Break Time
Players are on a ten-minute break.
Players are on a ten-minute break.
On a board of and approximately 500,000 in the middle, Jonathan "Cosmo" McGowan moved all-in and he was called by Matt Paten who had him covered.
Jonathan "Cosmo" McGowan:
Matt Paten:
Paten had picked off the bluff and will walk away with the lion's share of the prize.
Jonathan "Cosmo" McGowan takes home an impressive $58,232 for the effort.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Paten |
11,000,000
6,400,000
|
6,400,000 |
Jonathan McGowan | Busted |
Matt Paten rode the final table rollercoaster at the 2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event final table, but his steady play and endurance in the final hours of Day 2 paid off. Paten took down the tournament championship at San Diego's Sycuan Casino on Sunday night, pocketing $94,782 in the win.
The pinnacle event of the recently-revived United States Poker Championship wrapped up when Paten became the latest player to put his name into the MSPT Main Event record books after topping a field of 456 entries.
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Matt Paten | $94,782 |
2 | Jonathan McGowan | $58,232 |
3 | Mike Rosado | $41,966 |
4 | Gary Hansen | $31,739 |
5 | Pej Niyati | $23,804 |
6 | Lucy Hargett | $18,704 |
7 | Rubin Chappell | $14,106 |
8 | Vladimir Medvinsky | $11,021 |
9 | Allen Galutera | $8,376 |
The Main Event featured three starting flights, with 60 players combined coming out of those three phases. Day 2 began with 60 players competing for 54 money spots.
By the time that field played down to the final nine, Paten entered final table play in a virtual tie for the chip lead. It took more than an hour for the first player to fall at the final table, and the Main Event remained eight-handed for another 75 minutes after that.
The eliminations started coming faster after that, eventually narrowing down to Gary Hansen (4th -$31,739), Mike Rosado (3rd - $41,966), and eventual runner-up Jonathan "Cosmo" McGowan (2nd - $58,238).
Paten was on the brink of entering heads-up play with more than a four-to-one chip lead against Rosado. One big hand saw Paten limp from the small blind, and McGowan shove for 1.8 million.
Paten called, showing ace-three of spades against McGowan's seven-deuce of spades. Trip sevens came in on the runout for McGowan, however, evening the match considerably.
"When you have him dominated with ace-three of spades, you're feeling confident," Paten said. "But when he flops a seven and turns a seven, I'm drawing dead."
"You don't like it; you miss an opportunity to knock out another player with the worst hand in poker."
Paten endured, however, and eventually faced McGowan head-up, which lasted only a few hands with Paten picking off an all-in bluff on the river from McGowan to clinch the tournament.
Other final table finishers included Pej Niyati (5th - $23,804), Lucy Hargett (6th - $18,704), Rubin Chappell (7th - $14,106), Vladimir Medvinski (8th - $11,021), and Allen Galutera (9th - $8,376).
The Main Event came a week after Chris Smith won the MSPT Sycuan Casino $360 Regional for $33,149.
The MSPT continues in October with two stops in Las Vegas at the Ventian. From October 12-16, there will be an $1,100 buy-in, $1 million GTD Main Event followed by a $1,600 buy-in, $1 million GTD Main Event from October 18-22. PokerNews will be on-site to live report both tournaments. For more information, visit msptpoker.com.
$1,110 USPC Main Event
Day 2 Completed