Sycuan Casino Resort

Sinan Shathaya Bags Overall Chip Lead After 21 Players Survive Day 1C

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 15 Sycuan Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event is in the books after drawing 192 entries, the biggest field of all three starting flights, bringing the overall field up to 374.

At the end of the third and final flight, just 21 players bagged and tagged with Sinan Shathaya sitting atop the counts.

Shathaya sat atop the counts for most of the day and was able to spin-up a whopping 1,070,000 stack, good enough for the overall chip lead.

Others to bag big stacks where Bret Eberhart (672,000), Jeremy Kottler (628,000), Justin Muse (421,000), & Whit Brayton (415,000), as they were rounded out the top five stacks.

They were joined by Kyle Miholich (348,000), Ron Scott (340,000), Adrian Lopez (281,000), Daria Ivantey (176,000), and Sherry Hammers (96,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 40 (5 from Day 1a, 14 from 1b, and 21 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, September 22^nd to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 15 Sycuan Showdown Series Remaining Schedule

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Sinan Shathaya	1,070,000	744,000
Bret Eberhart	672,000	515,000
Jeremy Kottler	628,000	570,000
Justin Muse	421,000	325,000
Whitney Brayton	415,000	300,000
Kyle Miholich	348,000	243,000
Ron Scott	340,000	445,000
Andrew Merrick	334,000	100,000
Adrian Lopez	281,000	250,000
Thuy Kawano	212,000	155,000
John Donnelly	175,000	135,000
Andrew Rubin	155,000	144,000
Samuel Weisman	147,000	162,000
Jingqi Shen	103,000	100,000
Sherry Hammers	96,000	97,000
Steven Daly	89,000	47,000
Juan Navarro	70,000	100,000
Robert Miller	70,000	110,000
Tara Dunn	60,000	125,000
Derek Stark	47,000	100,000
Igli Pirgv	22,000	100,000

"From Being the Bubble to Busting the Bubble"

Action on the table folded to Day 1a bubble boy Kyle Miholich who raised to 100,000 from the small blind and Stefan Delorenzo looked down at his cards and called off his shorter stack from the big blind.

Stefan Delorenzo:
Kyle Miholich:

Delorenzo rolled over a dominating hand, but a jack appeared in the window on flop to put Miholich in the lead.

The turn did give Delorenzo some more outs with a Broadway draw, but the completed the board on the river, making him the final elimination of the night while Miholich celebrated by saying, “From being the bubble boy to busting bubble”.

Kyle Miholich - 348,000
Stefan Delorenzo - Eliminated

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 19 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 21 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, September 22^nd at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Daly Breezes Through the Bubble

Steven Daly tossed out his last 21,000 from under the gun and Jeremy Kottler looked him up next to act.

Steven Daly:
Jeremy Kottler:

Daly was ahead and he flop paired his ace with also giving Kottler a Broadway draw.

Luckily for Daly, both the turn and river were safe cards, keeping his Main Event hopes alive.

Jeremy Kottler - 700,000
Steven Daly - 54,000

Stiner Rocked by Kottler Setting the Stage for Hand-for-Hand

Jeremy Kottler raised to 16,000 from late position and then called Ryan Stiner’s 67,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Ryan Stiner:
Jeremy Kottler:

Stiner was ahead but it was Kottler who connected with his live cards on the flop to take the lead.

The turn left Stiner needing some help from the river, but the paired the board and ended his Main Event setting the stage for the money bubble.

Jeremy Kottler - 570,000
Ryan Stiner - Eliminated

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Sinan Shathaya	744,000	660,000
Jeremy Kottler	570,000	340,000
Bret Eberhart	515,000	444,000
Ron Scott	445,000	361,000
Justin Muse	325,000	300,000
Whitney Brayton	300,000	100,000
Kyle Minolich	243,000	155,000
Samuel Weisman	162,000	85,000
Thuy Kawano	155,000	200,000
Andrew Rubin	144,000	77,000
Tara Dunn	125,000	185,000
Robert Miller	110,000	100,000
Sherry Hammers	97,000	120,000
Stefan Delorenzo	78,000	38,000
Steven Daly	47,000	150,000
Rodney Danger	0	127,000
Astivan Batoo	0	390,000
Keith Eoll	0	65,000
Ryan Stiner	0	200,000
Steve Westberg	0	195,000

Tara Dunn Leads Tight Player of the Series Race

With a tight Series Points Champion race, Tara Dunn leads the way with 17 points, edging out Anastasiia Knapp by one point.

The points leader at the end of the series at Sycuan Casino Resort will receive an $1,110 Main Event buy-in at a future stop within 90 days.

Current points: https://msptpoker.com/.../player-of-the-series-points...

Point details (scroll to the SPC info sheet): https://msptpoker.com/showpdf.aspx?eventID=446

Big Blind Special Secures Stiner a Double through Batoo

Astivan Batoo raised from middle position and Ryan Stiner defended his big blind to see a flop.

Stiner check-called a 32,000 continuation bet from Batoo and the dealer paired the board with the on the turn.

All the chips went into the middle with Stiner holding an effective 61,000 stack.

Ryan Stiner:
Astivan Batoo:

Stiner rolled over the better two-pair and the river improved him to a full house to secure his double-up.

Astivan Batoo - 390,000
Ryan Stiner - 200.000

A Round of Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Sinan Shathaya	660,000	304,000
Bret Eberhart	444,000	248,000
Astivan Batoo	390,000	503,000
Ron Scott	361,000	180,000
Jeremy Kottler	340,000	335,000
Ryan Stiner	200,000	122,000
Thuy Kawano	200,000	250,000
Steve Westberg	195,000	147,000
Kyle Minolich	155,000	245,000
John Donnelly	135,000	185,000
Andrew Rubin	77,000	109,000
Adrian Lopez	25,000	235,000
Anthony Miller	0	126,000
Brad Gafford	0	57,000
Ronald Segni	0	107,000