Bally's Black Hawk Casino

MSPT Champ Steve Wilkie Takes Overall Chip Lead into to Day 2

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Showdown Series Bally's Black Hawk $1,110 Main Event drew 277 entries, the biggest field of all three starting flights, bringing the overall field up to 636.

The combined fields generated a $615,420 prize pool, paying a minimum of $2,058, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $127,849 first-place prize.

At the end of the final flight, just 30 players bagged and tagged with MSPT champ Steve Wilkie going on a late-night elimination spree to take the overall chip lead into Day 2 with a whopping 968,000.

Wilkie caught seam at the end of the night, eliminating MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard on the bubble, leading the remaining players by a wide margin with fellow champ Justin Lynch putting 713,000 into his bag to end the night, which is good enough for third overall for Day 2.

Dianwei Sun (593,000), Devin Weinberg (568,000), and Event #6 winner Zach Gutierrez (547,000) rounded out the top five stacks of this flight while back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (322,000), MSPT champ Alex Cruz (206,000), and DJ Buckley (81,000) will be returning for Day 2 tomorrow.

Among those to try and fall on of a Day 2 Berth included defending champ Sherman Wu, MSPT champ Jason Beasley, and John Pierce just to name a few.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 68 (13 from Day 1a, 25 from 1b, and 30 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, January 26^th 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 16 Bally’s Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Steve Wilkie	968,000	725,000
Justin Lynch	713,000	310,000
Dianwei Sun	593,000	445,000
Devin Weinberg	568,000	568,000
Zach Gutierrez	547,000	410,000
Matthew Langford	536,000	556,000
Wayne Covey	391,000	140,000
Umut Ozturk	322,000	180,000
Sean Hoesing	373,000	100,000
Chad Lousberg	353,000	260,000
Ross Babel	349,000	349,000
Josh Edgell	347,000	289,000
Noah Winkler	326,000	326,000
Alex Cruz	206,000	115,000
Antonio Vargas	204,000	350,000
Maxx Holland	180,000	200,000
David Mead	151,000	151,000
Sven Wedekin	151,000	100,000
Matthew Krier	144,000	100,000
Vi Le	143,000	100,000
Roger Low	125,000	260,000
Mike Itoafa	122,000	264,000
Joel Verbeck	114,000	0
Max Gabriel	112,000	261,000
Rocco Palumbo	109,000	100,000
DJ Buckley	81,000	138,000
Kris Pickett	36,000	100,000
Jason Vanstrom	29,000	80,000
Carlos Romero	17,000	100,000
Jacob Gautz	7,000	7,000

Clash of the Titans Sees Steve Wilkie Drop Josh Reichard on the Bubble

MSPT champ Steve Wilkie limed-in under the gun only to call a 30,000 raise MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard made directly to his left.

The two went heads-up to a flop and Wilkie check-called a continuation bet from Reichard, then did the same after the hit the turn.

Once the completed the board on the river, Wilkie moved all-in and Reichard thought for a few moments before deciding to risk his shorter stack.

Reichard quickly tabled but it was no good as Wilkie showed to eliminate him on the bubble.

Steve Wilkie - 968,000
Josh Reichard - Eliminated

Langford Calls Correctly for His Tournament Life

There was heads-up action between MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard from middle position and Matt Langford from the button with a completed board showing.

With over 150,000 already in the middle, Reichard put Langford to the test and after some careful thought, Langford called off his 154,000 stack.

“Good hand,” Reichard said as he quickly released ten-high into the muck while Langford showed to collect the pot.

Matt Langford - 556,000
Josh Reichard - 255,000

Wilkie Trips Up Jones for a KO

Dalton Jones was all in preflop for 120,000 from late position and was called by MSPT champ Steve Wilkie from the small blind.

Dalton Jones:
Steve Wilkie:

It was a classic race with the flop giving Wilkie the lead with top pair.

The turn left Jones needing a nine on the river to stay alive, but the fell improving Wilkie to trip kings to send Jones home.

Steve Wilkie - 725,000
Dalton Jones - Eliminated

Peter Le Wins Event #13

For the third stop of Season 16, the MSPT traveled to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado and players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out over the past week for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $200 NLH Monster Stack, a 40-player field took to the felt, and walking away the victor was Peter Le who claimed the Spadey trophy!

Results

Lousberg Turns a Double

Chad Lousberg was all in preflop for 124,000 from the hijack and Jacob Gantz called from the cutoff.

Chad Lousberg:
Jacob Gantz:

Lousberg ran into a monster with nothing changing after the flop hit the felt.

The turn, however, came the to give Lousberg the lead, while the river secured his double-up.

Gantz was left on fumes after the hand and was eliminated shortly after.

Chad Lousberg - 260,000
Jacob Gantz - Eliminated

Round of Stacks & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Dianwei Sun	445,000	240,000
Zach Gutierrez	410,000	355,000
Steve Wilkie	390,000	320,000
Antonio Vargas	350,000	275,000
Justin Lynch	310,000	240,000
Josh Edgell	289,000	121,000
Mike Itoafa	264,000	230,000
Chad Lousberg	260,000	124,000
Roger Low	260,000	180,000
Matthew Langford	165,000	140,000
Carl Wallin	150,000	85,000
Joel Verbeck	145,000	98,500
Wayne Covey	140,000	120,000
DJ Buckley	138,000	55,000
Josh Reichard	135,000	323,000
Sean Hoesing	100,000	115,000
Tan Hoang	0	130,000
Thomas Schultz	0	85,000
Tanner Stiverson	0	100,000
Brent Vaalburg	0	80,000
Bert Poling	0	85,000

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 38 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 30 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, January 26^th 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.

Vanstrom Out Kicks Jones for a Double

Jason Vanstrom open-jammed 57,000 under the gun and Dalton Jones looked him up from the small blind.

Jason Vanstrom:
Dalton Jones:

Vanstrom rolled over the better ace and paired his king on the flop for a double-up.

Dalton Jones - 145,000
Jason Vanstrom - 124,000