$1,100 Main Event | 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

11-17-2019 13:24 UTC-6

Second Round of Payouts

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

The following players finished in 55-63rd place ($2,235).

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Johnson	Busted
Phil Mader	Busted
Joseph Benkendorf	Busted
Justin Brown	Busted
Jill Bryant	Busted
Todd Melander	Busted
Brett Reichard	Busted
Mike Shin	Busted
Joel Casper	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 12,000

11-17-2019 13:15 UTC-6

Day 2 Photos from the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship

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11-17-2019 13:11 UTC-6

A Look at the Current MSPT Season 10 POY Race

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The MSPT Season 10 Player of the Year Race is in its home stretch and right now Mike Shin holds a healthy lead over both Adam Friedman and Matt Kirby.

At the end of the calendar year, the top-ranked player will receive POY recognition and a $10,000 Main Event buy-in for 2020.

With just a few stops remaining, Shin holds a big lead in the Player of the Year race. His 5,400 points are well ahead of Friedman, who is his next closest competition with 3,500 points.

Shin has amassed 10 MSPT cashes in 2019 which includes winning the MSPT Majestic Star back in January for $68,593 and finishing third in the MSPT Venetian over the summer for $334,000. That was the second-largest score of his career behind the $427,930 he received for finishing 12th in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Place	Player	Points
1	Mike Shin	5,400
2	Adam Friedman	3,500
3	Matt Kirby	3,425
4	Brian Wilson	3,250
5	Andy Tran	2,950
6	Aaron Johnson	2,867
7	Eric Baldwin	2,700
8	Brian Hou	2,700
9	DJ Buckley	2,417
10	Alex Winter	2,450

11-17-2019 13:08 UTC-6

Belland Wins with Queens

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HillKerby

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Steve Belland opened the action with a raise to 15,000 from middle position and action folded around to Paul Camby, who defended his big blind. The flop fell and both players checked.

Camby fired out a bet of 18,000 on the turn and Belland called. The river came and Camby bet again, sliding out a stack of T1,000 chips about 25,000 tall. Belland quickly tossed a chip in the middle to call.

Camby showed for a rivered pair of threes and Belland tabled for a pair of queens, good to earn him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Camby	420,000 -45,000	-45,000
Steve Belland	210,000 19,000	19,000

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11-17-2019 12:56 UTC-6

Durkin Wins at Showdown

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

There was around 60,000 in the middle on a board reading and Gerald Siemienas had checked from the big blind to put action onto William Durkin, who bet 25,000 from middle position. Siemienas thought for a few moments and called.

The river came and both players checked to take the hand to showdown.

Siemienas showed for a pair of nines and Durkin tabled , good to earn him the pot with his pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Durkin	245,000 89,000	89,000
Gerald Siemienas	205,000 -111,000	-111,000

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11-17-2019 12:44 UTC-6

First Round of Payouts

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The following players finished in 64-72nd place ($2,108).

Player	Chips	Progress
James Calvo	Busted
Geremi Wicinski	Busted
Richard Stevens	Busted
Abraham Beddaoui	Busted
Todd Sladek	Busted
Alain Medesan	Busted
Steven Dembiec	Busted
William Koenig	Busted
Matthew Levin	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

11-17-2019 12:35 UTC-6

Beddaoui Loses Flip To Bust

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Abraham Beddaoui shoved all in for around 70,000 from under the gun and received action from Hassan Tahsildar, who was on the button.

"Please have ace-king," said Beddaoui, showing .

Tahsildar complied with a shrug-nod hybrid, showing .

The coin flip situation was about all Beddaoui could ask for before the flop, though his postflop wishes would not be fulfilled as the board ran out , resulting in him hitting the rail as Tasildar saw a pot sent his way that brings him over a quarter-million.