Bally's Black Hawk Casino

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 16 Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event at Bally's Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, has come to a close after seeing 119 entrants kick things off.

A hefty day of 15 levels were needed to hit the hard stop of 13 players being reached with 5:11 remaining in the final level at 3,000/6,000/6,000

Typically, judging the chip leader comes down to the wire, and that was just the case for Michael Banducci (699,000) who edged out Daniel Brewer (523,000), for the top stack after the opening flight.

Mike Wheeler ended the flight third in chips with 424,000 while Josh McClain (414,000), and Zach Ackley (287,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others to find a Day 2 berth include Danny Gonzales (284,000), MSPT champ & bracelet winner Mo Nuwwarah (158,000), Jacob Long (151,000), and Vinny Moscati (35,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT champ’s Michael Reynolds & Billy Gallegos, MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard, WSOP bracelet winner Kevin Eyster, and defending champ Sherman Wu just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action.

Day 1b will kick off at Noon local time Friday, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor at Bally's Casino!

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Danny Gonzales opened under the gun for 15,000 and then called Jeremy “Woody” Wood’s 97,000 three-bet jam from the button.

Jeremy “Woody” Wood:
Danny Gonzales:

It was a flip with a three appearing in the window on the flop that connected with both players.

The turn left Wood needing an ace or ten on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and ended his night on the bubble.

Danny Gonzales - 284,000
Jeremy “Woody” Wood - 0

Vinny Moscati opened for 12,000 from middle position only to have Zach Ackley three-bet to 32,000 from the button.

Action folded back to Moscati who four-bet jammed and Ackley called off his shorter 131,000 stack.

Zach Ackley:
Vinny Moscati:

Ackley was at risk and found it after the flop fell giving him the nut flush.

The turn was a great sight for Ackley as it secured him the pot and he collected his double after the meaningless completed the board on the river.

Zach Ackley - 265,000
Vinny Moscati - 40,000

Event #7 winner Jake Long was all in preflop for 76,000 from the small blind and Jason Eagleson called from the button holding not much more.

Jake Long:
Jason Eagleson:

It was a race with Long able to take the lead after the runout paired his king to secure his double-up while Eagleson was left short and was eliminated a few hands later, starting the hand-for-hand process.

Jake Long - 150,000
Jason Eagleson - 0

Over the past week, players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out for the MSPT Season 16 Showdown Series in Black Hawk, Colorado.

In Event #14: $400 Mixed NLH/PLO, 40 mixed players took to the trenches and in the end, it was Matt Langford who walked away with the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Results

Event #4 winner Daniel Brewer opened under the gun for 12,000 and was called by David Decker from late position, along with Danny Gonzales from the button.

The three players took to a flop and action was checked to Gonzales who fired out a 40,000 bet.

Brewer quickly check-called while Decker check-jammed for 220,000.

Gonzales then instantly tossed his hand into the muck while Brewer snap called.

David Decker:
Daniel Brewer:

It was an action flop with Brewer holding the goods and he faded the turn and river to extend his chip lead.

Daniel Brewer - 845,000
Danny Gonzales - 110,000
David Decker - 0

For the third stop of Season 16, the MSPT traveled to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado and players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out over the past week for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $200 NLH Monster Stack, a 40-player field took to the felt, and walking away the victor was Peter Le who claimed the Spadey trophy!

Results

There was heads-up action after a flop between Vinny Moscati from the small blind and Kelly Mahana from the big blind.

Moscati led out with a 8,000 bet and Mahana called to see the pair the board on the turn.

This time Moscati check-called a 10,000 bet from Mahana and the completed the board on the river.

Moscati knocked on the table once again only to be faced with an all-in bet from Mahana and after some careful thought, he decided to risk his 57,000 stack.

Mahana rolled over for air and Moscati was happy to table to collect a double.

Vinny Moscati - 150,000
Kelly Mahana - 25,000