Bally's Black Hawk Casino

Keith Love Bags Top Stack After 11 Players Advance from Day 1A

Day 1a of The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,110 Main Event at Bally's Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, has come to a close after seeing 94 entrants kick things off.

Almost a full day of action was played to completion with the hard stop of 11 players being reached with 35:48 remaining in the Level 14.

Typically, judging the chip leader comes down to the wire, but that wasn't the case for Keith Love who sat atop the counts for majority of the late evening and ended the night with a whopping 589,000.

Jered Wood was a late arrival, but that didn't stop him from running up a 378,00 stack which was good enough for second place.

Rory Hayes (326,000), John Cap (296,000), and Krzysztof Stybaniewicz (292,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff, Ha Nguyen, Madeline Robinson, and Phil Gioia just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action. Day 1b will kick off at Noon local time Friday, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor at Bally's Casino!

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End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Keith Love	589,000	460,000
Jered Wood	378,000	130,000
Rory Hayes	326,000	250,000
John Cap	296,000	330,000
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	292,000	300,000
Steve Ralston	253,000	162,000
Rodney Hurlbut	197,000	59,000
Andre Rieder	190,000	222,000
Dan Daugherty	150,000	222,000
Peter Gross	145,000	42,000
Barry Hamilton	50,000	38,000

Ralston Wheels Soffer Out the Door for Final Elimination

Steve Ralston raised from middle position and then called the 70,000 three-bet jam Jeffrey Soffer made from the button.

Jeffrey Soffer:
Steve Ralston:

Soffer was ahead in the race holding a made hand of tens but the flop gave him a sweat as it gave Ralston the wheel draw.

The dealer paired the board with the on the turn, only to drop the bad news river which completed Ralston’s wheel and made Soffer the final elimination of the night.

Steve Ralston - 253,000
Jeffrey Soffer - 0

Pat Roe Limps to a Victory

Over the past week, players have been battling inside Bally's Casino in Black Hawk, CO, for the MSPT Showdown Series!

In Event #10: $135 Nightly NLH, Colorado native Pat Roe outlasted 65 runners to take the top spot for $2,078 and the MSPT trophy!

Results

Chip Counts from Table 9

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Keith Love	460,000	460,000
John Cap	330,000	400,000
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	300,000	300,000
Andre Rieder	222,000	240,000
Dan Daugherty	222,000	125,000
Jeffrey Soffer	95,000	83,500
Rodney Hurlbut	59,000	140,000
Tamarah Heimer	38,000	55,000
Gerald Cunniff	0	85,000

Cunniff Loses Race to Love

Action folded to Keith Love who raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, and then called the 90,000 three-bet jam MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff made from the button.

Gerald Cunniff:
Keith Love:

Cunniff was racing for his tournament life but never took the lead as the runout ended his night.

Keith Love - 460,000
Gerald Cunniff - 0

Chip Counts from Table 6

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Rory Hayes	250,000	65,500
Tan Hoang	174,000	38,500
Steve Ralston	162,000	171,500
Jered Wood	130,000	130,000
Sally Duncan	43,000	66,500
Peter Gross	42,000	49,000
Barry Hamilton	38,000	83,500

Registration Closed

Day 1a players have returned from their final 10-minute break meaning registration for this flight is closed with 94 total entries.

The plan is to play through Level 15 unless 12% of the field (11 players) is reached first with the tournament clock reading 17 players remaining.

Daugherty Doubles Through Soffer with Cowboys

Dan Daughtery raised to 7,000 from middle position and Jeffrey Soffer three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind.

Action folded back to Daughtery who three-bet jammed for 57,000 and Soffer reluctantly called.

Dan Daughtery:
Jeffrey Soffer:

Daughtery was way ahead holding a made hand of kings and the runout secured his double-up.

Dan Daughtery - 125,000
Jeffrey Soffer - 83,000

Stybaniewicz Flops the Goods to Double Through Heimer

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz raised under the gun only to call a 12,500 three-bet made by Tamarah Heimer from the button.

Once the hit the felt, Stybaniewicz check-jammed for 57,000 after Heimer continued for 26,000 and Heimer snap-called.

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz:
Tamarah Heimer:

Stybaniewicz pulled ahead after flopping a full house and the turn followed by the river secured his double-up.

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz - 130,000
Tamarah Heimer - 55,000