Day 2 of the MSPT Bally’s Black Hawk Main Event kicks off at 11 a.m. with 80 players vying for a deep run for the grand prize of $135,507 and for the MSPT points.
Jonathan Olson starts the day as chip leader with 755,000, which is good for 251 big blinds at the start. Olson has $104,000 in career tournament earnings, $95,000 of those coming in his lone MSPT tournament win, coming in Iowa back in 2014.
A well-known name that sits in second place in the chip counts with 627,000 to start the day is Will Givens .The Centennial, CO native has several tournament wins in his career and has collected 2.7 million in career earnings but he has yet to reach the zenith in an MSPT event and he will be looking to change that.
Third in chips is Adrian Buckley with 620,000 who is another highly successful player, having amassed 1.8 million in career earnings.
Kevin Palmer with 474,000 and Michael Monetti with just a hair below that with 464,000 round out the top five stacks.
Notable players abound throughout the remaining lineup of 80 players. Vincent Moscati has 391,000 and starts in seventh place, Scott Stewart enters with 184,000 and DJ Buckley starts the day with 130,000.
Play will begin with 3:00 on the clock at Level 13, where Day 1a finished as the early finishing starting day of the three. The top 72 players will get paid so the start of play will immediately be tense near the money bubble. Levels will remain at 40 minutes in length and breaks will be every three levels.
PokerNews will have all the coverage of this exciting Day 2, which will be sure to bring plenty of twists and turns as the MSPT champion will be crowned.
and an all in and call was announced.
for runner-runner boat and just like that after nearly an hour of hand-for-hand play, the bubble was breached.
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on the turn.
. Sanchez checked and Bullard jammed all in for 274,000 into a pot of about 170,000. Sanchez thought for about a minute before he called.
for quads to win the massive pot.
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to end the run for Ilich in 24th place.
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