MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
With one flight in the books, it's time for Day 1b of Mid-States Poker Tour Riverside $1,100 Main Event.
The turnout on Day 1a could only be described as very strong, with 354 entries logged over the course of the first 12 levels of play. That number could perhaps have even been bigger were the venue not grappling with limited space — every seat was filled for most of the duration of registration.
That means the $200,000 guarantee has been an afterthought from square one, and the prize pool should push well past $500,000 during the course of Day 1b, if not right from the outset. Some players have reported that they were given alternate tickets several hours in advance of the first card being dealt, so another full house is expected.
Day 1a saw 48 entries get through to tomorrow's Day 2, so expect a similar number to advance today. Once again, 15 levels or 12% of the field is the target number, with players getting 25,000 in their starting stacks and being allowed one reentry per flight. The last level scheduled is 3,000/5,000/5,000.
Keep an eye on the updates here on PokerNews to see what happens.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Larry Ormson | 25,000 | |
Chad Holloway
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Eddie Blumenthal | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Phil Mader | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Steve Wazwaz
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Dennis Stevermer | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Tim Garles | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Jason Ramos | 25,000 | 25,000 |
George Dietz | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Gary Herstein | 25,000 | 25,000 |
John Kurfman | 25,000 | |
Reg Powell | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Mike Lang | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Steve Wilkie | 25,000 |
Phil Mader was in the big blind and looking at a board of . He flicked in a pot-sized bet of 5,000 and an opponent in early position put in a chip to call.
Mader turned over for top pair that turned into a flush and he dragged the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Phil Mader | 33,000 | 8,000 |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
After a raise to 500 from middle position and a call by small blind Dan Bekavac, Dennis Stevermer made it 2,000 in the big blind. They went three ways to and Stevermer continued for 2,600. Everyone stayed in for the turn and Stevermer bet 6,500. This time, only the middle-position player called. Stever piled the last 11,600 in on the river and his opponent folded pretty quickly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dennis Stevermer | 50,000 | 25,000 |
Ken Baime squeezed to 3,400 from middle position after a raise to 800 and a call, and the opener peeled to see the flop heads up. Baime continued for 4,500 and his opponent called. On the turn, Baime stuck the rest in. It was 12,100.
The preflop opener went for a call after about a minute and tossed in but that was far inferior to Baime's holding of . The river kept the kings a winner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ken Baime | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Phil Mader bet 2,000 on a flop from the big blind, his neighbor in the next seat made it 6,000, and Todd Sladek shoved for about 28,000 in middle position. Mader mucked but the other player called and flipped over for a flush.
Sladek was nearly dead with and didn't have any equity after the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Todd Sladek | Busted |