$1,100 PSPC Event #2
Day 1c Completed
2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
$1,100 PSPC Event #2
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
499
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
120
Players Left
15
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action has concluded in Day 1c of the $1,100 PSPC Event #2 at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship. Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia is the host of the PSPC which saw 120 players enter the day and 15 survivors have made it into Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the day was William Chisholm, bagging a massive stack of 642,000.
William Chisholm spoke with PokerNews after and stated, "This was the first live poker tournament I have every played." Safe to say, it was quite the debut. Chisholm picked up the game at his day job with other co-workers, even learning from some professionals who would come in and teach the game. On the felt he won a big pot near the money bubble with pocket Aces to catapult him over the 600,000-chip mark.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1c
| Place | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Chisholm | United States | 642,000 |
| 2 | Vineet Pahuja | United States | 585,000 |
| 3 | Tim Faro | United States | 548,000 |
| 4 | Jonas Wexler | United States | 495,000 |
| 5 | Nan Li | United States | 447,000 |
| 6 | Christopher Csik | United States | 380,000 |
| 7 | Jose Waybright | United States | 340,000 |
| 8 | Boris Kravets | United States | 326,000 |
| 9 | Michael Lombardi | United States | 237,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Weber | United States | 219,000 |
Ryan Depaulo was the unfortunate bubble after losing a flip to flopped quads. Depaulo steadily increased his stack throughout the day but eventually fell short to Michael Lombardi.
The last Day 1 will begin tomorrow, August 31st at 10:15 a.m. local time. Sunday, September 1st will be Day 2, which will start at 11:15 a.m. local time and play all the way down to a winner.
Day 1d will follow the same structure, starting at Level 1 with blinds of 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. 40-minute levels will occur with a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9. Players begin the day with 40,000 chips and play down until 12.5% of the field remains. Re-entry is available for any player that busts, with late registration closing at the start of Level 13.
The Gold Pass to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event is in play which will be awarded to the champion of the tournament. The winner will receive travel, accommodation and the $5,300 buy-in to the tournament this November.
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Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
642,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
||
|
585,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
548,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
||
|
495,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
||
|
447,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
380,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
340,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
326,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
237,000
-138,000
|
-138,000 |
|
219,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
162,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
|
146,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
107,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
91,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
72,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Play has concluded for the night, and the 15 players have bagged up and will return on Sunday September 1st at 11:15 a.m. local time.
Stay tuned for chip counts and the full day recap shortly.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Lombardi limped in under the gun before Ryan Depaulo raised all in for 35,000. It folded back to Lombardi who made the call to put Depaulo at risk.
Ryan Depaulo: K♣Q♣ 
Michael Lombardi: 8♦8♣
It was a fair fight, but Depaulo would need to improve against the pocket eights to avoid being the bubble boy. But after the flop came 8♠9♣8♥ Lombardi flopped quads, leaving Depaulo to running cards to make a straight flush. But once the turn was Q♠, Depaulo was drawing dead and the J♣ officially eliminated him and burst the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
375,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 16 players remaining and 15 making it to Day 2, the floor has announced hand for hand play begin until one more person is eliminated.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
William Chisholm opened to 18,000 from the cutoff before Arshdeep Virk moved all in from the small blind for 60,000. Chisholm called.
Arshdeep Virk: A♥K♣
William Chisholm: A♦A♠
The board ran out J♦3♦8♥J♥10♣ and Virk was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
525,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Nan Li raised under the gun to 12,000, and when it folded to Boris Kravets in the cutoff, he made the call. Then once it folded to David Urban in the small blind, he three-bet to 48,000. Once the big blind folded, Li made the call, and Kravets got out of the way to leave the players heads up.
Both players checked after the 2♣A♥6♦ flop.
The turn was the A♦ and Urban check-called a bet of 48,000.
The river was the Q♥ and Urban checked to Li who bet 102,000. Urban was deep in the tank, and after about two minutes Urban did find the fold, to give the pot Li.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
325,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
135,000 | |
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel Daconti open-jammed his 101,000-chip stack into the middle from the cutoff. Eric Doerr called all in from the button for 41,000 and the blinds got out of the way.
Eric Doerr: A♥7♦
Daniel Daconti: J♠J♣
The board came down 4♣K♥2♣Q♠K♦ and Doerr was eliminated while Daconti dragged in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted |