Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darius Kermani |
165,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Al Cutler |
125,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Hieu Le |
115,500
48,100
|
48,100 |
Neil Blumenfield |
88,500
50,900
|
50,900 |
Gary Herstein |
75,500
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Jennifer Abad |
67,500
67,500
|
67,500 |
Cedrric Trevino |
50,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
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Noam Fater |
45,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Mickey Ma |
43,500
37,300
|
37,300 |
David Moses | Busted | |
|
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John Lopez | Busted | |
Michelle Roberts | Busted | |
Casey Ryan Temper
|
Busted | |
Daniel Jones | Busted | |
Maurice Costigan | Busted | |
Christos Kakkalis | Busted | |
John Reiff | Busted | |
Yanni Orfanos | Busted | |
Greg Himmelbrand | Busted |
From October 18-22, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will play host to a second Main Event, this one costing $1,600 to enter and featuring another $1,000,000 guarantee.
The three-day tournament will offer a trio of starting flights starting with Day 1a on Monday, October 18 at 11:10 a.m. Days 1b and 1c will take place at the same time on Tuesday, October 19, and Wednesday, October 20 respectively. Late registration for each flight will remain open until approximately 6:40 p.m. local time.
The tournament starts players with 30,000 in chips and plays 40-minute levels throughout.
The surviving players from each starting flight will return for Day 2 action at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 21. Those who make it through the day will then come back at the same time on Friday, October 22 to play down to a winner.
Once again, PokerNews will offer live updates from start to finish, so be sure to mark your calendar now.
Click here for a look at the full Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series schedule.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Eychenne |
185,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
Christian Dressler |
175,500
175,500
|
175,500 |
Jose Reyes |
158,500
158,500
|
158,500 |
Giovani Torre |
156,500
156,500
|
156,500 |
Sean Davidson
|
155,500
46,900
|
46,900 |
Brad Sailor |
127,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
John Lopez |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Danny Illingworth |
109,500
-50,500
|
-50,500 |
Alan Findlay |
108,500
-200
|
-200 |
Brett Apter |
100,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
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Grant Giftwood
|
97,500
77,500
|
77,500 |
Dennis Hayley
|
81,500
57,000
|
57,000 |
Huhynil Hong
|
61,000
-12,400
|
-12,400 |
Cliff Conners
|
50,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
Jerome Makonen
|
47,000
23,600
|
23,600 |
Arman Sogomonian |
45,500
-24,200
|
-24,200 |
Noam Fater |
14,000
-54,700
|
-54,700 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kennie Garrison |
265,500
142,100
|
142,100 |
Todd Dublin
|
159,500
-500
|
-500 |
Neal Corcoran |
146,500
146,500
|
146,500 |
Ken Baime |
135,500
82,100
|
82,100 |
Ethan Yau |
115,500
-34,500
|
-34,500 |
|
||
Maxwell Young |
103,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
Nancy Matson |
26,500
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
||
Kevin Garosshen |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Jerry Robinson |
18,000
-197,000
|
-197,000 |
Ian Matakis | Busted | |
|
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Kyna England | Busted | |
Vinny Pahuja | Busted | |
Jason Seitz | Busted | |
Daniel Marx | Busted |
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 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.
Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."
Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:
Place | Player | Hometown | Main Event Final Tables |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Alsup | New Hope, Minnesota | 12 |
2 | Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 10 |
3 | Rob WazWaz | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 9 |
4 | Blake Bohn | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 9 |
5 | Jason Bender | Keota, Iowa | 9 |
6 | Aaron Johnson | Red Wing, Minnesota | 9 |
7 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley, Minnesota | 8 |
8 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 |
9 | Adam Friedman | Gahann, Ohio | 8 |
10 | Joe Matheson | Monticello, Minnesota | 7 |
The late registration/re-buy period has ended for Day 1b with 405 entries, bringing the grand total to 790 over the first two staring flights and the tournament clock reads 162 players remining.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players are on a 60-minute dinner break, late registration will close upon return.