Ameristar East Chicago

Barbura Leads The 26 Survivors of Day 1C; Meyers, Reichard, and Both Wazwaz’s Advance

After 15 levels of play, the third flight of the $1,100 East Chicago Main Event has seen its starting field of 244 entrants reduced to just 26. Each one of the surviving players will join the 19 from Day 1B, the 12 players from Day 1A, and the players from the following flight on Monday, September 2nd to play for the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Leading the field is Silvan Barbura who secured his first ever MSPT cash with a massive stack of 627,000. Barbura has been a regular on the midwestern circuit for a while as he final tabled the WSOPC Main Event last year at Hammond nearby. Today he was of the many who ascended high up the leaderboards and he looks to use his familiarity of the player pool and area to his advantage to take down his first MSPT title.

Day 1C Top Ten Chip Counts

Chris Meyers (571,000) ended the day in second in chips, making the player of the year implications quite interesting as he currently sits in first on the leaderboard and will be looking to extend his lead with another deep run this season. Brett “Pops” Reichard (551,000) will be joining his son on Monday with the bigger stack in the hopes to conquer his first MSPT title. They will be the second father-son duo in the field so far in Day 2.

Keeping with the theme of familial ties, MSPT champion Rob Wazwaz (412,000) and his cousin Steve Wazwaz (273,000) both found bags at the end of their days. Others that found their way to bags included Shiva Dudani (457,000), Angela Jordison (343,000), Michael Estes (336,000), and Andy Rogowski (173,000). Each of them are looking for another piece of MSPT history for themselves. Not all survived to the end of the day. DJ Buckley, Aaron Massey, Ralph Massey, Scott Sisler, John Reading, Joe Batterman, and Ari Engel will each have one more day to play in their quest for a Day 2 bag.

Play ended with 28:15 left in level 15 with blinds at 3,000/6,000, and a 6,000 big blind ante. They will return to the level reached on Day 1a unless the following flight ends earlier. Stay tuned to MSPTPoker.com for all updates on the $1,100 Main Event at East Chicago.

End of Day Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Silvan Barbura	627,000	425,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	571,000	335,000
Kirby Rogers	558,000	558,000
Brett Reichard	551,000	650,000
Matt Miller	548,000	548,000
Luis Yepez	523,000	204,000
Shiva Dudani	457,000	131,000
Rob WazWaz	412,000	159,000
Bill Brudenell	360,000	111,000
Angela Jordison	343,000	289,000
Michael Estes	336,000	61,000
Kestutis Ziulys	295,000	89,000
Steve WazWaz	273,000	89,000
Jorge Galarza	254,000	345,000
Matthew Kozlowski	184,000	184,000
Michael VanderWoude	165,000	165,000
Andrew Keeney	164,000	164,000
Andy Rogowski	137,000	97,000
Jeromie Songetay	124,000	124,000
Rob Kovacevic	118,000	118,000
Brad Siegel	99,000	99,000
George Pappas	88,000	105,000
Andres Garcia (IL)	67,000	67,000
Alessandro Ponzio	36,000	36,000
Alan Barlin	22,000	22,000
Lenard Pisano	16,000	16,000

Chris Meyers Sends One Home On The Bubble

Chris Meyers raised in first position to 13,000 which saw another player in the hijack move all in for 18,000 which saw everyone else fold and Meyers called.

Opponent:
Chris Meyers:

The board ran out and the full house was good for the current player of the year leader to take down the pot.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap.

Chris Meyers - 571,000 (94 bb)

Wazwaz Sends Out Reading; Hand for Hand Begins

Rob Wazwaz raised to 13,000 from early position and action folded to John Reading in late position who moved all in for 56,000 which saw action fold back to Wazwaz who called.

John Reading:
Rob Wazwaz:

The board ran out and the sevens held up for Wazwaz to eliminate Reading from the tournament.

Players are now one player away from finishing up for the night.

Rob Wazwaz - 435,000 (72 bb)

Reichard Takes Over The Chip Lead

Action was recapped by the table as Brett “Pops” Reichard was seen raking in a massive pot.

After 60,000 went in from each player before the flop, Reichard in the big blind checked the flop of over to Luis Yepez on the button who checked behind.

On the turn , Reichard checked over to Yepez who bet 80,000 and Reichard called.

The river peeled off the and Reichard checked a third time over to Yepez who bet 160,000. Reichard counted out the chips and gave Yepez an intense stare while he contemplated the decision.

Reichard decided to call and was delighted to see Yepez turn over for jack-high as he tabled for tens up which was good for the pot and the overall chip lead.

Brett Reichard - 650,000 (130 bb)
Luis Yepez - 204,000 (40 bb)

Jordison Sends Out Ozturk

Angela Jordison raised to 10,000 from under the gun which saw the button call and MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk call in the big blind.

The flop rolled out and action checked to Jordison who bet 14,000 which the button called. In the big blind, Ozturk raised to 39,000 which saw Jordison move all in for 134,000 effective which only Ozturk called to put himself at risk.

Umut Ozturk:
Angela Jordison:

The board ran out and the ace-king held up for Jordison to send out the MSPT hall of famer from the tournament.

Angela Jordison - 289,000 (56 bb)
Umut Ozturk - Eliminated

Yepez Knocks Out Two

A player opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and another player on the button called. In the small blind, Ralph Massey moved all in for 67,000 which saw Luis Yepez call in the big blind. Action folded to the button who moved all in for 112,000 total and Yepez called to put them both at risk.

Ralph Massey:
Button:
Luis Yepez:

The board ran out and the kings held up for Yepez to eliminate two players from the tournament.

Luis Yepez - 380,000 (95 bb)
Ralph Massey - Eliminated

Miller Sends Out Hapunik

Jerry Hapunik raised to 10,000 in early position and action folded to Matt Miller in the small blind who three-bet to 34,000. Hapunik moved all in for 70,000 and Miller quickly called him.

Jerry Hapunik:
Matt Miller:

The board ran out as no help to Hapunik and Miller raked in the pot to climb high up the leaderboard.

Matt Miller - 394,000 (98 bb)
Jerry Hapunik - Eliminated

Ziulys Doubles Up With Queens

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Kestutis Ziulys all in for his last 115,000 against a covering stack.

Kestutis Ziulys:
Opponent:

The board ran out and the queens held up for Ziulys to survive and thrive with a massive pot.

Kestutis Ziulys - 240,000 (60 bb)

Assorted Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Silvan Barbura	425,000	425,000
Jorge Galarza	345,000	135,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	335,000	243,000
Brett Reichard	325,000	73,000
Chris Audrain	320,000	161,000
John Reading	243,000	61,000
Umut Ozturk	215,000	154,000
Rob WazWaz	159,000	68,000
Angela Jordison	135,000	105,000
Shiva Dudani	131,000	0
Bill Brudenell	111,000	0
Andy Rogowski	97,000	219,000
Steve WazWaz	89,000	45,000
Kestutis Ziulys	89,000	78,000
Richard Friddle	84,000	106,000
Scott Bohlman	81,000	78,000
Michael Estes	61,000	73,000
Ralph Massey	55,000	59,000
DJ Buckley	31,000	0
Aaron Massey	0	68,000