JACK Cleveland Casino

Derrick Brown Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2 After 50 Players Advance from Day 1C

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event attracted another 424 runners, which, along with 1a's 224 and 1b’s 336, brought the field total up to 960 entries.

At the end of the third and final flight, 50 players bagged and tagged with Michigan’s Derrick Brown bagging the top stack with 694,000, good enough for the overall chip lead.

Others to bag big stacks where Alex Jagodik (580,000), Steve Zimmerman (577,000), Filippos Stavrakis (554,000), and Yousef Zeibaq (542,000), who round out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT champ’s that include Veerab Zakarian (537,000), Umut Ozturk (485,000), Gerald Cunniff (267,00), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (234,000).

Among previous MSPT Main Event Hall of Famer’s who fell short one Day 1c included Rich Alsup, Matt Kirby, and Josh Reichard.

Day 2 will get underway at 11:15 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 113 players (25 from Day 1a, 38 from 1b, and 50 from 1c) returning to the felt.

Congratulations to everyone who advance to Day 2 and we’ll see you at 11:15 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at JACK Cleveland Casino!

MSPT JACK Cleveland Remaining Schedule

End of Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Derrick Brown	694,000	640,000
Alex Jagodik	580,000	535,000
Steve Zimmerman	577,000	577,000
Filippos Stavrakis	554,000	554,000
Yousef Zeibaq	542,000	480,000
Veerab Zakarian	537,000	515,000
Andy Carter	500,000	420,000
Tim Capretta	486,000	486,000
Umut Ozturk	485,000	465,000
Donald Carlton	479,000	479,000
Jaret Villarreal	419,000	214,000
David Trager	319,000	319,000
Paul Campbell	299,000	299,000
John Lanese	290,000	360,000
Jonathan Kogan	289,000	298,000
Robert Varga	285,000	285,000
Gerald Cunniff	267,000	190,000
Mike Iacovone	263,000	263,000
Brek Schutten	261,000	300,000
David Kenniston	254,000	300,000
Anthony Carbone	250,000	200,000
Angela Gambino	249,000	180,000
Dominic Finch	248,000	248,000
Ken O'Malley	247,000	247,000
Rob WazWaz	234,000	135,000
Terrance Jarmon	229,000	229,000
Amir Kamari	204,000	204,000
Robert Willems	202,000	202,000
Mitchell Milheim	198,000	198,000
Stephen Hyvonen	193,000	276,000
David Evans	172,000	172,000
Tim McGuim	172,000	172,000
Tyler Dietz	171,000	100,000
Sadrac Vincent	150,000	150,000
Kevin Iacofano	142,000	142,000
Katie Kopp	121,000	120,000
Daniel Murray	110,000	110,000
Sidney Savitt	106,000	106,000
Kyle Goodman	97,000	97,000
Richard Viebranz	87,000	87,000
Ronnie Dowdy	86,000	86,000
Casey Yontz	84,000	84,000
John Macdonald	81,000	81,000
Christopher Jarrell	77,000	202,000
Satish Thakur	65,000	65,000
Dalton Mills	62,000	62,000
Marius Toderici	58,000	58,000
Jon Hoellein	23,000	23,000
William Reilly	20,000	178,300

Zeibaq Flushes Jeffery in Final Hand; Hard Stop Reached

Joe Jeffery was all in from the big blind for just under 200,000 after a flop and was called by Yousef Zeibaq from the button.

Joe Jeffery:
Yousef Zeibaq:

Zeibaq flopped the flush but wasn’t out of the water as Jeffery held the nut flush draw.

Unfortunately for Jeffery, neither the turn nor the river improved his hand, and he was the final elimination of the night as the hard stop of 50 players has been reached with 38:30 remaining in the final level.

Yousef Zeibaq - 480,000
Joe Jeffery - Eliminated

Prize Pool Information

MSPT 231 at JACK Cleveland Casino
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 960
Prize Pool: $929,700

Gambino Rivers Lucky Seven to Score Double Knockout

Angela Gambino open-jammed 61,000 from under the gun and Terence Reid called off his 50,000 stack from the cutoff.

Action was on Michael Scarborough who decided to risk his 54,000 stack as well from the button and the tree players tabled their hands.

Terence Reid:
Michael Scarborough:
Angela Gambino:

Reid was ahead holding a made hand of snowmen, but they melted after an ace appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn didn’t change a thing and Scarborough was looking good to score the pot until the dealer peeled off the on the river giving Gambino a full house to score the double elimination.

Angela Gambino - 176,000
Michael Scarborough - Eliminated
Terence Reid - Eliminated

Cunniff Rivers Broadway to Drop Alsup

MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup limped-in under the and action folded to MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff who raised to 15,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back to Alsup who ripped his 70,000 stack in the middle and Cunniff called holding slightly more.

Rich Alsup:
Gerald Cunniff:

Alsup was ahead holding a pair of ladies and the flop didn’t change a thing.

The turn however, made things very interesting as it not only gave Alsup top set, but also gave Cunniff straight and flush draws heading to the river.

Unfortunately for the Alsup, a black card fell on the river, but it was the giving Cunniff the nuts to end the MSPT Hall of Famer’s tournament.

Gerald Cunniff - 190,000
Rich Alsup - Eliminated

Kopp Sets Up Hamilton for Elimination

Matt Hamilton was all in preflop from the big blind for just over 60,000 and was called by Katie Kopp from the cutoff.

Matt Hamilton:
Katie Kopp:

Hamilton was behind needing help but the flop put him in a further hole as it gave Kopp a set of tens.

The turn kept Hamilton live with a Broadway draw, but the completed the board on the river and eliminated him from the tournament.

Katie Kopp - 125,000
Matt Hamilton - Eliminated

Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Veerab Zakarian	515,000	376,500
Andy Carter	420,000	515,500
John Lanese	360,000	411,500
David Kenniston	300,000	235,000
Stephen Hyvonen	276,000	133,200
Alex Jagodik	260,000	260,000
Josh Reichard	230,000	30,000
Jaret Villarreal	214,000	38,500
Derrick Brown	210,000	157,500
Anthony Carbone	200,000	67,300
Chris Trombley	140,000	0
Rob WazWaz	135,000	30,000
Jerry Miller	124,000	124,000
Katie Kopp	120,000	0
James Grimes	116,000	30,000
Dionta James	110,000	128,500
Richard Alsup	83,000	83,500
Matt Kirby	80,000	81,500
Tyler Dietz	66,000	0
Terence Reid	63,000	73,500
Angela Gambino	60,000	101,500
Gerald Cunniff	30,000	98,500
Brent Ballentine	0	92,300
Alexander Ahmed	0	173,200
Matthew Hamilton	0	70,000
Dan Pearlman	0	118,700

Kopp Cools Off for Macdonald Triple Up

Katie Kopp open-jammed 22,000 from early position and found one caller before John Macdonald isolated with a 65,000 three-bet from the small blind.

Katie Kopp:
John Macdonald:

Kopp woke-up with aces at the perfect time as the runout secured her the triple-up.

John Macdonald - 146,000
Katie Kopp - 70,000

Registration Closed

Registration is now closed for the JACK Cleveland Main Event.

Day 1c added another 424 entries and with the 536 totals from the previous two flights, the final tally sits at 960.

The tournament clock reads 76 players remaining in tonight’s flight and over half of them will look to join the other 63 players who already advanced to Day 2.