Brett Reichard bagged the chip lead on Day 1a of the $1,110 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) St. Louis Most important Occasion thanks largely to a pot he gained towards his poker champ son, Josh Reichard, on the bubble.
The primary session of the $300,000 assured match at Hollywood On line casino attracted 67 entrants on Thursday. Seven gamers bagged chips, all of whom are formally within the cash. There have been nonetheless two Day 1 beginning flights remaining, to happen on Friday and Saturday, earlier than the match wraps up on Sunday in Missouri.
“Pops” Sends Son Residence
Josh Reichard, in line with The Hendon Mob, has over $4.4 million in dwell match cashes. That features 15 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) rings, a World Poker Tour (WPT) title, and he is an MSPT Corridor of Famer and Participant of the Yr. However his dad, who has $530,000 in cashes, can even play poker at a excessive stage.
The youthful Reichard’s superior match resume did not assist him in a hand towards his father within the Most important Occasion. Each gamers have been all in preflop with eight gamers remaining on Day 1a with the blinds at 3,000/5,000. “Pops” had his son in dangerous form with 10♥10♦ towards 9♠9♣ with over 60 large blinds within the pot.
Josh Reichard would get no assist when the board ran out 7♠2♣8♥J♥5♥, and he was eradicated in eighth place on the Day 1a bubble. Brett Reichard, nonetheless, catapulted into the lead with 671,000 chips to complete off the night time. Brad Heitmeyer bagged the second largest stack at 513,000 chips.
MSPT St. Louis Most important Occasion Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Participant | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Reichard | 671,000 |
| 2 | Brad Heitmeyer | 513,000 |
| 3 | Mark Koeln | 327,000 |
| 4 | Andros Ioakimides | 274,000 |
| 5 | Chris Audrain | 106,000 |
| 6 | Aaron Johnson | 92,000 |
| 7 | Robert Shallenberger | 30,000 |
Robert Shallenberger benefited enormously from the Reichard-on-Reichard crime as he completed the session with simply six large blinds and nonetheless reached the cash.
The MSPT champion who had the choice to strive once more to bag chips on Day 1b and/or 1c informed PokerNews he “fortunately” known as off an all-in wager preflop with a middling pocket pair, implying that “Pops” might have been enjoying a bit of too free that night time. However, because it turned out, father took son to highschool.
Brett Reichard nonetheless had the biggest stack getting into Saturday’s Day 1c flight because the Day 1b chip chief, Matt Genebacher, ended with 561,000 and was one among 15 gamers to bag chips throughout the session.
