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

09-16-2021 19:38 UTC-7

Shields Doubles Up

GeoffFisk

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
Richard Fufaro	20,000	-12,000

Tags: Michael Shields Richard Fufaro

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

09-16-2021 19:05 UTC-7

Break Time

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Players are on a 10-minute break.

09-16-2021 19:05 UTC-7

Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Harold Singleton	57,000	35,000
Tavish Margers	55,000	36,500
Richard Lanes	40,000	20,000
Richard Fufaro	32,000	2,000
Tai Reyes Purpero	31,000	1,000
Robert Fortuno	28,000	3,000
Matthew Simila	26,000	-4,000
Rip Fritzer	26,000
Steve Sharp	25,000
Darren Beason	25,000	-15,000
Julian Gonzalez	16,000	-10,000
Hannah Spaulding	10,000	-11,000

09-16-2021 18:57 UTC-7

Brown Ousts Opponent

GeoffFisk

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

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

09-16-2021 18:39 UTC-7

Quads Over Set For Simila

GeoffFisk

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
Nissar Quraishi	Busted

09-16-2021 18:26 UTC-7

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

GeoffFisk

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.