Brett Reichard bagged the chip lead on Day 1a of the $1,110 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) St. Louis Foremost 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 event 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 event wraps up on Sunday in Missouri.
“Pops” Sends Son House
Josh Reichard, based on The Hendon Mob, has over $4.4 million in reside event cashes. That features 15 World Collection of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) rings, a World Poker Tour (WPT) title, and he is an MSPT Corridor of Famer and Participant of the 12 months. However his dad, who has $530,000 in cashes, can even play poker at a excessive stage.
The youthful Reichard’s superior event resume did not assist him in a hand towards his father within the Foremost Occasion. Each gamers had been all in preflop with eight gamers remaining on Day 1a with the blinds at 3,000/5,000. “Pops” had his son in unhealthy form with 10♥10♦ towards 9â™ 9♣ with over 60 huge 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 evening. Brad Heitmeyer bagged the second largest stack at 513,000 chips.
MSPT St. Louis Foremost Occasion Day 1a Chip Counts
Robert Shallenberger benefited drastically from the Reichard-on-Reichard crime as he completed the session with simply six huge blinds and nonetheless reached the cash.
The MSPT champion who had the choice to attempt once more to bag chips on Day 1b and/or 1c advised PokerNews he “fortunately” known as off an all-in guess preflop with a middling pocket pair, implying that “Pops” might have been enjoying a bit too free that evening. However, because it turned out, father took son to high school.
Brett Reichard nonetheless had the most important stack getting into Saturday’s Day 1c flight because the Day 1b chip chief, Matt Genebacher, ended with 561,000 and was considered one of 15 gamers to bag chips through the session.
