Bally's Black Hawk Casino

MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard Leads 24 Survivors After Day 1B

Day 1b of the MSPT Season 15 Bally's Black Hawk Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event has come to an end after seeing 226 entries take to the felt, taking the two-day total thus far to 351.

Of those 226 entries, only 24 players remained when chips went into bags with none other than MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard who utilized his late-night skills to catapult to the top of the counts as his 737,000 is not only the top stack of the night, but good enough for the overall lead thus far.

Beau Battista (636,000), and Don Marquis (612,000), were the only other players to bag north of 600k while fellow Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk rode a late-night wave as well to put 560,000 in his bag to end the night.

Nate Zoller (390,000), rounded out the top five stacks while John Palermino (313,000), WSOP bracelet winner Ben Keeline (189,000), Maz Keshavarzi (146,000), and Vinny Moscati (119,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 13 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.)

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

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
Josh Reichard	737,000	635,000
Beau Battista	636,000	700,000
Don Marquis	612,000	500,000
Umut Ozturk	560,000	550,000
Nathaniel Zoller	390,000	365,000
Paul Schiff	330,000	300,000
John Palermino	313,000	240,000
Dinh Nguyen	310,000	195,000
Calvin Norowski	282,000	241,000
Mark Darner	279,000	200,000
Matt Livingston	242,000	235,000
Chad Lousberg	217,000	250,000
Corey Dodd	207,000	225,000
Matthew Langford	206,000	200,000
Ron Scott	205,000	220,000
Dustin Goodwin	192,000	120,000
Joe Brindle	190,000	295,000
Ben Keeline	189,000	165,000
Scotty Burns	180,000	221,000
Maziar Keshavarzi	146,000	194,000
Craig Mahood	136,000	127,000
Vincent Moscati	119,000	127,000
Zack Whitney	102,000	200,000
Tod Reams	80,000	141,000

MSPT Champ Steve Wilkie Out Kicked on Bubble; Hard Stop Reached

Matt Langford raised all in from the cutoff for 94,000 and MSPT Champ Steve Wilkie called from the big blind holding 97,000.

Matt Langford:
Steve Wilkie:

Wilkie was behind holding an inferior ace and things got worse after the flop paired Langford’s ace while giving him the nut flush draw.

The turn was no help to Wilkie as he was left drawing dead to the river and his remining 3,000 chips were gone the very next hand.

Matt Langford - 200,000
Steve Wilkie - 0

Brown Out Kicked by Brindle

Robert Brown was all in for 90,000 from under the gun and Joe Brindle looked him up from the button.

Robert Brown:
Joe Brindle:

Brown was behind with kicker issues, and it proved to be vital as the runout ended his night.

Joe Brindle - 295,000
Robert Brown - 0

More Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Umut Ozturk	550,000	420,000
Josh Reichard	365,000	204,000
Nathaniel Zoller	365,000	245,000
Paul Schiff	300,000	460,000
Joe Brindle	295,000	200,000
Chad Lousberg	250,000	200,000
Calvin Norowski	241,000	183,000
John Palermino	240,000	200,000
Matt Livingston	235,000	220,000
Corey Dodd	225,000	137,000
Scotty Burns	221,000	295,000
Ron Scott	220,000	302,000
Dinh Nguyen	195,000	150,000
Maziar Keshavarzi	194,000	86,000
Steve Wilkie	155,000	150,000
Tod Reams	141,000	78,000
Matthew Langford	135,000	195,000
Craig Mahood	127,000	122,000
Vincent Moscati	127,000	160,000
Dustin Goodwin	120,000	155,000
Peter Gross	0	100,000
James Coca	0	200,000
Robert Brown (MN)	0	60,000
Igor Balaban	0	118,000

Michael Starek Ships Event #13

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 #13: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack Nightly, a 73-player field took to the felt, and walking away the victor was Michael Starek who claimed the Spadey trophy!

Results

"How Bout a Club"

MSPT champ Steve Wilkie raised from the late position and then called Dinh Nguyen’s 76,000 three-bet jam from the cutoff.

Dinh Nguyen:
Steve Wilkie:

Both players rolled over the same hand only Nguyen’s was suited and he jokingly said, “How bout a club, huh Steve”? just before the dealer fanned out a flop giving him the nuts.

The meaningless turn and river completed the board, securing Nguyen his much-needed double.

Ding Nguyen - 167,000
Steve Wilkie - 150,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Beau Battista	465,000	481,000
Paul Schiff	460,000	280,000
Umut Ozturk	420,000	230,000
Ron Scott	302,000	222,000
Scotty Burns	295,000	255,000
Nathaniel Zoller	245,000	258,000
Matt Livingston	220,000	120,000
Josh Reichard	204,000	84,000
Chad Lousberg	200,000	340,000
Matthew Langford	195,000	180,000
Calvin Norowski	183,000	160,000
Ben Keeline	165,000	198,000
Vincent Moscati	160,000	120,000
Dustin Goodwin	155,000	98,000
Dinh Nguyen	150,000	59,000
Steve Wilkie	150,000	235,000
Corey Dodd	137,000	265,000
Craig Mahood	122,000	142,000
Igor Balaban	118,000	214,000
Peter Gross	100,000	70,000
Maziar Keshavarzi	86,000	120,000
Tod Reams	78,000	60,000
Hung Mai	0	138,000

Brian Beck & John Maroney II Dominate Tag Team Event

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

In Event #12: $300 No-Limit Hold'em Tag Team, 248 players took to the field and generated a $28,520 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 teams.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Phanora & Melodi Prom (10th Place - $586), Luke Amrein & Ross Lantzy (11th Place - $586), Jamal Sawaqdeh & Demetre Dimotsantos (12th Place - $586), Brielle Erdie & Trevor Hightower (13th Place - $484), Carl Caranna & Michael Baruth (14th Place - $484), and Lisa Liberski & Andrew Koblitz (15th Place - $484).

Coming out the top team was Brian Beck & John Maroney II who took home the top prize along with the MSPT Spadey trophies!

Final Table Results

Livingston Doubles Through Reams with Cowboys

Matt Livingston was all in preflop from the big blind for 53,000 and was called by Ted Reams from the cutoff.

Matt Livingston:
Ted Reams:

Livingston woke-up with a premium hand of kings in the big blind and faded the runout to stay alive.

Matt Livingston - 118,000
Ted Reams - 60,000