Riverside Casino

Fink and Rogowski Battle for the Top Spot as 30 Players Advance

Almost a full day of action was played to its conclusion at the 2023 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Riverside $1,110 Main Event.

The second of three flights drew 258 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 358 and with that number, the $300K GTD has already been surpassed with one flight remaining.

Of those 258 entries, only 30 players remained when chips went into bags with Mark Fink (413,00) edging out Andy Rogowski (404,000) for the top stack.

Rounding out the top five stacks of the day were Michael Berk (374,00), Austin Pasker (374,00), and Quang Pham (370,00).

Much like Day 1a, the final level of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as Marquez Davis and Elizabeth Ethridge among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the four remaining tables in the final level of play that led to a lot of players riding roller coasters with their stack sizes before becoming official for the evening.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. MSPT Champ Steve Federspiel (322,000), and MSPT Hall of Famers Josh Reichard (276,000), & Rob Wazwaz (171,00) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 12 to have already advanced from Day 1A.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at 3.00 p.m. and will be the last chance for players to punch their ticket into Sunday's Day 2.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 11:40 p.m.)

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

End of Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Mark Fink	413,000	413,000
Andy Rogowski	404,000	404,000
Michael Berk (IN)	374,000	374,000
Austin Pasker	370,000	370,000
Quang Pham	337,000	337,000
Steve Federspiel	322,000	322,000
Arturas Astrauskas	312,000	312,000
Ryan Tepen	299,000	299,000
Josh Reichard	276,000	276,000
Sam Caltvert	275,000	275,000
Bradley Beetz	260,000	260,000
Matthew Dodd	248,000	248,000
Larry Wagner	244,000	244,000
Jimmy Dennis	209,000	209,000
Jason Crews	186,000	186,000
Mo Nuwwarah	181,000	181,000
DJ Buckley	174,000	174,000
Rob WazWaz	171,000	171,000
John McVoy	169,000	169,000
Jim Duda	157,000	157,000
John Greenleaf	146,000	146,000
Don Maas	144,000	144,000
Thomas Cross	142,000	142,000
Chad Chizek	130,000	130,000
Joseph Saltanovitz	125,000	125,000
Wesley Cannon	124,000	124,000
David Olson	101,000	101,000
Giacomo Parisi	72,000	72,000
Matthew Porter	45,000	45,000
Daniel Sepiol	44,000	44,000

Reichard Drops Ethridge in Final Hand

Elizabeth Ethridge was all in preflop from the hijack and was called by Josh Reichard from the cutoff.

Elizabeth Ethridge:
Josh Reichard:

Ethridge was at risk needing help, but none came on the runout as she was the final elimination of the evening.

Josh Reichard - 265,000
Elizabeth Ethridge - 0

Wazwaz Secures Another Double

There was heads-up action on a board between MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz from middle position and Larry Wagner seated directly to his left.

Wazwaz check-jammed for 55,000 after Wagner fired out a 20,000 bet and Wagner called.

Rob Wazwaz:
Larry Wagner:

Wagner was drawing dead after Wazwaz flopped top two-pair, and the river secured his double up.

Larry Wagner - 265,000
Rob Wazwaz - 171,000

Wazwaz Gets Late Night Double from Sepiol

Rob Wazwaz was all in for 41,000 from the big blind and was called by Dan Sepiol from the small blind.

Rob Wazwaz:
Dan Sepiol:

Wazwaz had Sepiol dominated and nothing changed after the runout as the MSPT Hall of Famer collected a late night double.

Dan Sepiol - 125,000
Rob Wazwaz - 82,000

Reichard Trips Up Beetz for Double

Josh Reichard was all in preflop for 41,000 from the button and Bradley Beetz looked him up from the big blind.

Josh Reichard:
Bradley Beetz:

Reichard was behind holding live cards and connected with the flop to put him in the lead.

The turn improved Reichard to trips and the river secured his double-up.

Bradley Beetz - 280,000
Josh Reichard - 85,000

Fink Rivers Queen to Drop Reigning Champ Rzentkowski

Lee Rzentkowski was all in for roughly 40,000 from the big blind and was called by Mark Fink from the small blind.

Lee Rzentkowski:
Mark Fink:

Rzentkowski had Fink dominated and nothing changed after the flop.

The turn was a safe card for Rzentkowski and just when he was looking good to score a double-up, the dealer dropped the on the river ending his Day 1B run.

Mark Fink - 400,000
Lee Rzentkowski - 0

Buckley Out Kicks Gutfreund

Dave Gutfreund was all in preflop from the button and DJ Buckley isolated from the small blind.

Dave Gutfreund:
DJ Buckley:

Gutfreund was dominated needing help but the flop paired Buckley’s queen leaving him drawing slim.

The turn left Gutfreund drawing dead and the river ended his night.

DJ Buckley - 125,000
Dave Gutfreund - 0

Fink Drops "The Legend"

Action folded to William “The Legend” Rothschild who raised to 15,000 on the button only to call off his 50,000 stack after Mark Fink three-bet jammed from the big blind.

William “The Legend” Rothschild:
Mark Fink:

Rothschild was ahead with his made hand of sevens and the flop didn’t change a thing.

Unfortunately for Rothschild, the dealer turned the putting Fink in the lead and the river ended Rothschild’s night.

Mark Fink - 360,000
William “The Legend” Rothschild - 0