MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2021 MSPT Canterbury Park
MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2021 MSPT Canterbury Park
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$1,009,240
Entries
1,042
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
241
Players Left
28
MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang Bags Heaps After Day 1a of MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event is officially in the books with 241 total entries tallied by night's end.
Almost a full 15 levels were played to their completion but a hard stop with 28 players saw the night end with 20:03 remaining in the final level.
The race for the chip lead came down to the final hands of the evening and at the end, it was Jacob Blumberg (529,000) who bagged the top stack after finishing the night with an exclamation mark, picking up a huge pot with aces against jacks.
The action hit a new gear in the final two levels of the evening, which saw the remaining players in the field ultimately drop from 41 down to 28. Chips flew across the room and stacks fluctuated accordingly.
Coming in a close second was Cody Espeseth who also went on a late-night heater and ended with 509,000. MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang was the first player to eclipse the 500k mark but lost a few hands to end the evening and ended third in chips with 499,000.
The top five is rounded out by two other players who finished the day north of 300,000: [Removed:309] (385,000), Hunter Cichy (379,000).
Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were Terence Reid (367,000), Dennis Stevermer (227,000), Matt Alexander (192,000), Josh Reichard (126,000) and Chad Holloway (101,000).
Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night. Among those to fire and fall in Thursday’s flight were MSPT Hall of Famer's Blake Bohn, Rob Wazwaz, and Jason Seitz, along with MSPT Champion's Taylor Howard, and Jonathan Kim.
PokerNews will be on hand all week long bringing you all of the action, so be sure to come back for Friday's Day 1b at 3.00 p.m. local time.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
529,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
509,000
302,000
|
302,000 |
|
499,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
385,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
379,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
367,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
345,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
260,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
259,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
250,000
149,500
|
149,500 |
|
244,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
226,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
|
222,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
192,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
128,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
126,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
|
124,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
|
106,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
102,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
101,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
100,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Hard Stop Reached
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The hard stop of 28 players has been reached with 20:03 remaining in Level 15, end of day chip counts and recap will follow.
Blumberg Fighting for Top Spot
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jake Blumberg raised to 15,000 from middle position and Nghia Le defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Le check-folded after Blumberg continued for 15,000 and Blumberg secured another late-night pot to fight for the top spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
102,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Eidem Dropped by Cichy
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action folded to Paul Eidem who raised all in for 47,000 from the cutoff and Hunter Cichy isolated from the small blind.
Paul Eidem: 
Hunter Cichy: 
Eidem was behind holding suited live cards and the 
runout gave him a ten-high straight, but it was second best as Cichy held the jack-high straight to send Eidem packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Klassen Sets Up Matheson for Elimination
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There were four players that saw a 
flop and action was checked to the player in middle position who fired out a 7,000 bet.
Action was on Joe Matheson who raised all in for 43,000 from the next seat over and Kitkat Klassen isolated with a 90,000 three-bet from the button.
Joe Matheson: 
Kitkat Klassen: 
Matheson was behind the flopped set of Klassen but the 
turn did keep his tournament hopes alive.
Matheson needed any king or jack on the river to stay alive but the 
completed the board and ended his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
344,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
|
150,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Busted |
Sterzinger Fades Scary Board for Double
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action on the table folded around to Chris Sterzinger who raised all in for 32,000 from the button and the big blind called.
Chris Sterzinger: 
Opponent: 
Sterzinger was behind holding live cards and a queen appeared in the window on the 
flop but it also gave his opponent a diamond flush draw.
The turn came the giving Sterzinger's opponent more outs but luckily for him, the completed the board on the river and secured his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Adam Wiatrowski Takes Down Event #5: $250 NLH Turbo Super Stack
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week at the Winter Poker Classic.
In Event #5: $250 NLH Turbo Super Stack, 135 entries created a $27,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Alan Baker (15th - $459), Jeff Petronack (14th - $459), Leo Fussy (13th - $459), Ryan Arnold (11th - $554), and Nick Anderson (10th - $554).
In the end, it was Adam Wiatrowski who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $4,335 payday.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Wiatrowski | $4,335 |
| 2 | Robert Biorn | $4,231 |
| 3 | Alex Winter | $3,825 |
| 4 | Alexander Troug | $3,360 |
| 5 | Alex Wheeler | $3,017 |
| 6 | Les Scottston | $2,601 |
| 7 | Criag Luedemaan | $1,080 |
| 8 | Mike Wang | $837 |
| 9 | Dennis Stevermer | $675 |