Riverside Casino

Four-Time MSPT Champ Dan Bekavac Soars to the Top to Lead 27 Survivors After Day 1B

A lengthy day of 15 levels has wrapped up during the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at Riverside Casino as Day 1b drew 251 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 340, blasting past the $300K GTD with tomorrow’s final flight still to go.

Of those 251 entries, only 27 players remained when chips went into bags with 5:05 remaining in the final level as four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac went on a late-night heater to bag the top stack once again at Riverside.

After starting to catch some traction in Level 14, Bekavac then finished the night by eliminating Mike Hancock on the bubble to take a whopping 909,000 into Day 2.

Coming in behind Bekavac was Mitch Dahl who was able to put 640,000 in his bag while Matt Porter doubled his stack size in the final hand of the night with a pair of ladies to end with 565,000.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Jordan Lawrence (525,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (521,000) while Shiva Dudani (429,000) was the only other player to bag north of 400k.

Fellow MSPT Hall of Famer’s Gerald Cunniff (355,000) & Keith Heine (189,000), DJ Buckley (165,000), Kyle Wagner (134,000), and MSPT champ’s Anthony Scarborough (131,000) & Joe Matheson (128,000) were just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the nine to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to fire and fall on Day 1b included MSPT champ Jake Wilding, Jon Hanner, Jason Bender, Wayne Tweeton, and MSPT Hall of Famer Richard Alsup, just to name a few.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 10:40 p.m.).

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 16 Riverside Remaining Schedule

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Daniel Bekavac	909,000	620,000
Mitchell Dahl	640,000	300,000
Matthew Porter	565,000	247,000
Jordan Lawrence	525,000	300,000
Josh Reichard	521,000	741,000
Shiva Dudani	429,000	311,000
Gerald Cunniff	355,000	210,000
Thomas Bauer	309,000	30,000
Ken Coy	309,000	30,000
Todd Bartlett	306,000	310,000
Benjamin Stuart	273,000	30,000
Jeff Bryan	257,000	30,000
Trey Bartlett	249,000	238,000
Dustin Ethridge	243,000	30,000
Cameron Leidy	217,000	30,000
Daniel McCulley	200,000	30,000
Keith Heine	189,000	220,000
DJ Buckley	165,000	155,000
Mark Van Keirsbilck	161,000	30,000
Kyle Wagner	134,000	198,000
Anthony Scarborough	131,000	140,000
Derek Luna	129,000	30,000
Joe Matheson	128,000	160,000
Eric Pfenning	87,000	30,000
Jeff Petronack	50,000	30,000
Kevin Trettih	47,000	30,000
Angelo Tsilibiris	29,000	72,000

Mike Hancock Eliminated in the Bubble

Mike Hancock was all in for 91,000 from the button and four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac looked him up from the big blind.

Mike Hancock:
Dan Bekavac:

Hancock was racing for his tournament life but fell behind after a jack appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn left Hancock needing a six on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board on the river eliminating him on the bubble.

Dan Bekavac - 909,000
Mike Hancock - 0

Reichard Doubles on the Bubble with Cowboys

Jeff Petronack raised from late position only to have MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard three-bet to 45,000 from the button.

Action folded back to Petronack who four-bet jammed for 403,000 and Reichard called off his 368,000 stack.

Josh Reichard:
Jeff Petronack:

Reichard was ahead holding a premium hand of kings and the runout secured his double-up.

Josh Reichard - 741,000
Jeff Petronack - 35,000

Mader's Departure Begins the Hand-for-Hand Process

After the elimination of Phil Mader, the hand-for-hand process has now begun with 28 players remaining.

Matheson Dusts One in a Battle of the Blinds

There was all-in action after a flop between MSPT champ Joe Matheson from the small blind and his opponent from the big blind.

Opponent:
Joe Matheson:

Matheson pulled ahead after flopping two-pair and the turn followed by the river eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Joe Matheson - 160,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Daniel Bekavac	620,000	278,000
Josh Reichard	320,000	283,000
Shiva Dudani	311,000	270,000
Todd Bartlett	310,000	406,000
Mike Hancock	252,000	383,000
Matthew Porter	247,000	150,000
Trey Bartlett	238,000	131,000
Gerald Cunniff	210,000	128,000
Kyle Wagner	198,000	166,000
Joe Matheson	160,000	65,000
DJ Buckley	155,000	203,000
Anthony Scarborough	140,000	185,000
Phil Mader	126,000	145,000
Angelo Tsilibiris	72,000	120,000
James Mullin	0	69,000
Phirom Peterschmidt	0	133,000
Dustin Hoffmann	0	54,000
Andy Hammell	0	58,000

Bekavac Doubles Through Hancock

After two initial limpers, four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac raised from the small blind and only Mike Hancock called from the hijack.

Once the flop fell, Bekavac led out with a 22,000 continuation bet and Hancock called bringing the turn.

Bekavac fired out a 45,000 bet and then called off his 235,000 stack after Hancock raised all in for more.

Dan Bekavac:
Mike Hancock:

Both players held two-pair with Bekavac holding the better one, and the river secured him his double-up.

Dan Bekavac - 550,000
Mike Hancock - 265,000

Mullin Felted by Heine

MSPT Hall of Famer Keith Heine raised to 15,000 from the button and then called James Mullin’s 30,000 three-bet jam from the big blind.

James Mullin:
Keith Heine:

Mullin was behind holding live cards, but the runout gave Heine two-pair to end his night.

Keith Heine - 220,000
James Mullin - 0

Hoffman Dropped by Cunniff

Action on the table folded to MSPT Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff who raised to 10,000 from the button and Dustin Hoffmann defended his big blind to see a flop.

Both players checked, and the dealer turned the .

Hoffmann took initiative leading out with a 5,000 bet, and Cunniff called to see the complete the board on the river.

Hoffmann then kept his foot on the pedal pushing his remaining stack in the middle and was snap called by Cunniff.

was tabled by Hoffmann but it was no good as Cunniff rolled over to send him packing.

Gerald Cunniff - 126,000
Dustin Hoffmann - 0