$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi

09-22-2019 15:04 UTC-5

Barfield Triples Up With Cowboys

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

There was three-way action pre-flop between Richard Bai, Michael Esquivel and Brent Barfield, with Barfield all in for 90,000.

The board was checked down and Barfield tabled for the winner getting a much-needed triple-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	900,000 290,000	290,000
Michael Esquivel	300,000 -360,000	-360,000
Brent Barfield	270,000 103,000	103,000

Tags: Richard Bai Michael Esquivel Brent Barfield

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Eliminated in 46th-54th ($2,693)

BrandonTemple

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Lehouillier	Busted
Thomas Koral	Busted

Ken Baime	Busted
Howard Hankin	Busted
Jill Bryant	Busted

Brian Altman	Busted

Michael Hudson	Busted
Hyup Ku	Busted
Al Chiozzi	Busted

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Break Time

BrandonTemple

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The final thirty-five players are off on a fifteen-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

09-22-2019 15:24 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Ngui	Busted
Matt Porter	Busted
Leon Gao	Busted
Andrija Solovjey	Busted
Alex Ziskin	Busted

John Elliott	Busted
Jacob Rich	Busted
Niel Mittelman	Busted
Quinterol Mallette	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Levin	320,000 -91,000	-91,000
Jeff Olson	303,000 146,000	146,000
Kyle Swanson	256,000 -3,000	-3,000
George Pappas	236,000 69,000	69,000
Paul Freitag	230,000 85,000	85,000
Jack Torcolese	225,000 62,000	62,000
Nikolas Stone	82,000 73,900	73,900

Michael Moncek Dedicates Second Gold Ring Victory to His Late Father

BrandonTemple

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is in Milwaukee to live report action the $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.

Event #11: $400 NLH (One-Day) had 169 runners create a $55,770 prize pool, which was paid out to the top 26 players including Dan Bekavac (10th - $950), Scotter Clark (17th - $702), and Mike Hanson (18th - $702), just to name a few.

In the end, 27-year-old purchasing agent Michael Moncek of Chicago, Illinois came out on top to win $14,297 and his second consecutive gold ring in Potawatomi stops.

“Getting this second ring is amazing and I want to dedicate it to my father who I lost earlier this year,” Moncek said after the win.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Michael Moncek	Chicago, Illinois	$14,297
2	Shane Thorne	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$8,838
3	Alexander Betaneli	Brookfield, Wisconsin	$6,156
4	David Windsor	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$4,385
5	Aaron Lein	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	$3,197
6	Christopher Underwood	Mooresville, Indiana	$2,386
7	Jason Flock	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$1,825
8	Kyle Kramer	West Allis, Wisconsin	$1,431
9	Steven Sanzaro	Naples, Florida	$1,150