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 buy-in no-limit hold'em in the main tournament 676 total entries, removing $ 200, 000 guarantee the creation of the final prize pool $ 654, 220. Ultimately, the largest part of this money was received by 31-year-old dealer Alejandro Jauregui, who won the title and the 1st place prize of $ 210,665. Jauregui, who trades at 101 Bay San Jose casino went south to San Diego for the event. He'll come home with a trophy and a six-figure salary.
Jauregui was also awarded 840 Card Player Player of the Year scores points as the champion of this event. That victory alone was enough to see him climb into a three-way draw for the 57th place in
POY a race sponsored by Global Poker.
A total of 81 players survived the three starting flights in this event to advance to day two with only the Top 72 ready to earn money. The bubble burst early in the morning and it took around eight hours to narrow the field even further to the eight-seat final table. Jauregui took the lead at the final table after Tony Galanti was eliminated in ninth place (9 $, 813), with Jose Araya and Jason Fitzpatrick in the next-most chips.
Haiau Han was the first to hit the barrier at the final table when his AK failed to beat Andrew Moreno's QJ. Han earned $ 11,122 in eighth place.
Shortly thereafter, Britton Scheibe called all in from the big blind with A 9 and passed Jason Fitzpatrick's Q-5 all in when he folded to him from the small blind. Fitzpatrick turned straight to the King and held from there to send Scheibe home with $ 15,701.
Moreno fell next. 2019 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main event runner-up got all-in with flush draw and straight draw, holding A J. on 10 9 7 flop. He is in danger against 9 7 Jose Araya, who flopped the two lowest pair. 7 Araya gave full house on the turn and Moreno was no longer tied. He earned a $ 20,281 by finishing in sixth place, taking his live tournament earnings to 898,575.
Despite this knockout, Araya was ultimately the next player to be eliminated. He got caught in a huge pot and moved all-in on the river with card A. 15 8 7 AND . Jauregui called with A J. for aces and had the best hand against K. 8 Araya. Araya cashed in $ 31,823 as the fifth player.
Jauregui took a healthy lead in a four-handed game. He further increased his lead by eliminating Jason Fitzpatrick in fourth place. Fitzpatrick moved all in with Q J. against A. 7 Jauregui. The board did not improve any player and Fitzpatrick was sent to packing with $ 40, 562.
Eli Loewenthal's run in this event came to an end when his A 2 ran into A 6 Jauregui. J. J. 4 5 7 The runout had Jauregui had a kicker in the game to win him the pot, while Loewenthal took home a $ 58.880 for third place.
Jauregui had an approximately 3-1 lead in the heads-up game against Jesse Jones. He was able to increase that advantage even more before the final hand was dealt. Jones limped from the button to 140,000 from A J. and Jauregui raised to 620,000 from the big blind holding 6 6 . Jones moved all in for 2,650, 11 and Jauregui called. It was a classic preflop race, but J. 15 6 The flop saw the Jauregui set flop to take the lead. 9 on the turn meant Jones was dead. 5 on the river secured Jauregui the pot and title, sending Jones onto the pitch with $ 110,320 for his runner-up.
Here's a look at payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
