$1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic

$1,100 Main Event

Day 1c Completed

12-11-2022 00:43 UTC-5

Jesse West Leads 52 Players After Day 1c

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event attracted a massive 429 runners, which along with 1a's 238 and 1b’s 348, brought the total field up to 1,015 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at Running Aces.

At the end of the third and final flight, 51 players bagged and tagged with Jesse West bagging the top stack 561,000 while Stan Webb (515,000) was the only other player to bag over 500k.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Jason Whitelaw (484,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (420,000), and DJ Buckley (384,000).

$1,110 MSPT Running Aces Event Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Chip Count
1	Jesse West	561,000
2	Stan Webb	515,000
3	Jason Whitelaw	484,000
4	Blake Bohn	420,000
5	DJ Buckley	384,000
6	Andy Tran	380,000
7	Umut Ozturk	355,000
8	Nao Yang	355,000
9	Tye Rogers	328,000
10	James Lawrence	328,000

They were joined by Nik Stone (297,000), Beile Li (262,00), Jason Sell (240,000), reigning Running Aces Main Event champ Chan Pelton (196,000), CJ Peake (195,000), and last year's POY Kyna England (121,000).

Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's, Kou Vang & Rob Wazwaz, MSPT champions Mark Sandness & David Gonia and GPI's woman's POY top candidate Angela Jordison.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are (31 from Day 1a, 40 from 1b, and 52 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 11th to play down to a winner.

PokerNews will capture all the action until a winner is crowned so make sure to come back!

MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule

*Date	Time (CDT)	Tournament
Sunday, 12/11	11:00 AM	Day 2: $1,110 MSPT $300K GTD Main Event NLH (2-Day Event)
Sunday, 12/11	12:00 PM	$250 Last Chance NLH
Sunday, 12/11	3:00 PM	$135 Last Dance NLH

Tags: Andy Tran Angela Jordison Beile Li Blake Bohn Chan Peltion CJ Peake David Gonia DJ Buckley James Lawrence Jason Sell Jason Whitelaw Jesse West Leads Kou Vang Kyna England Mark Sandness Nao Yang Nik Stone Rob Wazwaz Running Aces Stan Webb Umut Ozturk

12-11-2022 00:40 UTC-5

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Count
6	1	Beile Li	262,000
6	2	Ryan Tyler	234,000
6	3	Connor Sun	127,000
6	4	Derek Stay	84,000
6	5	Sandeep Cherukuri	580,000
6	6	Brian Johnson	86,000
6	7	Arturas Astrauskas	272,000
6	8	Rodney Colson	221,000
6	9	Justin Barnum	80,000

7	1	Ezequiel Gonzalez	169,000
7	2	Stan Webb	515,000
7	3	Jun Kim	256,000
7	4	Kevin Kelly	50,000
7	5	William Criego	205,000
7	6	Jesse Haddeland	117,000
7	7	Eric Eelkema	129,000
7	8	Yer Vang	220,000
7	9	Gary Ewald	95,000

8	1	Peyton Smith	188,000
8	2	Eric Alwin	202,000
8	3	Rob Adsem	211,000
8	4	Kevin McMahon	126,000
8	5	Tom Dean	54,000
8	6	Todd Melander	92,000
8	7	Gennad Shimelfarb	178,000
8	8	Ian Dean	45,000
8	9	Scott Zwilling	100,000

9	1	Chris Trombley	224,000
9	2	Vyacheslav Mostov	238,000
9	3	Chris Moon	127,000
9	4	Nao Yang	355,000
9	5	Bradley Demotts	178,000
9	6	Gerald Cunniff	373,000
9	7	Chad Chizek	81,000
9	8	Steve Wazwaz	258,000
9	9	William Nguyen	225,000

14	1	Shane Maki	449,000
14	2	Josh Bozarth	488,000
14	3	Joe Listle	56,000
14	4	Paula Halata	71,000
14	5	Wallace Dawkins	59,000
14	6	Matt Alexander	269,000
14	7	Kelli McGuire	92,000
14	8	Saeed Ghasemimehk	134,000
14	9	Thai Dinh	129,000

15	1	Jodene Jensen	122,000
15	2	Luke Struck	326,000
15	3	Vlad Revniaga	240,000
15	4	Blake Bohn	420,000
15	5	Ian Matakis	218,000
15	6	Jason Whitelaw	484,000
15	7	Mike Schneider	146,000
15	8	James Lawrence	328,000
15	9	Wilnor Lundi	231,000

17	1	Jessica Anderson	197,000
17	2	Terence Reid	653,000
17	3	Chan Pelton	192,000
17	4	Jon Hanner	270,000
17	5	Jeremy Holmes	237,000
17	6	Dan Warner	184,000
17	7	Todd Breyfogle	209,000
17	8	Kyna England	121,000
17	9	Tye Rogers	328,000

18	1	Bruce Simmons	115,000
18	2	Bill Brudenell	150,000
18	3	Clayton Warner	196,000
18	4	Dennis Stevermer	78,000
18	5	Anthony Sedlak	363,000
18	6	Barb Blechinger	106,000
18	7	Josh Thomas	101,000
18	8	Rober Schoonover	138,000
18	9	Tommy Zabka	51,000

19	1	Adam Wiatrowski	213,000
19	2	Colden Carlson	58,000
19	3	Zak Beasy	191,000
19	4	Nick Kromschroeder	313,000
19	5	Benjamin Hafner	95,000
19	6	Ryan Yanick	134,000
19	7	Craig Fierhe	442,000
19	8	Andy Tran	380,000
19	9	Shane Stegora	90,000

