$1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1a of the 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event is in the books after 15 levels of play. The day generated 120 entries in total and was full of action from start to finish, bringing a very real threat of the field reaching the 12 percent-figure of 14 players to result in an early bag and tag.
However, play slowed down for the last two levels of the night, seeing just two eliminations over that time to result in 16 players advancing. Paul Camby leads those 16 by a wide margin, finishing the day with 465,000 in chips.
Camby was an early chip leader, seen with over 100,000 before the second break of the day. He steadily accumulated all evening, reaching 400,000 at the beginning of the final level of play. But then he doubled up Geremi Wicinski and Paul Kelly to find himself down to around 160,000 midway through the level.
Then the tides turned again. Camby chipped back up over 200,000 and then won a massive pot at the end of the evening to knock out Kelly, flopping trips with eight-seven suited and getting stacks in against Kelly’s aces. Camby held and found himself back atop the leader board when chips went into bags.
Second in chips is 2013 MSPT Champion Josh Reichard (321,000), who finished the day well above the next three finishers in William Durkin (197,000), Bryan Mankie (195,000), and Wicinski (146,000)
A handful of familiar faces to the MSPT were not as fortunate on the first of three initial flights. Nick Pupillo, Aaron Johnson, Mike Shin, 2013 MSPT Player of the Year Pat Steele, and defending MSPT Potawatomi champion Daniel Bekavac all found themselves dry on one or two bullets apiece and some, if not all of them are likely to be seen again throughout the weekend.
The next opportunity to play is Day 1b on Friday at 3 p.m. local time. The structure will remain the same, with 15 more 40-minute levels on the docket.
Action is sure to be plentiful once again as the tournament picks up steam going into the weekend. PokerNews will be on hand every step of the way, so make sure to come back for updates.
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000 | |
|
321,000 | |
|
|
197,000 | |
|
195,000 | |
|
146,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
113,000 | |
|
109,000 | |
|
102,000 | |
|
87,000 | |
|
87,000 | |
|
||
|
77,000 | |
|
|
66,000 | |
|
62,000 | |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
An all in and a call were overheard on a board of 
and Paul Camby and Paul Kelly had all of the chips in the middle after going to battle several times during the last level of the night.
Paul Kelly: 
Paul Camby: 
Kelly's pocket aces had run into Camby's flopped trips and he would need to hit an ace to stay alive. The turn and river were clean for Camby, who covered Kelly and earned the pot and the knockout en route to reclaiming the chip lead shortly before play finishes for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Paul Camby opened the action with a raise to 15,000 from the hijack and action folded around to Paul Kelly, who defended his big blind. Both players checked on a flop of 
.
The turn came 
and Kelly checked. Camby bet 15,000, which Kelly called. The river fell 
and Kelly checked once more. Camby thought for some time about betting or checking.
"It's not worth it," Camby said, tabling . Kelly showed 
for a lesser trips, sending the table into a discussion about how action checked through the river with both players having trips. The verdict got out that a possibility of a flush led to the course of events and that was that.
Four more hands of play are left in the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
248,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
159,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There has not been a showdown at either table over the last 10-plus minutes as play nears the end of the night. Bryan Manke just limped from early position and was raised to 10,000 by Paul Kelly, who was in middle position. Action folded around to Paul Camby, who defended his big blind, and Manke called as well to take action three ways to the streets.
The flop came 
and Camby led out for 20,000. Manke and Kelly both let their hands go and the pot was shipped Camby's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
206,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
193,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
144,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
119,000
81,500
|
81,500 |
|
|
112,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
102,500
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
72,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
61,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
|
56,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
Busted | |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the last hand of the previous level, Geremi Wicinski was under the gun in a heads-up pot against Paul Camby, who was in the hijack. There was around 20,500 in the middle on a flop of 
and Wicinski checked.
Camby fired out 22,000 and Wicinski check-raised all in for 74,000.
"You caught me," said Camby. He then verbally did the math, saying that he had already committed 22,000 of the 74,000 required to call. He then threw in chips to call, again saying that he had been caught in the meantime.
Geremi Wicinski: 
Paul Camby: 
The turn came 
and river fell behind it to complete the runout, leaving Wicinski on top to score the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
242,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
232,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
181,000
-127,000
|
-127,000 |
|
|
179,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
176,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
130,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
|
116,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
|
84,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Paul Camby opened to 9,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 27,500 by Paul Kelly, who was in the small blind. Camby confirmed the amount and quickly tossed in chips to call.
The flop came 
and Kelly checked. Camby threw out a bet of 27,500 and Kelly check-raised all in, sliding a stack of chips forward as he did. Camby called before Kelly finished putting his chips into the pot.
Paul Kelly: 
Paul Camby: 
Camby's flopped middle pair and open-ended straight draw had run into Kelly's aces, taking five of Camby's immediate outs off the table. The turn came 
, cutting Camby's number of chances at an elimination in half.
The final card fell 
to give him two pair, but it filled up Kelly to Broadway and scored him the double. Kelly's stack was totaled to 80,000 exactly and Camby sent the necessary chips his way.
"Congratulations, nice hand," said Camby as he paid off the amount. Despite the lost pot, Camby had chipped up to over 400,000 for a moment and still sits with 308,000 as the likely chip leader with well under an hour of play left in the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
308,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
221,000
106,500
|
106,500 |