$360 MSPT Day 1a | 2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship Sycuan Casino

09-16-2021 12:52 UTC-7

The MSPT $360 Regional NLHE Begins Today at Sycuan Casino in San Diego

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The latest stop on the Mid-States Poker Tour begins today! The MSPT United States Poker Championship runs Sept. 16-26 at Sycuan Casino in the San Diego, CA area, and PokerNews is on hand to live report the opening tournament of the series.

That tournament comes in the form of Event #1: $360 Regional NLHE, which begins today at 5 p.m. Today's Day 1a flight plays as the first of three opening day flights, with Day 1b scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m., and Day 1c beginning on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The $360 Regional plays as an unlimited re-entry event, with late registration available up to the beginning of Level 13. All Day 1 flights feature 30-minute levels, and the day wraps up at the end of Level 15.

Players start with 25,000 chips, and all participants are vying for a share of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool available in this tournament. The players that survive Day 1a will advance to Day 2, scheduled for Sunday at noon local time.

The United States Poker Championship marks the second time in 2021 that the MSPT has stopped by San Diego. The last time the $360 Regional Event ran at Sycuan Casino, in May, 1,047 entries registered and the prize pool ended up at $312,600.

Can the latest MSPT San Diego festival produce another $300k-plus prize pool in the opening event? Stay tuned right here with the PokerNews live reporting team as the $360 Regional plays out this weekend.

Tags: MSPT Sycuan Casino Resort San Diego

09-16-2021 17:10 UTC-7

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Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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09-16-2021 18:23 UTC-7

Winsaft Way Up

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Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Lance Winsaft sits with one of the biggest stacks in the room as Level 3 plays on on Day 1a.

Winsaft's latest victory came in an all-in preflop situation. Winsaft, under the gun, got all of the chips in against an opponent in the small blind.

Winsaft had the opponent covered going to the showdown.

Small Blind:
Lance Winsaft:

Board:

Ace-high was good enough for the win, and Winsaft has around 80,000 in front of him early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lance Winsaft	80,000 60,000	60,000

09-16-2021 18:39 UTC-7

Quads Over Set For Simila

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Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Nissar Quraishi limped preflop, a late position player raised to 800, and Matthew Simila three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind.

The flop came , Simila bet 4,500, Quraishi raised all in, and Quraishi called.

Both players turned over a set, with the shorter-stacked Quraishi in the lead:

Nissar Quraishi:
Matthew Simila:

The hit the turn, but the river brought in quads for Simila, and Quraishi headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Simila	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nissar Quraishi	Busted

09-16-2021 18:57 UTC-7

Brown Ousts Opponent

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Weslee Brown and a shorter-stacked opponent got all-in on the flop, with the board showing .

Opponent:
Weslee Brown:

The turn gave the opponent an open-ended straight draw, but the river clinched the hand for Brown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weslee Brown	34,000 34,000	34,000

09-16-2021 19:38 UTC-7

Shields Doubles Up

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Michael Shields, known in the Twitch streaming streets as "Grindin427", got all of the chips in from the big blind against Richard Fufaro.

Fufaro, in the small blind, had the bigger of the stacks going to showdown.

Michael "Grindin427" Shields":
Richard Fufaro:

Board:

The on the turn brought in a set for Shields, and clinched the double through Fufaro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Shields	25,000 25,000	25,000
Richard Fufaro	20,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Michael Shields Richard Fufaro

09-16-2021 19:42 UTC-7

Spaulding Doubles the Stack

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Hannah Spaulding went all-in preflop for 5,000 from early position, and Richard Fufaro made the call.

Hannah Spaulding:
Richard Fufaro: [KdTTd]

Board:

The queens held for Spaulding, who chipped up to the 10,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Fufaro	14,000 -6,000	-6,000
Hannah Spaulding	10,000

09-16-2021 20:02 UTC-7

Fritzer Folds Out Opponent on the Turn

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Rip Fritzer opened to 1,600 in early position, and got one caller in the hijack.

Both players checked the flop. Fritzer bet 2,000 on the turn, and his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rip Fritzer	32,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Rip Fritzer

09-16-2021 20:07 UTC-7

Leese Gets it Done With Second Pair

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

More than 10,000 went into the middle by the time the turn hit on a board.

David Leese checked from the big blind, and Lance Winsaft bet 8,000. Leese made the call.

The river brought the , and both players checked. Leese showed , which was good enough to take down the sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Leese	57,000 57,000	57,000
Lance Winsaft	57,000 -23,000	-23,000

Tags: David Leese Lance Winsaft

09-16-2021 20:48 UTC-7

Spaulding Stacking Big

GeoffFisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Happy Spaulding has one of the biggest stacks in the room as Level 7 winds down.

Spaulding's latest win came in a hand that saw Spaulding and three other players put 2,000 in the pot preflop. The flop came , and all four players checked.