Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2024 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
$625 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2024 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$625
Prize Pool
$182,700
Entries
348
Level
28
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
202
Players Left
35
Guffey Finds A Fortunate River
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Erik Arentzen raised to 700 from the cutoff and Ken Guffey three bet in the big blind to 2,000 which only Arentzen called.
The flop rolled out A♠Q♠4♥ and Guffey checked over to Arentzen who bet 3,000 which Guffey called.
Guffey checked a second time on the K♣ turn where Arentzen bet 3,000 a second time and once more Guffey called.
On the river A♣ Arentzen bet 12,000 once more when Guffey checked to him.
Arentzen tabled J♥10♠ for a straight, but it was second best against Guffey’s Q♥Q♦ for queens full.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,500 | |
|
|
27,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Magnus' Bullets Shoot Two Cowboys
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Brad Magnus raised to 1,200 from the cutoff and a player on the button three bet to 2,500. Action folded back around to Magnus who four bet to 6,200, prompting a five bet to 27,500 from the button. Magnus six bet jammed for 60,000 effective and his opponent called.
Button: K♥K♠ 
Brad Magnus: A♣A♠
The board runs out 8♣5♦Q♥10♠6♠ and the aces hold up for Magnus to get a near full double on the first level of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Spitler Spars With Howell
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up on the flop in a three bet pot between Chance Howell in early position and Paul Spitler in the small blind.
The flop read 3♠7♣2♦ and Spitler bet 2,500 which Howell called.
On the turn 2♣, Spitler sized up to 10,000 and Howell thinks for some time before letting his hand go.
"We might have had the same hand," Howell said as Spitler raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | |
|
55,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Early Faces In The Field
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
-314,000
|
-314,000 |
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The Final Flight of The RPT Montana State Poker Championship Begins at 2 pm
Welcome back to Billings, Montana where The Roughrider Poker Tour is hosting the Montana State Poker Championship for the eighth year in a row. Today sees the second of two flights kick off as the players will utilize their last chance of playing for the title. They will all congregate at The Billings Hotel and Convention center where the biggest tournament in the state of Montana will commence.
A total of 146 entrants fired yesterday and leading the way of the 25 survivors is Dave Ouellette, who ended the day with 803,000. Ouellette found his luck on the third bullet of the day as in the final three levels of the night, he rose from average stack to massive chip leader after a couple of big confrontations with RPT points leader Mike Fick. Others who survived included 2022 Montana State Poker Champion Frank Lucero (671,000), WSOP Bracelet Winner Chad Himmelspach (471,000), tournament crusher Miles Barnum (184,000), and form RPT player of the year Arlie Brandvold (92,000).
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Ouellette | 803,000 |
| 2 | Donovan Thomas | 787,000 |
| 3 | Jacob Brouse | 736,000 |
| 4 | Frank Lucero | 671,000 |
| 5 | Merle Bierschenk | 545,000 |
| 6 | John Rohrbach | 534,000 |
| 7 | Lance Schuchard | 522,000 |
| 8 | Virgil Taylor | 442,000 |
| 9 | Chad Himmelspach | 416,000 |
| 10 | Whitney Bell | 403,000 |
This year sees the buy in increase to $625 with an estimated prizepool of $200,000. Players will sit down with 60,000 in chips with the levels starting at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Levels will last 40 minutes each with a break occurring at the conclusion of every three levels. The 60-minute dinner break will occur at the conclusion of level 6 around 5:40 pm. After that, registration will continue until the beginning of Level 13, then players will play until either the conclusion of Level 15, or to 12.5% of the entrants remain.
All the players will have the ability to fire into this tournament a maximum of three times.The survivors of this flight will bag up and return on Sunday, April 14th at 11:00 am to play down to a winner while combining with the other 25 players. Players who bag up twice will receive a minimum cash for their efforts.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The Roughrider Poker Tour.
$625 Main Event
Day 1b Started