$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2022 MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
979
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
523
Players Left
69
Kevin Berthelsen Leads the Field in MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship Main Event Day 1c
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After 15 full levels of play, The field is set for Day 2 after the final Day 1 flight has concluded. A total of 69 surviving players found bags to join the 53 players from the previous two days.
A total of 523 players took part in today's flight, bringing the total number of entries to 979.
Bagging the biggest stack on the day was Kevin Berthelsen with 490,000, although Cody Wells was just barely behind him with 485,000 himself. Both players were vying for the top spot as the end of the day drew near and will both take healthy stacks into Day 2 tomorrow.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Berthelsen | 490,000 | 98 |
| 2 | Cody Wells | 485,000 | 97 |
| 3 | Skyler Wynn | 398,000 | 80 |
| 4 | Craig Trost | 373,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Donald Dukate | 371,000 | 74 |
| 6 | Mike Estes | 369,000 | 74 |
| 7 | Wesley Cannon | 369,000 | 74 |
| 8 | Kyle Wagner | 356,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Sam Hanson | 349,000 | 70 |
| 10 | Luke Blindert | 296,000 | 59 |
Not all players were fortunate enough to find a bag on this final chance to do so. The likes of Mitchell Bank, Ron Kruk, Rob Wazwaz, Jason Ramos, Ryan Scully, Craig Welko, and Chad Holloway all fell short of the goal.
Jeffrey Copeland (56,000) had one of the highlight hands of the night when he flopped a set against two players who both had flushes. Of course, the Saint Louisan boated up on the river to carry him to a Day 2 stack. '
Sam Hanson (349,000) was down to just 10,000 in level 10 before picking up aces and holding against a huge draw. He managed to spin that 10,000 into a top-ten stack by the end of the night.
Day 2 will begin at 11:00 a.m. local time tomorrow in level 14 with 5:07 left on the clock, the earliest level reached by any of the flights.
That does it for our coverage tonight. Tune back in tomorrow here at PokerNews when all players combine for a Day 2 that will play down to our next Iowa State Poker Champion.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | CHIP COUNT |
| 1 | 1 | Kevin Berthelsen | 490,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Ross Ferger | 156,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Vince Wolreb | 184,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Lenard Adams | 244,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Bradley Beetz | 318,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Robert Whittman | 77,000 |
| 1 | 7 | David Gutfreund | 240,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Scotter Clark | 132,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Albert Morrow | 68,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Tyler Yates | 347,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Gabe Neighbors | 144,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Matt Mallams | 74,000 |
| 2 | 4 | William Rothschild | 199,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jian Le Huang | 51,000 |
| 2 | 6 | James Duda | 209,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Travis Gayle | 67,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Brandon Reyes | 156,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Yanni Orfanos | 98,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Joseph McCray | 97,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Ramon Ziadeh | 267,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Skyler Wynn | 398,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Mark Lafata | 103,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Lucas Tae | 125,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Piyush Mittel | 120,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Tim Garles | 356,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Elizabeth Ethridge | 269,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Donza Worder | 134,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Spence Madole | 145,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Marshall Lagani | 288,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Lucas Kulbe | 199,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Larry Garrett | 86,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Cody Wells | 485,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Dan Hendrickson | 204,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Josh Reichard | 116,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Loren Rice | 151,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Scott Vetter | 79,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Jesse Bowman | 140,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Paul Cogliano | 132,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Austin Pasker | 231,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Russell Regan | 148,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Dallas Schmidt | 233,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Sarah Stefan | 312,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Dannis Rawlings | 68,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Roger Gill | 139,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Dennis Stevermer | 223,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Jeff McNuters | 71,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Jeremy Calverley | 156,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Mike Estes | 369,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Eric Atchison | 354,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Jason Bender | 257,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Ben Rasmussen | 171,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Keith Heine | 125,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Dewayne Merkel | 150,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Jeff Grimes | 43,000 |
| 7 | 1 | John Dennehey | 213,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Dan Bekavac | 1,183,000 |
| 7 | 3 | John Oetker | 60,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Sam Hanson | 349,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Steve Dill | 125,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Berk | 122,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Nick Haywood | 97,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Jeff Fielder | 258,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Al Carpenter | 159,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Aaron Johnson | 249,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Nicholas Lagos | 251,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Donald Dukate | 371,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Jason Behling | 233,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Kenneth Auker | 150,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Ferrarotti | 168,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Scott Clark | 85,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Robin Leonard | 91,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Kaleb Dunn | 117,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Jun Kim | 225,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Jason Gross | 280,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Bradley Nitzsche | 243,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Ian Dean | 59,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Caleb Gilnam | 55,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Mark Vasey | 150,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Isidro Sandoval | 290,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Michael Anderson | 146,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Wesley Cannon | 369,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Steve Pelkofer | 22,000 |
