Sycuan Casino Resort

After nearly 14 levels of full play, the 87 entrants of Day 1A came down to its final 10 players and bagged up for Sunday. With two more flights to follow today, the players who did not find bags will have ample opportunity to play the following two days and find a bag to carve out their place in MSPT history at Sycuan Resort and Casino.

Leading the way is MSPT regular Rudy Cervantes, who ended his day with 491,000. Cervantes went on a late night surge after clashing multiple times with the most of day chip leader Ken Deberry, who went out just short of ending the day. Cervantes is no stranger to deep runs in tournaments. He holds over $500,000 in lifetime earnings from tournaments over the past decade, but a deep run in an MSPT has eluded him so far despite one cash in this January’s Sycuan stop. He will be looking to use his years of experience to navigate to a title to add to his illustrious resume.

Day 1A Chip Counts

Others who found bags at the end of the day included; Ediberto Pilotin (420,000), Richard Spirra (223,000), Anthony Bland (210,000), Anastasia Knapp (165,000), and Barbod Salimi (95,000). They will join the other two flights on Sunday at 11 am to play out for the title.

Play ended with 8:20 left in Level 14 at the end of the night. Players will return on Sunday to this level unless another flight ends earlier than this. Players who didn’t bag today can return tomorrow at 3 pm for the beginning of the next flight. Stay tuned to MSPT.com for all updates regarding the Sycuan Main Event.

A player in early position moved all in for 42,000 and action folded to Ediberto Pilotin on the button who called.

Opponent:

Ediberto Pilotin:

The board ran out and the kings held up as the best hand as play ended for the night with 8:20 left in level 14. Stay tuned for full chip counts and a full recap.

Ediberto Pilotin - 420,000

Rudy Cervantes raised to 8,000 which Anthony Bland called in the small blind and in the big blind, Ken Deberry three bet to 26,000 which only Cervantes called.

The flop rolled out and action checked through to the turn were Deberry bet 20,000 and Cervantes called.

The river came out a and Deberry checked to Cervantes who bet 35,000 to which Deberry moved all in which Cervantes called for his 80,000 total.

Rudy Cervantes:

Ken Deberry:

Cervantes took down a massive pot while Deberry took a significant hit to his chip stack.

The following hand on a board that read , Cervantes got all of his 204,000 into the center and Deberry called once again to put him at risk.

Rudy Cervantes:

Ken Deberry:

The board ran out and the open ended straight draw of Deberry did not come home while Cervantes’ set won the pot.

A few hands later, Deberry was out of the tournament.

Rudy Cervantes - 442,000

Ken Deberry - Eliminated

Action was picked up on the flop with Noam Fliegelman in the big blind.

With a board reading , the small blind checked to Fliegelman who bet 5,000 and only a player in the hijack called.

The turn of checked through to the river where Fliegelman bet 6,000 which his opponent called and Fliegelman turned over for a straight which was good for the pot.

Noam Fliegelman - 96,000

A total of 87 entrants have registered into Day 1A with only 14 players remaining. Play will continue until 10 players remain or until Level 15.

A player raised to 6,000 in early position and Dillon Najor moved in his final 19,500 from middle position which only the initial raiser called.

Dillon Najor:

Opponent:

The board ran out and Najor survived in the tournament.

Dillon Najor - 54,000

Ken Deberry called in first position and action folded around to Noam Fliegelman who raised to 8,500. On the button another player raised all in for 30,000 and Deberry raised to 100,000 which folded out Fliegelman.

Opponent:

Ken Deberry:

The board ran out and Deberry added another massive pot to his growing pile.

Ken Deberry - 410,000

Noam Fliegelman - 93,000

Brad Sailor moved all in for 19,000 from under the gun and Barbod Salimi moved all in for more in middle position which saw Richard Spirra call for his remaining 89,000 while all other players folded.

Brad Sailor:

Barbod Salimi:

Richard Spirra:

The board ran out and the queens turned into queens up to scoop a massive pot.

Richard Spirra - 221,000

Barbod Salimi - 45,000

Brad Sailor - Eliminated