$1,110 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 MSPT United States Poker Championship

09-22-2022 18:53 UTC-7

Cincotta Continues to Climb, Barnum Goes Busto

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Cincotta	132,000 27,000	27,000
Josiah Pittman	56,000 1,000	1,000

Hal Marcus	50,000 20,000	20,000
Colin Grylls	20,100 -18,900	-18,900

Rich Alsup	15,500 -1,000	-1,000
Miles Barnum	Busted

09-22-2022 18:46 UTC-7

Taleghani Fades the River for Knockout

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Amir Taleghani just sent a player to the rail.

The players got it in on the turn with Taleghani covering.

At-Risk Opponent:
Amir Taleghani:

Taleghani was ahead with trip nines but he had to dodge flush and straight draws on the river. The completed the board and Taleghani dragged a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Taleghani	85,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Amir Taleghani

09-22-2022 18:31 UTC-7

England Rebuys, Moon Says Goodbye

NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After a short break, Kyna England has reloaded and is sitting on a fresh stack.

Meanwhile, WSOP bracelet winner Ben Moon has hit the rail.

He assured PokerNews that he will be back to fire again tomorrow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyna England	25,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin Moon	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Moon Kyna England

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-22-2022 18:24 UTC-7

Kohlberg Gets a Shove Through

NicholasBaltz

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There was approximately 20,000 in the middle on the turn and Curt Kohlberg moved all in. The action was on big stack Nissar Quraishi who was in the tank.

"Count it," said Quraishi to the dealer.

Kohlberg had shoved for 17,700, and after a minute of thought, Quraishi let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nissar Quraishi	113,000 10,000	10,000
Curt Kohlberg	38,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Curt Kohlberg Nissar Quraishi

09-22-2022 18:08 UTC-7

Check Out Episodes of PokerNews Podcast for All the Up-to-Date News

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Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

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Tags: Chad Holloway Daniel Negreanu Doug Polk Fedor Holz Jesse Fullen Phil Hellmuth Sarah Herring

09-22-2022 18:05 UTC-7

Cincotta Crosses 100k Mark, Quraishi Still Sitting Pretty

NicholasBaltz

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Cincotta	105,000 53,000	53,000
Nissar Quraishi	103,000 -7,000	-7,000
John Pelligra	51,000 -14,000	-14,000

Thomas Bowler	46,000 -6,000	-6,000
Chris Carney	18,000 -7,000	-7,000
Lucy Hargett	14,500 -12,000	-12,000
Amy Devaudreuil	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

09-22-2022 17:45 UTC-7

Sick Runout Gives ClubGG Qualifier Pittman a Knockout

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A chorus of groans was heard from Josiah Pittman's table.

Pittman, a ClubGG Qualifier, was showing on a completed board of . Pittman had rivered a set of jacks against his opponents pair of queens.

Pittman recalled the action was all in preflop, and with that, he surges up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josiah Pittman	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Josiah Pittman

09-22-2022 17:37 UTC-7

Grylls Holding Strong In Latest Counts, Oh Out

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Grylls	39,000 -8,300	-8,300

Miles Barnum	33,800 8,800	8,800
Benjamin Moon	25,000 6,800	6,800

Amy Devaudreuil	20,200 -15,800	-15,800
Rich Alsup	16,500 -26,500	-26,500
Woo Oh	Busted