowa City.

After about three weeks of satellite action, MSPT Riverside opens today with the first of two starting flights. Each starting flight will play through 15 levels or until 12% of the field remains. Players get 25,000 in their starting stacks — 5,000 coming from a $10 add-on — and action begins at 100/100/100, progressing up to 3,000/5,000/5,000 by day's end.

Should a player run dry on chips, he or she may only reenter once per starting day, for a max of four bullets total.

The tournament carries a guarantee of $200,000, and early indications from the satellite and cash action point to a big field here in the next two days, with survivors from the first two flights playing down to a winner on Sunday.

Stay tuned here on PokerNews to follow all of the action on Day 1a.

MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event

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