2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Derek McMaster
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$100,824
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$468,950
Entries
485
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
223
Players Left
26

More Late-Night Chip Counts

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Justin Thurlow has seen his stack climb to 405,000 and Brandon Waalen is not far behind him at 395,000, making the two the largest stacks in the room early in the penultimate level of the evening. Thirty-six players now remain on four full tables, and play will continue until the end of Level 15 unless the 12% figure of 26 players is reached before that time.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
405,000
280,000
280,000
Brandon Waalen us
Brandon Waalen
395,000
395,000
395,000
James Drochak us
James Drochak
330,000
90,000
90,000
Gary Ewald us
Gary Ewald
330,000
15,000
15,000
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
254,000
51,000
51,000
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
100,000
26,000
26,000
DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
92,000
-13,000
-13,000
Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
80,000
50,000
50,000
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
60,000
-38,000
-38,000
Ahmed Taleb us
Ahmed Taleb
51,000
-54,000
-54,000
Rob Adsem us
Rob Adsem
44,000
-24,000
-24,000
Adam Dahlin us
Adam Dahlin
Busted
Doni Topness us
Doni Topness
Busted
Jay Melancon us
Jay Melancon
Busted

Bowman Sends One To the Rail

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player announced he was all in for his last 35,000 from the cutoff and Jesse Bowman quickly went all in over the top of him on the button. Both players in the blinds folded.

All-In Player: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Jesse Bowman: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Bowman had his opponent drawing dead by the turn as the board ran out {2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{k-Spades} and the pot was shipped his way.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Bowman us
Jesse Bowman
105,000
105,000
105,000

Tags: Jason SeitzJesse Bowman

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Chip Count Update

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Forty-one players remain with under 10 minutes left in Level 13. Here's an update to some chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Fitzpatrick us
Jason Fitzpatrick
325,000
78,500
78,500
Gary Ewald us
Gary Ewald
315,000
95,000
95,000
Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
205,000
-19,000
-19,000
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
155,000
10,000
10,000
Umut Ozturk us
Umut Ozturk
130,000
50,000
50,000
Dennis Stevermer us
Dennis Stevermer
126,000
Brian Maas us
Brian Maas
110,000
80,000
80,000
Ahmed Taleb us
Ahmed Taleb
105,000
-39,500
-39,500
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
98,000
10,000
10,000
Zeph Baer us
Zeph Baer
93,000
-67,000
-67,000
Eric Eelkema us
Eric Eelkema
80,000
32,000
32,000
Richard Alsup us
Richard Alsup
79,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
72,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
30,000
3,000
3,000
Jesse Rockowitz us
Jesse Rockowitz
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Obinger us
Jason Obinger
Busted
Saad Ghanem us
Saad Ghanem
Busted
Ben Larson us
Ben Larson
Busted

Bohn Back Over 200,000

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Blake Bohn
Blake Bohn

Action folded around to the player on the button and he went all in for his last 10 or so big blinds. Blake Bohn reraised all in out of the small blind and got a fold from the big blind to result in hands being tabled in preparation for the runout.

All-In Player: {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Blake Bohn: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

"Classic race!" said Bohn as he saw the all-in player's hand before tabling his own. The flop came {j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and the turn {3-Hearts} fell behind it, leaving the all-in player with one card left in his tournament life. That card proved to be his last as the river {4-Hearts} hit the felt and the pot was shipped Bohn's way.

Player Chips Progress
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
203,000

Tags: Blake Bohn

Greenstein Pays Melancon a Visit

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jay Melancon
Jay Melancon

Jay Melancon three-bet all in from the small blind over a cutoff open and received a call.

Jay Melancon: {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Cutoff: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The flop {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} and turn {2-Hearts} left Melancon with one last chance at a three outer to stay alive. Luckily for him, the prettiest card in the deck {a-Spades} came on the river to save him from the brink of elimination and bring him up to 131,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jay Melancon us
Jay Melancon
131,000

Tags: Jay Melancon

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Rockowitz Temporarily Toasted

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jesse Rockowitz
Jesse Rockowitz

Jesse Rockowitz was standing up from his seat and was in the process of being eliminated from the tournament as the runout finished and his hand was mucked. Three spades were on board and Justin Thurlow's winning hand of {q-Spades}{9-Spades} was still tabled for a moment as the pot was shipped his way before the cards were scooped up.

According to Thurlow after the hand, he opened on the button and Rockowitz committed the last of his chips from the big blind with {8-}{6-}. Thurlow's flush was best when all was said and done and he delivered the final blow to Rockowitz after he stuck around with a short stack for nearly two hours before being eliminated from the tournament. However, he wasted no time using his reentry and has found a new seat and a fresh starting stack of 25,000.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
125,000
Jesse Rockowitz us
Jesse Rockowitz
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jesse RockowitzJustin Thurlow