MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event | 2021 MSPT Showdown Series

05-09-2021 20:13 UTC-8

Jose Araya Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,823)

Chad Holloway

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

With approximately 1.3 million already in the pot and a board reading , Jose Araya moved all in for 2.06 million from the big blind and Alejandro Jauregui, who was in the under-the-gun position, shot out of his chair.

He put his hands on his head, asked for an exact count, and put together some chips.

"I don't think I can fold," he said. He paused a few more beats and spiked in the call.

"You got it," Araya said, which promoted an excited Jauregui to showed the .

Araya was obligated to show given it was an all-in situation, and the dealer showed his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	7,500,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Jose Araya	Busted

Tags: Jose Araya Alejandro Jauregui

05-09-2021 19:56 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts for the Final Five (full)

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Chad Holloway

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Fitzpatrick	4,900,000 850,000	850,000
Alejandro Jauregui	4,800,000 980,000	980,000
Jose Araya	3,600,000 -400,000	-400,000
Jesse Jones	2,400,000 -350,000	-350,000
Eli Loewenthal	1,550,000 -365,000	-365,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

05-09-2021 19:41 UTC-8

Andrew Moreno Eliminated in 6th Place ($20,281)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

With around 300,000 in the pot and a flop of , action exploded between Jose Araya and Andrew Moreno that resulted in the latter getting his last 900,000 or so in the middle.

Andrew Moreno:
Jose Araya:

Araya had two pair but Moreno was drawing to both straight and flush draws. Unfortunately for the latter, those draws were rendered moot when the peeled off on the turn to fill up Araya.

The meaningless was run out on the river and Moreno headed to the payout desk in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Araya	4,000,000 700,000	700,000
Andrew Moreno	Busted

Tags: Jose Araya Andrew Moreno

05-09-2021 19:34 UTC-8

Britton Scheibe Eliminated in 7th Place ($15,701)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded around to Jason Fitzpatrick in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on the short-stacked Britton Scheibe, who called off for around 550,000 from the big.

Jason Fitzpatrick:
Britton Scheibe:

Scheibe got it in good and technically held on the flop of , though Fitzpatrick did pick up a straight draw. It came in too when the dealer burned and turned the .

Scheibe was looking for a queen on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Fitzpatrick	4,050,000 900,000	900,000
Britton Scheibe	Busted

Tags: Jason Fitzpatrick Britton Scheibe

05-09-2021 19:24 UTC-8

Haiau Han Eliminated in 8th Place ($11,122)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

In the first hand back from the dinner break, it was no surprise to see Haiau Han get it in given he returned with just the amount of the small blind. A third of his chips went in via the ante and he put in the last 20,000 from middle position.

Andrew Moreno called from the button, Alejandro Jauregui called from the small, and Jason Fitzpatrick checked his option from the big. All three players then checked the flop before the appeared on the turn. Two checks saw Moreno bet 100,000 and the other two active players got out of the way.

Hiau Han:
Andrew Moreno:

Moreno turned the nuts and Han was drawing dead headed to the river, which was the meaningless .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Moreno	1,500,000 220,000	220,000
Haiau Han	Busted

Tags: Andrew Moreno Haiau Han

05-09-2021 18:33 UTC-8

Final Table Draw and Counts (full)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

The final eight players are now on a dinner break until 8:15 p.m. local time.

Seat	Player	Count
1	Eli Loewenthal	1,915,000
2	Hiau Han	30,000
3	Jesse Jones	2750000
4	Jose Araya	3,300,000
5	Andrew Moreno	1,280,000
6	Alejandro Jauregui	3,820,000
7	Jason Fitzpatrick	3,150,000
8	Britton Scheibe	655,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	3,820,000 -380,000	-380,000
Jose Araya	3,300,000 -200,000	-200,000
Jason Fitzpatrick	3,150,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Jesse Jones	2,750,000
Eli Loewenthal	1,915,000 1,340,000	1,340,000
Andrew Moreno	1,280,000 -720,000	-720,000
Britton Scheibe	655,000
Haiau Han	30,000 -1,470,000	-1,470,000

05-09-2021 18:24 UTC-8

Tony Galanti Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,813)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Tony Galanti was down to just 20,000 and automatically all in from the big blind.

Britton Scheibe called 60,000 from under the gun, Eli Loewenthal did the same from the button, and Jose Araya came along from the small blind to make it three active players on the side.

The trio of players proceeded to check it down as the board ran out .

Eli Loewenthal:
Jose Araya:
Britton Scheibe:
Tony Galanti:

Scheibe had the best of it with trip jacks and with that Galanti hit the rail. The remaining eight players will now redraw down to the final table before taking a dinner break until 8:15 p.m. local time.

Stay tuned for updated counts and the final table draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Galanti	Busted

Tags: Tony Galanti

05-09-2021 18:08 UTC-8

Adam Friedman Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,813)

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Chad Holloway

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Three-time bracelet winner and MSPT JACK Cleveland champ Adam Friedman began the day as a big chip leader, and he nearly rode it all the way to the final table.

Unfortunately, he grew short and nursed it for a bit before getting it all in preflop against Jose Araya in a race situation.

Adam Friedman:
Jose Araya: