Alejandro Jauregui wins the Main Event of the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour Sycuan

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First ever Mid-States Poker Tour Sycuan $1,110 attracted buy-in no-limit hold'em in the main event 676 total entries, clearing $ 200,000 guaranteed to create the final prize pool $ 654,220. In the end, 31-year-old dealer Alejandro Jauregui received the biggest share of this money, who won with the title and first place prize of $ 210,665. Jauregui, who handles the trade at Bay 101 San Jose Casino traveled south to San Diego for the event. He will go home with a trophy and six-figure earnings.

Jauregui was also awarded 840 Card Player The Player of the Year scores as the champion of that event. That win alone was enough to see him climb into a three-way tie for 57th in

POY race sponsored by Global Poker.

A total of 81 players survived the three starting flights of the event to move into day two with only the Top 72 ready to cash in. The bubble burst early in the morning and it took around eight hours for the field to be further narrowed down to an eight-seat final table. Jauregui took the lead at the final table after eliminating Tony Galanti in ninth place (9 $, 813 ), with Jose Araya and Jason Fitzpatrick sitting on the next most chips.

Haiau Han was the first to hit the final table rail when his AK failed to defeat QJ Andrew Moreno. Han earned a $ 11,122 for eighth place.

Soon after, Britton Scheibe called all-in from the big blind with A Spade Suit 9 Spade Suit and passed Q-5 Jason Fitzpatrick, who moved all-in when the small blind folded to him. Fitzpatrick turned straight to the king and held from there to send Scheibe home from $ 15, 701.

Andrew Moreno at the 2019 WSOP Moreno fell next. 2019 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino the runner-up in the main event got all-in with a flush draw and a straight draw holding A Diamond Suit J. Diamond Suit on 10 Diamond Suit 9 Club Suit 7 Diamond Suit flop. He found himself in danger against 9 Spade Suit 7 Spade Suit Jose Araya, who had bottom two pair on the flop. 7 Club Suit on the turn gave Araya a full house, making Moreno no longer tied. He earned $ 20,281 by finishing sixth, bringing his live tournament earnings to 898,575.

Despite this knockout, Araya was ultimately the next player to be eliminated. He got into a huge pot and went all-in on the river with A Spade Suit 15 Diamond Suit 8 Heart Suit 7 Spade Suit AND Club Suit . Jauregui called with A Heart Suit J. Diamond Suit for aces and had the best hand against K Club Suit 8 Diamond Suit Araya. Araya cashed in $ 31,823 as fifth player.

Jauregui took a healthy four-handed lead. He extended his lead even further by eliminating Jason Fitzpatrick in fourth place. Fitzpatrick moved all in with Q Diamond Suit J. Diamond Suit against A. Diamond Suit 7 Diamond Suit Jauregui. The board failed to improve any player, and Fitzpatrick was sent packing with $ 40, 562.

Eli Loewenthal's run in the event came to an end when his A Diamond Suit 2 Spade Suit bumped into A Heart Suit 6 Club Suit Jauregui. J. Diamond Suit J. Club Suit 4 Club Suit 5 Diamond Suit 7 Club Suit the runout left Jauregui with an in-game kicker to earn him a pot while Loewenthal took home $ 58,880 for finishing third.

Jauregui had an approximately 3–1 heads-up lead against Jesse Jones. He was able to extend that lead even further before the final hand was dealt. Jones limped in from the button for 140,000 with A Diamond Suit J. Spade Suit and Jauregui raised to 620,000 from the big blind holding 6 Heart Suit 6 Club Suit . Jones moved all in for 2,650,11 and Jauregui called. It was a classic preflop race, but J Heart Suit 15 Heart Suit 6 Spade Suit the flop saw Jauregui flop a set to take the lead. 9 Diamond Suit on the turn meant Jones was dead. 5 Heart Suit on the river secured the pot and the title for Jauregui, sending Jones out with $ 110,320 for his second place finish.

Here's a look at payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Alejandro Jauregui $ 140, 665 840
2 Jesse Jones $ 88, 320 700
3 Eli Loewenthal $ 58, 880 560
4 Jason Fitzpatrick $ 40, 562 420
5 Jose Araya $ 26, 823 350
6 Andrew Moreno $ 20, 281 280
7 Britton Scheibe $ 15, 701 210
8 Haiau Han $ 20, 122 140

Photo Winner: MSPT Twitter account.

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