2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Gerald Heath
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$130,935
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$638,700
Entries
660
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
78
Players Left
1

Zhou Forces Out Semanisin

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Songjie Zhou defended his big blind against an early-position open from Miroslav Semanisin and the two saw a flop of {9-Hearts}{a-Spades}{8-Spades}. Zhou checked and Semanisin fired out a continuation-bet of 25,000. Zhou check-raised to 60,000 and Semanisin thought for about 20 seconds before matching the bet.

The turn came {3-Diamonds} and Zhou kept his foot on the gas, sliding forward a stack of T5,000 chips, 25 tall, for a bet of 125,000. Semanisin went into the tank for longer than his previous decision and then let his hand go, earning Zhou the pot with his turn bet.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Miroslav Semanisin us
Miroslav Semanisin
470,000
-144,000
-144,000
Profile photo of Songjie Zhou us
Songjie Zhou
365,000
144,000
144,000

Tags: Miroslav SemanisinSongjie Zhou

More Chip Counts

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Miroslav Semanisin us
Miroslav Semanisin
614,000
-57,000
-57,000
Profile photo of Paul Camby us
Paul Camby
601,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Ben Wiora us
Ben Wiora
600,000
451,500
451,500
Profile photo of Paul Saharsky us
Paul Saharsky
461,000
348,000
348,000
Profile photo of Gheorghe Gradinaru us
Gheorghe Gradinaru
379,000
336,000
336,000
Profile photo of Gerald Siemienas us
Gerald Siemienas
347,000
142,000
142,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Kim us
Jonathan Kim
278,000
178,000
178,000
Profile photo of William Durkin us
William Durkin
230,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Songjie Zhou us
Songjie Zhou
221,000
117,000
117,000
Profile photo of Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
209,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Rob Dunn us
Rob Dunn
208,000
-51,000
-51,000
Profile photo of Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
203,000
-71,000
-71,000
Profile photo of Goran Filipovic us
Goran Filipovic
196,000
-210,000
-210,000
Profile photo of John Reading us
John Reading
184,000
-54,000
-54,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Van Keirsbilck us
Mark Van Keirsbilck
166,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Louie Brazzoni us
Louie Brazzoni
156,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Steven Federspiel us
Steven Federspiel
154,000
-500
-500
Profile photo of Josh Reichard
Josh Reichard
143,000
-178,000
-178,000
Profile photo of Li Shen us
Li Shen
135,000
-68,000
-68,000
Profile photo of Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
132,000
-78,000
-78,000

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
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Chip Counts from Break

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
735,000
112,000
112,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
636,000
262,000
262,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yao Yin us
Yao Yin
558,000
435,000
435,000
Profile photo of Wai Ngai us
Wai Ngai
555,000
249,000
249,000
Profile photo of Luke Goodwillie us
Luke Goodwillie
490,000
188,500
188,500
Profile photo of Paul Elfelt us
Paul Elfelt
463,000
294,000
294,000
Profile photo of Albert Nguyen ca
Albert Nguyen
415,000
181,500
181,500
Profile photo of Michael Berk us
Michael Berk
413,000
228,000
228,000
Profile photo of Casey Robbins us
Casey Robbins
383,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
359,000
149,000
149,000
Profile photo of Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
342,000
92,000
92,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Goepel us
Dan Goepel
334,000
-58,000
-58,000
Profile photo of Gerald Heath us
Gerald Heath
288,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
268,000
78,000
78,000
Profile photo of John Sun us
John Sun
238,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Alin Cotolan us
Alin Cotolan
223,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Daniel Buckley us
Daniel Buckley
178,000
-5,500
-5,500
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Bradley Jansen us
Bradley Jansen
169,000
82,000
82,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tomasz Luberda us
Tomasz Luberda
166,000
112,000
112,000
Profile photo of Kyle Adams us
Kyle Adams
152,000
103,500
103,500
Profile photo of Bryant Miller us
Bryant Miller
132,000
-133,000
-133,000
Profile photo of Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
120,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Kyle Swanson us
Kyle Swanson
82,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Umut Ozturk us
Umut Ozturk
Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Hot Goes Cold, Hits the Showers

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante
Igor Hot
Igor Hot

Igor Hot entered the day second in chips after seeing a heater end his Day 1c evening. Unfortunately for him, Day 2 was much more biting. He was recently seen down to around 150,000, and only fell further from there, eventually finding himself as low as 18,000.

Hot shoved all in for that 18,000 from under the gun and received calls from Paul Camby in the small blind and Blake Whittington in the big blind. Action for a side pot then checked through the runout, which came {7-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. All three hands were then tabled.

Igor Hot: {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Paul Camby: {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Blake Whittington: {3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

Hot's pair of nines were good to earn him the triple and bring him to around an eight big-blind stack. However, he was eliminated shortly thereafter to end his run for the day.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Camby us
Paul Camby
570,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
210,000
-27,000
-27,000
Profile photo of Igor Hot us
Igor Hot
Busted

Tags: Blake WhittingtonIgor HotPaul Camby

Raghavan Puts Reading To the Test

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Ravi Raghavan was on the button and saw action folded to him. He opened to 16,000 and received a three-bet to 50,000 by John Reading, who was in the small blind. Raghavan thought for a bit and then slid out his stack of T25,000 chips for a four-bet to 366,000.

Reading thought for about 35 seconds and then let his hand go, ultimately opting for another spot to commit all of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
623,000
366,500
366,500
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of John Reading us
John Reading
238,000
102,000
102,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John ReadingRavi Raghavan

Ghanem Dusts Brown

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante
Saad Ghanem
Saad Ghanem

Saad Ghanem announced he was all in from middle position and Jeremy Brown was next to act in the hijack. Brown looked down at his cards and then called all in for less. All remaining players folded and the two tabled their hands.

Jeremy Brown: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Saad Ghanem: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}

Ghanem hit one of the three remaining aces on the flop {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}, leaving Brown to acknowledge his likely fate as the turn came {5-Hearts}. He began to stand up as the river fell {4-Diamonds}, spelling his elimination from the tournament as the pot was shipped Ghanem's way.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
190,000
104,500
104,500
Profile photo of Jeremy Brown us
Jeremy Brown
Busted

Tags: Jeremy BrownSaad Ghanem