Mike Rieck checked in middle position on a board of 
and an opponent on the button bet 2,500 into about 4,000. Rieck called and checked the 
river.
"Check's good," the other player said.
"You've got it," Rieck said with a shake of the head, mucking to 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Nic Ditrapani is another Chicago-area player to recently take a seat. He's been on a tear of late, winning an HPT preliminary event for $56K and then making the final table of the Hammond Circuit Main en route to a ninth-place finish for $26K.
Already a two-time ring winner, Ditrapani will try to find gold for a third time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
With about 16,000 in the pot, the dealer delivered a river to put a board of 
down at Table 12. Adam Dinsmore checked in the small blind and Kelvin Douglas bet 8,200 from under the gun. A third player quickly folded but Dinsmore called.
Douglas opened 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,500 | |
|
10,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
In a multi-way pot, Rodney Spriggs bet 900 from early position on 
. A player in the cutoff was the only taker, and the turn was an 
. Spriggs checked and quickly folded to a bet, flashing the 
.
"I know, I know, you don't even need to show it," he said as his opponent flicked in the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
A player in the small blind made it 2,000 to go preflop and got action from Tim Vance in middle position. On the 
flop, the small blind bet 5,000 and Vance called. He did the same on the 
turn, and this time, Vance gave it up after about a minute of thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Players are on break.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles, but that is just on gold ring event that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #8: $400 Monster Stack, 214 runners created a $70,260 prize pool that was paid out to the top 33 players. Among those to cash were Austin McCormick (7th - $2,257), Alicia Beatty (10th - $1,178), Todd Sladek (13th - $993), Jerod Smith (18th - $857), Craig Welko (20th - $758), John Gallaher (22nd - $688), and Keith Heine (26th - $640).
In the end, 33-year-old Chris Audrain defeated MSPT champ Michael Esquivel in heads-up play to win the title for $16,585 and his first gold ring.
“I came into Day 2 as the short-stack so I didn’t feel the greatest, but I knew I if could get the double I could run it up,” he said after the win. “I am just going to try to get as many points as I can and win the player of the series. We’ll see what happens.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Audrain | O Fallon, Missouri | $16,585 |
| 2 | Michael Esquivel | Clarendon Hills, Illinois | $10,250 |
| 3 | Kirby Brewer | Columbia, Illinois | $7,270 |
| 4 | Neil Patel | St. Louis, Missouri | $5,261 |
| 5 | Paul Fehlig | St. Louis, Missouri | $3,885 |
| 6 | Rodney Clanton | Maryland Heights, Missouri | $2,930 |
| 7 | Austin McCormick | Ballwin, Missouri | $2,257 |
| 8 | Timothy Reedy | Saint Ann, Missouri | $1,777 |
| 9 | Gabriel Burlacu | St. Louis, Missouri | $1,430 |
