2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship

$2,200 PSPC Event #3
Day: 1c
Event Info

2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$103,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
243
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
34
Players Left
5

Faro Bags Overall Chip Lead After Day 1c in the $2200 Main Event at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Timothy Faro
Timothy Faro

Day 1c in Event #3 $2200 Main Event at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship has been completed. The third of four Day 1 starting flights drew 34 entrants, with five players bagging and advancing to Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the night was Tim Faro bagging 818,000.

Faro is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Glen Burnie, MD, with over $650,000 in career poker earnings. Faro was able to accumulate a big portion of his stack after a blind on blind encounter when he woke up with pocket kings against the small blind Sharath Sreeramoju's ace-queen.

Chips Counts From Day 1c

PlaceNameCountryChips
1Tim FaroUnited States818,000
2Alexander WigginsUnited States444,000
3Michael McNicholasUnited States173,000
4Neal LiptakUnited States166,000
5Michael WolfUnited States100,000

The PokerStars sponsored tournament has a $500,000 guarantee, and with the 34 entrants in today's field, the total is 93 players. Fourteen players bagged for Day 2, with only one flight left.

Play for Day 1 flights will conclude once 12.5% of the field remains, and those who bag will be in the money for Day 2. The remaining players all made the money after Nicholas Verderamo called off his tournament life with a pair of aces, but Alexander Wiggins made the nut flush on the river,to eliminate Verderamo and burst the bubble.

Nicholas Verderamo
Nicholas Verderamo

Day 1d, the final flight, starts Saturday, September 7, at 10:15 a.m. local time. Day 2 begins Sunday, September 8, at 11:15 a.m. local time and will play all the way down until a winner is crowned.

Day 1d will begin in Level 1 with blinds of 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. All Day 1��s will be 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every three levels of play, and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9. Players will start with 50,000 in chips, and late registration will go until the start of Level 13.

Another reward to the winner is aGold Pass to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event in November. PokerStars will award the winner of this event the Gold Pass package, which includes travel, accommodation, and the $5,300 tournament buy-in.

Be sure to follow PokerNews for live updates and coverage throughout the tournament at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia.

Tags: Alexander WigginsMichael McNicholasMichael WolfNeal LiptakNicholas VerderamoSharath SreeramojuTim Faro