$1,110 USPC Main Event Day 1a | 2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship Sycuan Casino

09-23-2021 19:37 UTC-7

Can the Dealers Run Deep in the Main Event?

Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A trio of dealers are sitting on the other side of the table in the Main Event, having won their way into the tournament via satellite qualifiers.

Danny Penn, Thomas Bowler, and Sachi Botner are all in the hunt on Day 1a. Of the three, Botner currently sits with the biggest stack, at right around 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachi Botner	40,000 40,000	40,000
Danny Penn	18,000 18,000	18,000
Thomas Bowler	11,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-23-2021 19:12 UTC-7

Break Time

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are now on a 10-minute break.

09-23-2021 19:07 UTC-7

Day 1a Photos

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09-23-2021 18:56 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Davis	106,000 85,000	85,000
Nate Schenz Davis	90,000 90,000	90,000
Jose Araya	74,000 32,000	32,000
Nicholas Smith	70,000 10,000	10,000
Richard Lanes	70,000 45,000	45,000
Ken Baime	62,000 20,000	20,000
Richard Alsup	40,000 40,000	40,000
Laurette Thurber	32,000 4,000	4,000
David Leese	28,000 3,000	3,000
Tim Tang	23,000 3,000	3,000

Hargett Doubles Through Moreno

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Lucille Hargett, under the gun, and Andrew Moreno, on the button, got all of the chips in preflop. Moreno has a slightly bigger stack going to the showdown.

Lucille Hargett:
Andrew Moreno:

Board:

Hargett hit a set of sevens on the turn, and that hand held up through the river. Moreno was left with just a few hundred chips in the aftermath, and exited the tournament a few minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucille Hargett	32,000 32,000	32,000
Andrew Moreno	Busted

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-23-2021 18:21 UTC-7

Tai Reyes Purpero Wins MSPT Sycuan Casino Event #2: $400 PLO

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Geoff Fisk

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

PokerNews is on the scene at San Diego's Sycuan Casino this weekend to report on the MSPT Sycuan Casino $1,110 Main Event, but the United States Poker Championship includes 11 total events.

Event #2: $400 PLO, played out at Sycuan Casino on Sept. 17, and one of San Diego's familiar faces once again found himself in a winner's photo.

Tai Reyes Purpero took down the $400 PLO event, topping a field of 50 players for a $6,700 payday. Purpero's latest wins comes just a few days after a win in the RunGood Poker Series Jamul Casino $240 Black Chip Bounty event.

Purpero is also poised for a cash finish in the $360 Regional. He finished second in chips on Day 1a, bagging 353,300.

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09-23-2021 18:14 UTC-7