Adam Friedman Wins 2019 Mid-States Poker Tour JACK Cleveland Main Event

Adam Friedman is making a habit of finding repeat success in the same poker tournaments. At the 2019 World Series of Poker he successfully defended his title in the $10,000 dealer’s choice event, backing up his win from 2018 to earn his third career gold bracelet. Friedman also had a streak of wins at the Midwest Regional Poker Championships winning the main event in 2006, taking a year off in 2007, and then returning to win the event in 2008 and 2009.

Recently the Gahanna, Ohio native managed another impressive feat in an event which he had prior success: Friedman emerged victorious in the Mid-States Poker Tour JACK Cleveland $1,110 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event after having finished third in the two prior MSPT main events held at the same casino in January of 2019 and January of 2018.

For the win Friedman was awarded $121,405 and his 12th career live tournament title. Friedman also earned 840 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his fourth final table finish of 2019, and it was enough to see him climb into 43rd place in the POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker. Friedman took to Twitter after the celebrate the win:

I tried to get 3rd place again for the 3peat, I couldn’t pull off the feat. msptpoker</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JACKClePKR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">JACKClePKR. #OhWell pic.twitter.com/tmS3I2e1CK

— Ada Friedan (@AdamFriedman119) August 5, 2019

Friedman entered the unofficial final table of ten with the chip lead, which he furthered by knockout out Justin Mihalek in 10th place ($8,672). Spencer Wright was able to overtake the lead heading into six-handed play.

Friedman regained the advantage by taking out Matthew McKenzie in fifth place. Friedman’s AQ held against McKenzie’s A9 to send him to the rail with $30,640.

Friedman’s run continued, as he picked up JJ against the AJ shove of Daniel Swartz. Neither player improved and Swartz was eliminated in fourth place ($40,468).

The very next hand saw Friedman get dealt another pocket pair. Agostino Ragozzino got all-in holding A5, only to have Friedman call his shove with 99. Ragozzino flopped a five, but couldn’t improve any further. Friedman’s nines were enough to secure the pot, knocking Ragozzino out in third place ($54,343).

Friedman took just over a 3.5-to-1 chip lead into heads-up play with Spencer Wright. It didn’t take long for the final hand of the tournament to arise. With a flop of J84 Friedman-check raised all-in over Wright’s bet of 400,000. Wright quickly called with the AA. Friedman had plenty of outs with his Q2 for a flush draw with some backdoor straight possibilities. The 6 on the turn kept Wright in the lead, but the J on the river gave Friedman the winning flush.

With that Wright was eliminated in second place, earning $74,585 for his deep run in this event.

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

Photos via MSPT live updates page.

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