Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship Sycuan Casino
$360 MSPT
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship Sycuan Casino
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$155,700
Entries
519
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
104
Players Left
13
Day 1a Photos
Winsaft Way Up
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.
The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:
- Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
- Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year
To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.
As of today, seven players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.
Quads Over Set For Simila
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Brown Ousts Opponent
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
55,000
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
16,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
10,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Break Time
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500