Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
MSPT Black Hawk
$1,110 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1b
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action folded around to Sarah Stefan in the cutoff and she opened to 5,500. The small blind called and action went heads up to a flop of 
. The small blind check-raised Stefan's continuation-bet of 9,000, making it 24,000, and Stefan came over the top for the player's effective stack of 62,000. The small blind called.
All-In Player: 
Sarah Stefan: 
The small blind had flatted aces preflop only to see the rest of his chips go in on the flop in dominated position to Stefan's set. No ace came as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout and the player tapped the felt to acknowledge Stefan's hand before making his way from the table. The pot was shipped to Stefan, who now finds herself with 200K after collecting and stacking her newly-acquired chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
72,500
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72,500 |
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Greg Collins was just seen having a pot shipped his way to eliminate a short-stacked player, building his stack up to nearly 300,000 in the process. However, he had a stack of 280,000 prior to the hand and confirmed that he had won a huge pot to get him up to 240,000 at the beginning of the level.
In that hand, he went four ways to a flop of 
with one spade and everybody checked, bringing the turn . Collins checked and the player on his left bet one-third pot, with a call and a fold ensuing before Collins also called.
The river then fell 
to bring a third spade on board, and Collins led out with a down-bet from the amount on the previous street. The player on his left went all in and Collins immediately called when it was his turn to do so.
Greg Collins: 
Opponent: 
-red
Collins has since chipped up a bit and appears to be just shy of 300K, making him one of the largest stacks in the room as the number of players in the tournament continues to drop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Bryan Piccioli and Joe Serock have just made their way into the Bally's Black Hawk Poker Parlour to take a last-minute shot at finding a bag for the evening, coming into town for a friend's bachelor party for the weekend.
The pair of players have career earnings of more than $4 million apiece, and should either of them spin up their stacks, they could be forces to be reckoned with.
Their entries have also brought the field up to 216 with just over 15 minutes remaining in late registration. Should that number remain the same, the hard-stop figure at 12% would be 25 players remaining in the field; if one more player joins, that number becomes 26. Otherwise, play is set to conclude with 21 minutes remaining in Level 15, as that was when play concluded during yesterday's Day 1a flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andreas Ramadanis opened the action with a raise to 5,500 in middle position and action folded over to Bryan Piccioli in the big blind, who re-jammed.
"Starting stack, right?" asked Ramadanis.
"Minus the ante," confirmed Piccioli. "Twenty-two (point) five," he added, and Ramadanis immediately dropped a stack of chips onto the felt to call.
Bryan Piccioli: 
Andreas Ramadanis: 
The flop came 
to give Piccioli a pair of fives. However, Ramadanis still had 12 outs after flopping a flush draw. The turn 
gave him five more outs to counterfeit, but the river 
came in Piccioli's favor and earned him the double shortly after registering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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|
36,000
-58,500
|
-58,500 |
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The tournament has reached its final break of the night, with late registration set to close upon its completion when Level 13 begins at 9:10 p.m. local time.
A total of 216 entries have been logged so far, and 46 players remain.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level 13 has begun and registration has closed with an unofficial 216 entries on the clock. Play will conclude with 21 minutes remaining in Level 15 unless 25 players remain before that time.
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
All of the chips got into the middle before the flop with Ian Mangan at risk from middle position against the under-the-gun James Rodriguez.
Ian Mangan: 
James Rodriguez: 
Mangan flopped a set on 
but found himself needing to still fade four outs to Broadway. He did so successfully on the turn 
, and the river 
fell behind to complete the runout.
"Only quads," said another player at the table.
Meanwhile, Bryan Piccioli found another double through Daniel Sepiol before the break, his second in five hands after registering. Piccioli's pocket fours held versus Sepiol's ace-ten, and Piccioli now has a six-figure stack while Sepiol
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
105,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
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|
65,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
30,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action folded around to Joe Serock in the small blind and he open-jammed for 24,000. The big blind thought for about half a minute and then flicked a chip into the middle of the pot.
Joe Serock:
Big Blind:
The runout 
gave Serock virtually no sweat en route to the double, and he now finds himself with two starting stacks as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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51,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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