Bally's Black Hawk Casino

Sean Lee Leads 32 Survivors After Day 1B

A full day of action was played to its conclusion at the MSPT Season 15 Bally's Black Hawk Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event.

The second of three flights drew 264 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 435.

Of those 264 entries, only 32 players remained when chips went into bags with Sean Lee (534,000) edging out William Trauernicht (487,000) for the top stack this flight, good enough for fourth overall thus far.

Rounding out the top five stacks of the day were Darren Snow (387,000), Igor Balaban (334,000), and Shawn Libersky (323,000).

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five.

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale (312,000), three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto (238,000), Season 14 Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (189,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (170,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 11 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at Noon local time, and it 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 9:10 p.m.) Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Sean Lee	534,000	500,000
William Trauernicht	485,000	409,000
Darren Snow	387,000	330,000
Igor Balaban	334,000	380,000
Shawn Libersky	326,000	224,000
Daniel Sanson	323,000	368,000
Stephen Driggers	318,000	310,000
Jack Corrigan	316,000	258,000
Nathaniel Zoller	315,000	179,000
Nick Barksdale	312,000	135,000
Sergio Martinez	280,000	343,000
Tony Ruelas	274,000	160,000
Jon Glendinning	258,000	164,000
Charles Odenz	256,000	200,000
Persephone Nguyen	255,000	215,000
Roger Low	247,000	371,000
Carl Carodenuto	238,000	314,000
Michael Rankins	232,000	201,000
Ryan Remington	230,000	427,000
Cody Bartlett	220,000	260,000
Mo Nuwwarah	204,000	240,000
Umut Ozturk	189,000	200,000
Kevin Eyster	171,000	90,000
Josh Reichard	170,000	136,000
Vincent Moscati	161,000	146,500
Paul Holder	156,000	115,000
Scott Modetz	152,000	220,000
Sean Hoesing	148,000	80,000
Luke Wasikowski	143,000	114,000
Sherry Hammers	142,000	120,000
Paul Schiff	97,000	30,000
David Mead	96,000	30,000

Aoki's Cowboys Cracked, Dropped by Martinez

Mikiyo Aoki open-jammed 51,000 from early position and was called by Sergio Martinez directly to her left.

Mikiyo Aoki:
Sergio Martinez:

Aoki was ahead holding a made hand of kings and the flop didn’t change a thing.

Unfortunately for Aoki, her luck ran out after the dealer turned the and followed with the on the river ending her night one away from the hard stop.

Sergio Martinez - 343,000
Mikiyo Aoki - 0

Nader Wahdan Tames Monster Stack

The MSPT returned to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado for its second stop of the 15th season, and players have been duking it out over the past week inside Bally's Casino for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $250 No-Limit Monster Stack, 181 monster hunters took to the tables and created a $36,200 prize pool which was reserved for the top 21 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Mati Eaton (10th Place - $688), Nicholas Koto (15th Place - $543), Brandon Valera (16th Place - $471), and Hung Mai (20th Place - $434).

In the end, it was Colorado native Nader Wahdan who took down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Monster Stack Final Table Results

* denotes chop

Ruelas Wins Race to Double Through Modetz

Tony Ruelas was all in for 79,000 from early position and Scott Modetz looked him up from the big blind.

Tony Ruelas:
Scott Modetz:

Ruelas was ahead holding a made hand of eights and the runout secured his double-up.

Scott Modetz - 220,000
Tony Ruelas - 160,000

Day 1A Chip Counts

Yesterday’s starting flight saw Jeff Soffer bag a massive 800,000 stack leading the 20 players who advanced from a 171-entry field, and players who make it through today will join that group on Sunday, January 28th at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2.

Day 1A Chip Counts

Hammers Dodges a Double, Schultz Hits the Rail

Thomas Schultz raised from middle position and Sherry Hammers defended her big blind to see a flop.

Hammers wasted little time getting her remaining 59,000 in the middle and Schultz snap-called.

Sherry Hammers:
Thomas Schultz:

Hammers was ahead after flopping top pair, and nothing changed after the dealer turned the .

The river was a great sight for Hammers at it improved her to trips and secured her double-up.

Schultz was left short after the hand and was eliminated a few hands later.

Sherry Hammers - 120,000
Thomas Schultz - 0

More Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Ryan Remington	427,000	290,000
William Trauernicht	409,000	270,000
Roger Low	371,000	145,000
Daniel Sanson	368,000	340,000
Carl Carodenuto	314,000	110,000
Jack Corrigan	258,000	100,000
Steve Cahill	246,000	110,000
Shawn Libersky	224,000	200,000
Mo Nuwwarah	180,000	205,000
Jon Glendinning	164,000	98,000
TJ Murphy	155,000	262,000
Sherry Hammers	120,000	66,000
Mikiyo Aoki	108,000	71,000
Kevin Eyster	90,000	59,000
Josh Reichard	87,000	30,000
Sean Hoesing	80,000	101,000
Angela Jordison	0	107,000
Ben Keeline	0	65,000
Michael Giardina	0	68,000
Michael Campbell	0	30,000
Steve Wilkie	0	17,000

Ben Maidman Wins Event #12

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

In Event #12: $135 No-Limit Hold'em Nightly, a 44-player field took to the felt, and in the end, it was Ben Maidman who walked away the victor for the top prize and Spadey trophy!

Event #13 Results

Driggers Fills Up for a Double, Drops Wilkie

MSPT champ Steve Wilkie open-jammed 17,000 from late position only to have the small blind go over the top for 50,000, and Stephen Driggers call off his 39,000 stack from the big blind.

Steve Wilkie:
Stephen Driggers:
Small Blind:

Driggers was ahead holding a made hand of aces until the dealer dropped a flop giving the small blind top two-pair.

The pairing the board on the turn improved the small blind to a full house and they were looking good to score the double elimination until the came crashing down on the river Securing Driggers the double-up and elimination.

Stephen Driggers - 98,000
Steve Wilkie - 0