He moved in his final three million over Pimpedly’s raise, only to see Jason Zarlenga four-bet on his immediate left. The board ran out ten high and Puleo collected $45,537 for his efforts.Īlex “TheOrca” Farcas found himself on the bad end of many big pots and saw his early final table gains disappearing. A jack-high board saw the pot go in the direction of Farcas and Magdan exited in ninth place for $36,196.įollowing him out the door was Ron Puleo who ended his tournament in eighth place when he moved his short stack in from the small blind jack-eight suited, only for Justin Pimpedly to call in the big blind with ace-ten suited. Magdan found himself involved in a three-way all-in where both Ron Puleo’s ace-queen and Alex “TheOrca” Farcas’ ace-jack. Being down to just one big blind with eleven players left, Magdan managed an impressive spin-up to get back to over 10 big blinds by the time the final table started. The short-stacked Alec Magdan was the first to go. Miller finished the tournament as the tenth place finisher, just outside the final table bubble, and collected $28,023 for his efforts. It took well over an hour to reach the final table when the tournament reached 10 players, but ultimately it was Jerry Miller who’s ace-jack could not hold up against Rinaldo Teodoro’s king-five. Defending champion Dan Bekavac did not see a second FireKeepers title claimed as his run ended in 44th place for $6,772. “100% and I’m looking forward to it.” Final Table Results “I’m absolutely going to be playing other MSPTs,” the newest champion said. A supportive rail stood by his side throughout the final table, rooting for him when he raked in a pot. He now over doubles his live tournament earnings and more than triples his best live score to get onto Michigan’s top 100 of all time. “I got lucky in a few key spots.”ĭavis held just over $200,000 in lifetime live earnings on Hendon Mob with a previous best score of $98k. “I feel like I played really well today,” the newly crowned MSPT champion said in his post-win interview with PokerNews.

After 17 hours of play, it was Michigan’s own Matthew Davis who took down his first MSPT title. Day 2 of The $1,100 MSPT Main Event at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan, saw 303 players return for Day 2, all looking for their piece of the $2,336,730 prize pool and the top prize of $344,446.

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