Ameristar East Chicago

After 15 levels of play, the third flight of the $1,100 East Chicago Main Event has seen its starting field of 244 entrants reduced to just 26. Each one of the surviving players will join the 19 from Day 1B, the 12 players from Day 1A, and the players from the following flight on Monday, September 2nd to play for the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Leading the field is Silvan Barbura who secured his first ever MSPT cash with a massive stack of 627,000. Barbura has been a regular on the midwestern circuit for a while as he final tabled the WSOPC Main Event last year at Hammond nearby. Today he was of the many who ascended high up the leaderboards and he looks to use his familiarity of the player pool and area to his advantage to take down his first MSPT title.

Day 1C Top Ten Chip Counts

Chris Meyers (571,000) ended the day in second in chips, making the player of the year implications quite interesting as he currently sits in first on the leaderboard and will be looking to extend his lead with another deep run this season. Brett “Pops” Reichard (551,000) will be joining his son on Monday with the bigger stack in the hopes to conquer his first MSPT title. They will be the second father-son duo in the field so far in Day 2.

Keeping with the theme of familial ties, MSPT champion Rob Wazwaz (412,000) and his cousin Steve Wazwaz (273,000) both found bags at the end of their days. Others that found their way to bags included Shiva Dudani (457,000), Angela Jordison (343,000), Michael Estes (336,000), and Andy Rogowski (173,000). Each of them are looking for another piece of MSPT history for themselves. Not all survived to the end of the day. DJ Buckley, Aaron Massey, Ralph Massey, Scott Sisler, John Reading, Joe Batterman, and Ari Engel will each have one more day to play in their quest for a Day 2 bag.

Play ended with 28:15 left in level 15 with blinds at 3,000/6,000, and a 6,000 big blind ante. They will return to the level reached on Day 1a unless the following flight ends earlier. Stay tuned to MSPTPoker.com for all updates on the $1,100 Main Event at East Chicago.

Chris Meyers raised in first position to 13,000 which saw another player in the hijack move all in for 18,000 which saw everyone else fold and Meyers called.

Opponent:
Chris Meyers:

The board ran out and the full house was good for the current player of the year leader to take down the pot.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap.

Chris Meyers - 571,000 (94 bb)

Rob Wazwaz raised to 13,000 from early position and action folded to John Reading in late position who moved all in for 56,000 which saw action fold back to Wazwaz who called.

John Reading:
Rob Wazwaz:

The board ran out and the sevens held up for Wazwaz to eliminate Reading from the tournament.

Players are now one player away from finishing up for the night.

Rob Wazwaz - 435,000 (72 bb)

Action was recapped by the table as Brett “Pops” Reichard was seen raking in a massive pot.

After 60,000 went in from each player before the flop, Reichard in the big blind checked the flop of over to Luis Yepez on the button who checked behind.

On the turn , Reichard checked over to Yepez who bet 80,000 and Reichard called.

The river peeled off the and Reichard checked a third time over to Yepez who bet 160,000. Reichard counted out the chips and gave Yepez an intense stare while he contemplated the decision.

Reichard decided to call and was delighted to see Yepez turn over for jack-high as he tabled for tens up which was good for the pot and the overall chip lead.

Brett Reichard - 650,000 (130 bb)
Luis Yepez - 204,000 (40 bb)

Angela Jordison raised to 10,000 from under the gun which saw the button call and MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk call in the big blind.

The flop rolled out and action checked to Jordison who bet 14,000 which the button called. In the big blind, Ozturk raised to 39,000 which saw Jordison move all in for 134,000 effective which only Ozturk called to put himself at risk.

Umut Ozturk:
Angela Jordison:

The board ran out and the ace-king held up for Jordison to send out the MSPT hall of famer from the tournament.

Angela Jordison - 289,000 (56 bb)
Umut Ozturk - Eliminated

A player opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and another player on the button called. In the small blind, Ralph Massey moved all in for 67,000 which saw Luis Yepez call in the big blind. Action folded to the button who moved all in for 112,000 total and Yepez called to put them both at risk.

Ralph Massey:
Button:
Luis Yepez:

The board ran out and the kings held up for Yepez to eliminate two players from the tournament.

Luis Yepez - 380,000 (95 bb)
Ralph Massey - Eliminated

Jerry Hapunik raised to 10,000 in early position and action folded to Matt Miller in the small blind who three-bet to 34,000. Hapunik moved all in for 70,000 and Miller quickly called him.

Jerry Hapunik:
Matt Miller:

The board ran out as no help to Hapunik and Miller raked in the pot to climb high up the leaderboard.

Matt Miller - 394,000 (98 bb)
Jerry Hapunik - Eliminated

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Kestutis Ziulys all in for his last 115,000 against a covering stack.

Kestutis Ziulys:
Opponent:

The board ran out and the queens held up for Ziulys to survive and thrive with a massive pot.

Kestutis Ziulys - 240,000 (60 bb)