| 10 | 2 | "Vegas Victor" Gayheart | 273,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Sepiol | 262,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Jonathan Kim | 124,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Stefan Cvetkovski | 90,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Gary Olson II | 274,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Dustin Melius | 269,000 |
| 10 | 8 | Adam Balome | 57,000 |
| 11 | 1 | John Mingus | 296,000 |
| 11 | 2 | CJ Peake | 176,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Dean S | 37,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Shawn Bloomhuff | 97,000 |
| 11 | 5 | David McKim | 282,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Ben Hanson | 293,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Andrew Torello | 104,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Todd Bartlett | 111,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Mickey Stuefer | 182,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Bryan Flitcraft | 184,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Stanley Webb | 167,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Casey Temper | 113,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Randy Perkins | 445,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Robert Moreno | 197,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Kyle Wagner | 356,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Taylor Howard | 52,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Tony Sedlak | 124,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Dan Schmidt | 234,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Sam Rothschild | 385,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Byron Ziebell | 286,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Gary Watson | 128,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Renato Spahio | 94,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Gary L. Vick | 258,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Jeffrey Copeland | 56,000 |
| 13 | 9 | Sean Larson | 92,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Craig Trost | 373,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Angela Jordison | 254,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Luke Blindert | 296,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Joe Barnard | 93,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Chris Lee | 106,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Terrance Jarmon | 87,000 |
| 14 | 7 | William Koenig | 227,000 |
| 14 | 8 | John Joachim | 227,000 |
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
485,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
398,000
155,500
|
155,500 |
|
373,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
371,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
369,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
369,000 | |
|
356,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
349,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
296,000
230,800
|
230,800 |
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
274,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
269,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
267,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
257,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
244,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
|
243,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
234,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
|
233,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
223,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
213,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
|
209,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
Play Over for the Night
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Flight 1c played the full 15 levels and is over for the evening. A full recap of the day's action will be provided shortly.
Big Stacks as Night Draws to a Close, Four More Hands
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 10 minutes left on the clock, here are a few of the biggest stacks in the room. They will play four more hands before bagging for tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
487,000 | |
|
|
464,000 | |
|
|
403,000 | |
|
|
350,000 | |
|
|
328,000 |
Registration Closed, Prize Pool Information Released
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A total of 979 entrants took their shot at the Main Event. The first-place winner will go home with an impressive $180,145 and the trophy. The top 99 players guarantee themselves $2,276.
| Place | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $180,145 | 19-21 | $7,775 |
| 2 | $110,924 | 22-24 | $6,542 |
| 3 | $81,444 | 25-27 | $5,404 |
| 4 | $61,628 | 28-36 | $4,172 |
| 5 | $46,458 | 37-45 | $3,224 |
| 6 | $35,081 | 46-54 | $2,939 |
| 7 | $27,496 | 55-63 | $2,750 |
| 8 | $21,807 | 64-72 | $2,560 |
| 9 | $17,066 | 73-81 | $2,465 |
| 10-12 | $13,274 | 82-90 | $2,370 |
| 13-15 | $11,378 | 91-99 | $2,276 |
Dennehy Gets It All With King High
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
There was about 20,000 in the four-way pot with a board of 
. The player in middle position bet 7,000 before a player on his left moved all in for about 70,000.
John Dennehy thought for a while before grabbing his chips and slamming them into the middle as well, about 100,000.
"That makes my decision easier," said the original bettor who let his cards go.
All-in player; 
John Dennehy: 
"Yes! I was hoping he was on that," said Dennehy.
The board ran out 
to lock up the big pot for Dennehy.
"Nice shove," said the player who bet 7,000 on the flop, as it turns out both other players folded a four that would have turned trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
213,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Orfanos Calls Eight for an Eight
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
An early position player raised to 8,000 and found three callers, Yanni Orfanos in middle position, the button player, and the big blind.
The flop was a monotone 
and the preflop raiser continued for 17,000. Orfanos called, the other two players folded.
The turn was the 
and Orfanos saw his opponent check. He moved all in quickly for 78,000 and saw his opponent fold his cards quickly.
Orfanos showed 
for the flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
141,000
141,000
|
141,000 |