2022 MSPT United States Poker Championship

$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 MSPT United States Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$82,512
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$421,420
Entries
436
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
119
Players Left
18

Taleghani Continues Heater With Massive Cooler

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Amir Taleghani
Amir Taleghani

Shortly after his double-up, Chris Carney found himself out of the tourney after a sick hand against Amir Taleghani.

In a three-way pot with the flop showing {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, there was a bet and two calls to bring the {j-Diamonds} turn.

Carney and Taleghani got all the chips in and the third player got out of the way.

Chris Carney: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Amir Taleghani: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

Carney had turned jacks full, but he was crushed by the flopped quad sixes of Taleghani. The {9-Spades} river completed the board and Taleghani is now nearing 200,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Amir Taleghani us
Amir Taleghani
185,000
100,000
100,000
Chris Carney us
Chris Carney
Busted

Tags: Amir TaleghaniChris Carney

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Quads Sends Marcus Sailing Up the Chip Counts

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Hal Marcus
Hal Marcus

On a flop of {q-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and about 13,000 already in the middle, Hal Marcus shoved for 66,000 over a bet of 11,000 from his opponent.

His opponent counted out his stack before calling to put Marcus at risk.

Hal Marcus: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Marcus was in dominating position with his set of nines and the {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} runout only improved him to quad nines. He becomes one of the chip leaders as we near the halfway point of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Hal Marcus us
Hal Marcus
145,000
95,000
95,000

Tags: Hal Marcus

Carney Uses Big Slick to Chip Up

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Chris Carney
Chris Carney

Chris Carney got the last of his chips in preflop in a four-bet pot.

Chris Carney: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

Carney held the better kicker heading into the {2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop and picked up a flush draw to go with it.

The turn {2-Clubs} was a blank and the river {q-Diamonds} gave him a flush to secure the double.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Carney us
Chris Carney
50,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Chris Carney

Alsup Finds a Double

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Just before the break, Rich Alsup was seen collecting a double up.

A completed board was showing {a-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Alsup held {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for two pair. The {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} of his opponenet was sent into the muck and the MSPT All-Time Money winner took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
36,000
19,500
19,500

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Baime Makes Quads to Send England Out

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Ken Baime
Ken Baime

"Where's PokerNews," asked Ken Baime.

Across the room, Baime was holding up four sevens to celebrate him making quads.

Baime recounted that in a blind-on-blind situation, he had gotten all in the money in preflop with Kyna England.

England held pocket fours while Baime had pocket sevens.

Baime hit a set on the flop and drilled the last seven in the deck on the river to eliminate England with quads. He shoots up the leaderboard heading into the next break.

Player Chips Progress
Ken Baime us
Ken Baime
85,000
85,000
85,000
Kyna England us
Kyna England
Busted

Tags: Ken BaimeKyna England

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