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

09-23-2022 18:59 UTC-7

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Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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

09-23-2022 18:18 UTC-7

A Roundup of Winners from MSPT Sycuan

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Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Levi Geiman beat a field of 535 to win the top prize of $22,644 in Event #1: $360 Mystery Bounty. Geiman also took home $9,850 in bounties in a wild Day 2 that had prizes ranging from $100 to $10,000.

Elsewhere at the series, MSPT Sycuan regular Rip Fritzer won Event $2: $250 PLO for $5,237. Fritzer won the same event at the MSPT Sycuan series in January.

MSPT Sycuan Event Winners

Event	Winner	Prize
Event #1: $360 Mystery Bounty	Levi Geiman	$22,644 + $9,850
Event #2: $250 PLO	Rip Fritzer	$5,237
Event #3: $250 NL	Armando Mesina	$4,875
Event #4: $185 NL	Jonathan Larkin	$7,370
Event #5: $250 Seniors	Kenneth Baime	$6,300
Event #6: $250 Turbo SuperStack	Luis Rodriguez	$4,341
Event #7: $250 6-Max	Ronald Sengi	$5,100
Event #8 $300 Tag Team	Robert Dawdy and Mey Saeteurn	$6,846
Event #9: $250 Hump Day	Michael Starek	$5,000

Armando Mesina beat 126 players to win Event #3: $250 NLH and San Diego's Jonathan Larkin won Event #4: $185 NL after he outlasted a field of 195 entries for the top prize of $7,370.

Previous MSPT Main Event champ Kenneth Baime added another win and $6,300 to his collection with the top spot in Event #5: $250 Seniors, and Luis Rodriguez captured Event #6: $250 Turbo SuperStack for $4,341.

Local Ronald Sengi finished atop Event #7: $250 6-Max for $5,100, and the pair of Robert Dawdy and Mey Saeteurn won Event #8: $300 Tag Team. The duos' event drew a field of 186 players and the Las Vegas-based pair took home $6,846 for the win.

Most recently, Michael Starek added to his Player of the Series lead with a first-place finish in Event #9: $250 Hump Day. A successful finish would make that back-to-back awards for Starek.

Tags: Armando Mesina Jonathan Larkin Kenneth Baime Levi Geiman Luis Rodriguez Michael Starek Rip Fritzer Robert Dawdy Ronald Sengi

09-23-2022 18:06 UTC-7

Kendall Sniffs Out the Bluff from Sailor

NicholasBaltz

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There was already 18,000 in on the river and Mike Kendall was facing a decision for his tournament life.

Brad Sailor had shoved for 50,000 effective and Kendall only had 17,000 left in front of him.

After a few moments of contemplating, Kendall called.

Sailor rolled over for a missed straight draw and Kendall showed pocket jacks for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Kendall	52,000 52,000	52,000
Brad Sailor	32,000 -38,000	-38,000

Tags: Brad Sailor Mike Kendall

09-23-2022 17:43 UTC-7

Noriegasolis Shows the Bluff in Big Pot

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A big pot was brewing between Daotong Ge and Brayan Noriegasolis.

There was already about 30,000 in the middle on the turn and Daotong had a bet of 13,000 in front of him. He was facing an all-in raise though from Brayan Noriegasolis, who had him covered.

After a minute of thought, Ge laid it down and Noriegasolis showed the table for king-high.

"Whew," said Noriegasolis. "I almost blew it."

Noriegasolis becomes the early chip leader with more than a hundred thousand already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brayan Noriegasolis	126,000 41,000	41,000
Daotong Ge	40,000 -16,000	-16,000

Tags: Brayan Noriegasolis Daotong Ge

09-23-2022 17:22 UTC-7

ClubGG Qualifier Lammert Drills a Set to Survive

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Kevin Lammert limped under the gun, as did one other player before Matthew Lung raised it up to 1,300.

Christina Gollins flatted the raise and with the action back on Lammert, he moved in for 13,600 total.

Lung folded and Gollins called.

Kevin Lammert:
Christina Gollins:

Gollins was in front with the better pair, but the flop gave Lammert a set of threes. The turn and river changed nothing and Lammert doubled up. Lung meanwhile, lamented that he had folded pocket fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Lung	44,000 44,000	44,000
Kevin Lammert	29,500 29,500	29,500

Christina Gollins	20,300 -11,700	-11,700

Tags: Christina Gollins Kevin Lammert Matthew Lung

09-23-2022 16:44 UTC-7

Moran Triples With Aces

NicholasBaltz

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Andres Moran is sitting on a pile of new chips.

The tabled recounted that Moran found himself on the right side of a three-way all-in situation.

Moran held pocket aces against the pocket queens and ace-king of two opponents.

Aces held for Moran and he rocketed up the leaderboard early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Moran	58,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Andres Moran

09-23-2022 15:47 UTC-7

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Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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09-23-2022 15:33 UTC-7

Moon Put into the Blender, Loses to Straight Flush of Graff

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With the board showing and 1,000 in the pot, Ben Moon already had a bet of 4,500 in front of him but was facing an all-in from Duane Graff.

Moon was deep in the tank.

"Brutal sir," he said. "I guess I'll just gamble with you."

Moon continued to think things over for a few moments.

"I have such a big hand," said Moon. "Did you play yesterday?"

"I did," said Graff.

Eventually, Moon cut out a stack of chips to call.

"Did you flop the nuts," asked Moon?

Duane Graff:
Ben Moon:

Graff had flopped the nut straight while Moon held two pair, with outs to a full house. The hit the turn and the drilled the river to give Graff the rarely seen straight flush. Moon was left short while Graff becomes an early chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duane Graff	48,000 48,000	48,000
Benjamin Moon	2,000 -23,000	-23,000

Tags: Ben Moon Duane Graff

09-23-2022 13:46 UTC-7

MSPT Rolls Along With Day 1b of $300,000 Main Event at Sycuan Casino

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Day 1b is set to begin at the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) $1,110 Main Event from Sycuan Casino in San Diego. The United States Poker Championship boasts a $300,000 guaranteed tournament that also awards a trophy on top of the money won.

Players can earn their way into the Main Event with multiple $265 buy-in satellites. There are still two starting flights remaining for Day 1.

Day 1b will start today at 3:00 p.m. local time and Day 1c will be at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow (September 24th). The Day 1’s will play down until just 12% of the field remains or until the end of Level 15, all remaining players will return on Day 2.

Yesterday, Day 1a say 119 entries with just 18 surviving the night. Jason Kapoor (395,000) bagged the chip lead, with Ken Baime (388,000) and Curt Kohlberg (334,000) rounding out the only other players who crossed the 300,000 chip mark.

A starting stack for this event will be worth 25,000 chips and late registration will remain open until the start of level 13. An unlimited number of re-entries will be allowed but players may only bag one stack. The levels will be 40 minutes long throughout the tournament with a 10-minute break after every three levels.

Many notables are expected to play today including MSPT Hall of Famer and All-Time Money winner Rich Alsup. Others include Kyna England, Benjamin Moon, Katie Kopp, as well former MSPT champion Chris Smith.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all the live updates throughout the event en route to crowning another MSPT champion.

Tags: Benjamin Moon Chris Smith Curt Kohlberg Jason Kapoor Katie Kopp Ken Baime Kyna England Rich Alsup