$1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

02-21-2020 21:37 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Thurlow	143,100 21,100	21,100
Mark Jaroslawski	128,000 5,000	5,000
Umut Ozturk	122,000 64,500	64,500
Ahmed Taleb	80,000 12,000	12,000
Vic Peppe	75,000 57,000	57,000
John Pierce	62,500 19,000	19,000
Blake Bohn	60,000 50,000	50,000
Adam Dahlin	55,000 -7,500	-7,500
Max Havlish	35,600 -2,900	-2,900
John Sperrazza	35,000 6,000	6,000
Alan Carty	32,000 -3,000	-3,000
Guy Gibeau	24,000 13,500	13,500
James Haugerud	15,800 -18,200	-18,200
Richard Alsup	10,000 10,000	10,000

Steve Belland	9,000 -6,000	-6,000
Prabhakar Karri	Busted
Shayan Bhattacharyya	Busted
Robert Maier	Busted

Wazwaz Toasted

HillKerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Rob Wazwaz was just seen standing up from his seat at Table 3 as the pot was being shipped to Ben Larson, who was on his direct right. According to Larson, Wazwaz got all in with on the flop with an open-ended straight draw to Larson's pair of nines.

When all was said and done, Wazwaz failed to improve while Larson ended up with a flush to score him the knockout and send the April 2019 MSPT Canterbury Park champion home for the evening as it was his second and final bullet of the flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Larson	73,000 41,000	41,000
Rob Wazwaz	Busted

Tags: Ben Larson Rob Wazwaz

02-21-2020 21:22 UTC-5

Fitzpatrick Puts Vang To the Test

HillKerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was a bit over 6,000 in the middle on a flop of with three-way action between Jason Fitzpatrick in the small blind, the player in the big blind, and Kou Vang who was under the gun.

Fitzpatrick bet 3,800 and received a call from the big blind. Action was then on Vang and he raised to 12,000. Fitzpatrick thought for a moment and then three-bet to 21,800. The big blind quickly folded.

Vang found action back upon himself and he took roughly two minutes to think about his decision before sending his cards to the muck, resulting in Fitzpatrick seeing the pot shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Fitzpatrick	66,000 66,000	66,000
Kou Vang	42,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jason Fitzpatrick Kou Vang

02-21-2020 21:13 UTC-5

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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02-21-2020 21:04 UTC-5

Ghanem Nearing Six Figures

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The board read in a limped pot preflop and Saad Ghanem checked in the big blind to put action onto the player who was under the gun, who bet 3,000. Ghanem check-raised to 7,500 and saw his opponent three-bet to 18,000.

Ghanem then four-bet the remaining pile of chips he had and his opponent thought for a bit before letting his hand go, earning Ghanem the pot with his four-bet shove on the flop.

Ghanem then looked back at one card and proceeded to table : "Did I have you?" he asked as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saad Ghanem	96,000 96,000	96,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

02-21-2020 20:53 UTC-5

Rockowitz Has To Wait for It

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jesse Rockowitz saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 1,900. The small blind three-bet to 5,400 and Rockowitz took about 40 seconds to think about his decision before putting out a four-bet to 12,000.

His opponent thought for about 20 seconds before asking how much Rockowitz had left. Rockowitz moved his arm to display his remaining stack of around 40,000 for about 10 seconds and then moved it back to their original position. A minute and a half went by and the small blind leaned forward and slightly sideways to try to see Rockowitz's stack once more. Rockowitz moved his arms for a moment again.

Another 30 seconds passed and the small blind sent his cards to the muck, earning Rockowitz the pot without needing to see a flop when all was said and done.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Rockowitz	59,000 2,800	2,800

Tags: Jesse Rockowitz

02-21-2020 20:42 UTC-5

Petronack Doubles Through "3 Putts"

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jeff Petronack was in middle position and opened to 2,000. Nghia Le three-bet to 4,200 on the button and Petronack called, taking action heads up to a flop of . Petronack checked to Le, who put out a continuation-bet of 5,000. Petronack called, bringing the turn .

"I'm all in," said Petronack. Le called after about 10 seconds.

Jeff Petronack:
Nghia Le:

"Damn," said "3 Putts" Le after seeing what he was up against. The river did not improve him to a full house and Petronack's stack was counted to be 20,500, which Le paid off to leave him with just over 10,000 as Petronack has doubled to over 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Petronack	61,400 28,900	28,900
Nghia Le	10,500 -34,500	-34,500

Tags: Nghia Le Jeff Petronack

02-21-2020 20:34 UTC-5

More Day 1a Photos from the MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event

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02-21-2020 20:25 UTC-5

Chip Counts from Break

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The field has surpassed 200 entries with the tournament clock reading 207 players with Level 7 now underway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Clark	110,000 110,000	110,000
Aaron Johnson	65,000 31,500	31,500
Brian Maas	63,000 25,000	25,000
Jesse Rockowitz	56,200 56,200	56,200

Dennis Stevermer	55,500 -1,000	-1,000
Nghia Le	45,000 17,500	17,500
Phil Mader	43,000 -10,000	-10,000
Daniel Allgood	39,000 22,600	22,600
Ryan Tyler	35,500 -8,500	-8,500
Robert Breg	34,000 6,500	6,500
Jeff Petronack	32,500 -32,500	-32,500
Jason Obinger	27,000 4,000	4,000
Jason Seitz	25,000 -800	-800
Eric Eelkema	23,000 4,000	4,000
Fredger West	22,500 -10,000	-10,000
Matt Kirby	22,000 22,000	22,000
Jeremy Dresch	21,100 -900	-900
Scott Overby	18,000 18,000	18,000
Kelly Hendrickson	17,000 13,000	13,000
Jonathan Kim	17,000 -5,600	-5,600
Edward Janezich	Busted
Dan Favreau	Busted