MSPT Black Hawk
Clayton Wilson opened in middle position and saw Chris Ellis re-jam for around 140,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Wilson and he called.
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Clayton Wilson: ![]()
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"Can I have the (payout) card?" asked Ellis to the nearby floorman. The flop ![]()
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gave him some hope.
"Well, that's about as good of a flop as I can ask for," Ellis said, but he watched the turn
and river
leave him dry and spell his elimination from the tournament as a result.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be returning to the Venetian Las Vegas September 4-6 for what is sure to be another massive $1,100 Main Event, as is evidenced by the accompanying $500K Guarantee.
Per usual, MSPT Venetian will headline an entire series' worth of events held from August 30 through September 26, with two starting flights before the field combines on Sunday to compete for the MSPT title.
Recent MSPT Venetian winners include Chance Kornuth ($412,086) Harlan Miller ($367,801), Johnny Oshana ($130,000), James Carroll ($180,850), Korey Payne ($327,773), and Landon Tice ($201,529).
Who will be the next one to add their name to the list of aforementioned champions? PokerNews will be on hand to provide live updates as the answer to that question is determined.
Kevin Eyster open-jammed for 66,000 under the gun and received action only from Dapo Ajayi, who was in the cutoff.
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Dapo Ajayi: ![]()
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The flop ![]()
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changed next to nothing, but the turn
behind gave Ajayi top pair and Eyster a flush draw, trading his six original outs for nine new ones. None came on the river
for Eyster and he was eliminated by Ajayi as a result.
Peter Nigh open-jammed for 100,000 exactly under the gun and was called by Dwane Collard in the hijack and Michael Wyporowich in the big blind. The two players checked to the river on a runout of ![]()
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, where Wyporowich bet 200,000 and saw Collard jam for 345,000. Wyporowich called.
Peter Nigh: ![]()
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Dwane Collard: ![]()
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Michael Wyporowich: ![]()
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Collard's aces up were best and he scored both pots to more than double and take him up to 1 million on the dot, leaving the Day 1b chip leader Wyporowich with 150,000 after all was said and done.