Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2022 MSPT United States Poker Championship
$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2022 MSPT United States Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$421,420
Entries
436
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
185
Players Left
22
A Roundup of Winners from MSPT Sycuan
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 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.
More Early Entries
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,300
29,300
|
29,300 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
18,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
Segura, a ClubGG Qualifier, Takes Three-Way All-In
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
A big pot was played across the room and a bunch of chips were headed in the direction of ClubGG qualifier Arturo Segura.
The board was quickly washed by the dealer, but Segura had gotten it in preflop with pocket queens, against the pocket jacks and ace-king of Ronald Kluber and George Garcia.
Segura made queens full and scooped a huge early pot. Kluber was eliminated and Garica took a hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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|
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Sailor Uses Full House to Sail Up Leaderboard
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Brad Sailor was just seen eliminating an opponent.
Sailor was showing 
on a completed board of 
for nines full, while his opponents 
trip kings were headed into the muck.
Sailor recounted that the last of the chips got in on the river and he becomes an early chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
23,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
21,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
14,500
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
14,300
-10,700
|
-10,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
8,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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Alvarez Stacks One With Broadway
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
With the board showing 
, a player shoved for 18,500 and Victor Alvarez snapped him off.
At-Risk Player: 
Victor Alvarez: 
Alvarez had flopped the Broadway straight but he still had to dodge spades. The 
was a blank and Alvarez picked up an early knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Souza Doubles Up With Queens
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
On the 
turn, a player shoved for 10,600 and Mike Souza called for his remaining 10,400.
Mike Souza: 
Bigger Stack: 
Souza was in front with pocket queens, but he needed to dodge a straight draw. The river 
paired the board and queens were good to send Souza back over starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Break
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Players are headed on their first break of the day.