MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 MSPT Canterbury Park

12-10-2021 00:04 UTC-5

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

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

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.

On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.

Here's a look at the top ten point leaders of this season:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 12 Points
1	Cy Church	East Lancing, MI	3,925
2	Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	3,633
3	Jason Crews	Clive, Iowa	3,075
4	Kyna England	Northbrook, Illinois	2,850
5	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	2,550
6	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City, IN	2,500
7	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	2,500
8	Ryan Dodd	Runnemede, NJ	2,450
9	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	2,300
10	Larry Wagner	Middleton, WI	2,200

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

12-09-2021 23:53 UTC-5

Espeseth Doubles Through Sell with Aces

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The hijack raised to 4,500, Cody Espeseth three-bet to 12,000 from the button and Jason Sell four-bet jammed from the big blind.

The initial raiser folded while Espeseth snapped-off his 55,000 stack and the two players tabled their hands.

Cody Espeseth:
Jason Sell:

Espeseth had Sell crushed and didn't have a sweat as a clean board ran out securing his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Espeseth	125,000
Jason Sell	77,500 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Cody Espeseth Jason Sell

12-09-2021 23:41 UTC-5

Matheson Sends One Packing with Rockets

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A series of preflop raises saw the cutoff get their 50,000 stack in the middle and Joe Matheson called from late position.

Opponent:
Joe Matheson:

Matheson had his opponent crushed holding a made hand of aces and the runout eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Matheson	125,000 91,500	91,500

Tags: Joe Matheson

12-09-2021 23:27 UTC-5

Vang Bets First and Wins

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Paul Eidem raised from the hijack and was called by the small blind along with MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang from the big blind.

The flop was checked by all three players bringing the turn.

Action was checked to Vang who tossed out an uncontested 11,000 bet to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kou Vang	185,500 10,500	10,500
Paul Eidem	65,500 -24,500	-24,500

Tags: Paul Eidem Kou Vang

12-09-2021 23:14 UTC-5

Paul Eidem Wins Event #4 $250 NLH Seniors (50+)

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 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 #4: $250 NLH Seniors (50+), 219 entries created a $43,800 that was paid out to the top 24 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Dan Hendrickson (20th - $486), Thomas Gjerde (18th - $591), Roger Gill (14th - $657), Steve Fredlund (13th - $657), and Steven Flynn (10th - $788).

In the end, it was Minnesota native Paul Eidem who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $10,953 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Paul Eidem	$10,953
2	David Bashel	$6,807
3	Steven Lillehaug	$4,906
4	Rob Adsem	$3,635
5	Allen Arnold	$2,716
6	Wayne Sonnetag	$2,059
7	Jon Medum	$1,621
8	Tom Sadowski	$1,270
9	Gerald Cunniff	$1,007

Tags: Allen Arnold Dan Hendrickson David Bashel Gerald Cunniff Jon Medum Paul Eidem Rob Adsem Roger Gill Steve Fredlund Steven Flynn Steven Lillehaug Thomas Gjerde Tom Sadowski Wayne Sonnetag

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

12-09-2021 23:11 UTC-5

More Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Stevermer	255,000 137,000	137,000
Terence Reid	180,000 69,000	69,000
Kou Vang	175,000 102,700	102,700
Dan Favreau	142,000 59,700	59,700
Alan Carlson	135,500 42,300	42,300
Nghia Le	105,000 65,000	65,000
Josh Reichard	90,000 5,700	5,700
Paul Eidem	90,000 57,600	57,600
Michael Miller	87,500 35,200	35,200
Dan Schmidt	85,500 44,200	44,200
Jason Sell	80,500 -21,900	-21,900
Jason Seitz	60,500 -18,400	-18,400
Chris Sterzinger	45,500 -58,800	-58,800
Paul Carney	40,500 40,500	40,500
Tim Garles	31,500 31,500	31,500
Derek McMaster	23,500 13,400	13,400

Justin Heilman	18,500 -37,900	-37,900
Umut Ozturk	Busted

12-09-2021 22:58 UTC-5

Mader Loses Battle of the Blinds to Calverley

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action on the table folded around to Phil Mader who moved his short stack in the middle from the small blind and Jeremy Calverley snap-called from the big blind.

Phil Mader:
Jeremy Calverley:

Mader didn't like what he saw after the cards were tabled as Calverley had him dominated and the runout was no help as it ended his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Calverley	70,000 10,000	10,000
Phil Mader	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Calverley Phil Mader

12-09-2021 22:45 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Kukowski	165,000 -9,500	-9,500
Chad Holloway	104,500 67,800	67,800

Luke Blindert	100,000
Rory Linton	98,000 -10,200	-10,200
Blake Anderson	61,500 33,300	33,300
Jeremy Calverley	60,000
Rob Wazwaz	53,500 21,400	21,400

Anthony Scarborough	50,500 9,300	9,300
Todd Melander	50,500 15,300	15,300
Luke Nguyen	38,500 17,200	17,200
Joe Matheson	33,500 2,300	2,300
Matt Alexander	28,500 -2,900	-2,900
Phil Mader	6,500 -36,700	-36,700