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

09-23-2022 17:25 UTC-7

Noriegasolis and Sailor Chipping Up

NicholasBaltz

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brayan Noriegasolis	85,000 85,000	85,000
Brad Sailor	70,000 45,000	45,000
Daotong Ge	56,000 56,000	56,000
Rich Alsup	25,000
Benjamin Moon	25,000

Kyle Kitagawa	25,000 25,000	25,000

09-23-2022 17:35 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyna England	56,000 41,000	41,000

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

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

09-23-2022 17:59 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Moran	64,000 -3,200	-3,200
Kyle Kitagawa	49,000 24,000	24,000
Christina Gollins	43,000 22,700	22,700
Paul Serrate	40,000 40,000	40,000
DJ Buckley	31,000 6,000	6,000
David Para	30,000 7,500	7,500
Massoud Eskandari	26,700 10,800	10,800

Rich Alsup	15,000 -10,000	-10,000
Katie Kopp	9,400 -12,100	-12,100

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 18:18 UTC-7

A Roundup of Winners from MSPT Sycuan

NicholasBaltz

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.