20	1	Andrew Eik	206,000
20	2	DJ Buckley	384,000
20	3	Kirby Rogers	506,000
20	4	Steve Tully	131,000
20	5	Aaron Johnson	208,000
20	6	Brya Manke	37,000
20	7	Sean Giere	68,000
20	8	Dave Grandin	142,000
20	9	Alex Maas	196,000

21	1	Joshua Hersch	79,000
21	2	Janae Magnuson	118,000
21	3	Chris Knapp	278,000
21	4	Dustin Melius	234,000
21	5	CJ Peake	195,000
21	6	Jesse West	561,000
21	7	Mike Wilkow	100,000
21	8	Alex Wheeler	335,000
21	9	Jason Sell	240,000

22	1	Nik Stone	297,000
22	2	Matt Wolff	506,000
22	3	Matt Kirby	186,000
22	4	Victor Akuloff	206,000
22	5	Jon Maras	361,000
22	6	Shawn Libersky	229,000
22	7	Carter Jones	106,000
22	8	Michael Roher	98,000

24	1	Cameron Wood	83,000
24	2	Umut Ozturk	355,000
24	3	Justin Thurlow	174,000
24	4	Loki Abboud	328,000
24	5	Marc Harrell	63,000
24	6	Jesse Olberding	214,000
24	7	John Piatkowski	162,000
24	8	Matthew Przybilla	28,000
25	1	Mark Reid	108,000

25	2	Ben	Marsh
25	3	Paul Carney	69,000
25	4	Jonathan Garcia	116,000
25	5	Russell DeVilbliss	287,000
25	6	Asa	Synder
25	7	Jeffrey Campe	125,000
25	8	Anthony Scarborough	79,000

12-11-2022 00:37 UTC-5

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse West	561,000 81,000	81,000
Stan Webb	515,000 60,000	60,000
Jason Whitelaw	484,000 84,000	84,000
Blake Bohn	420,000 20,000	20,000
DJ Buckley	384,000 9,000	9,000
Andy Tran	380,000
Umut Ozturk	355,000 -29,000	-29,000
Nao Yang	355,000 10,000	10,000
Tye Rogers	328,000 -137,000	-137,000
James Lawrence	328,000 103,000	103,000
Nik Stone	297,000 75,000	75,000
Arturas Astrauskas	272,000
Beile Li	262,000 92,000	92,000
Jun Kim	256,000 56,000	56,000
Vlad Revniaga	240,000
Jason Sell	240,000 95,000	95,000
Jeremy Holmes	237,000
Ryan Tyler	234,000
Dustin Melius	234,000 44,000	44,000
Wilnor Lundi	231,000
Jesse Olberding	214,000
Eric Alwin	202,000
Jessica Anderson	197,000 -48,000	-48,000
Clayton Warner	196,000
CJ Peake	195,000 45,000	45,000

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12-11-2022 00:17 UTC-5

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The $1,100 MSPT Running Aces Main Event attracted a total of 1,015 entries through three starting flights and blew past the $500,000 GTD by more almost double and generated a 983,050 prize pool.

MSPT Running Aces $1,110 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$181,864	1,900
2	$112,074	1,700
3	$83,559	1,600
4	$61,932	1,500
5	$47,186	1,400
6	$36,373	1,300
7	$28,508	1,200
8	$21,627	1,100
9	$17,695	1,000
10-12	$13,763	900
13-15	$11,797	800
16-18	$9,634	700
19-21	$8,061	600
22-24	$6,685	500
25-27	$5,603	450
28-36	$4,324	400
37-45	$3,343	350
46-54	$3,047	300
55-63	$2,753	250
64-72	$2,556	200
73-81	$2,458	150
82-90	$2,359	100
91-99	$2,163	75
100-108	$2,064	50

12-11-2022 00:14 UTC-5

Crews Falls to Kim

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Crews opened under the gun for 14,000, and then called off his 80,000 stack after Jun Kim three-bet to 100,000 from the button.

Jason Crews:
Jun Kim:

Crews didn't like what he saw when the cards were tabled and the runout ended his night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Kim	200,000 70,000	70,000
Jason Crews	Busted

Tags: Jason Crews Jun Kim

12-11-2022 00:03 UTC-5

Most Main Event Titles

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 13 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. Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event Titleholders:

Player	Hometown	Main Event Titles
Daniel Bekavac	Chicago, IL	4
Matt Kirby	Bemidji, MN	3
Blake Bohn	Eden Prarie, MN	3
Carl Carodenuto	Bloomington, MN	3
Jeremy Dresch	Fridley, MN	2
Ben Marsh	Duluth, MN	2
John Hayes	St. Paul, MN	2
Dan Sun	Cedar Rapids, IA	2
Peixin Liu	Blaine, MN	2
Jason Zarlenga	Lansing, MI	2

12-10-2022 23:53 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse West	480,000 480,000	480,000
Tye Rogers	465,000 465,000	465,000
Stan Webb	455,000
Blake Bohn	400,000
Umut Ozturk	384,000 34,000	34,000
DJ Buckley	375,000 52,000	52,000
Nao Yang	345,000 45,000	45,000
Jessica Anderson	245,000 2,000	2,000
Bryan Manke	225,000 35,000	35,000
Nik Stone	222,000 168,000	168,000
Bill Brudenell	200,000 12,000	12,000
Kyna England	175,000 25,000	25,000
CJ Peake	150,000 125,000	125,000
Jason Sell	145,000
Ryan Yanick	136,000 -29,000	-29,000
Brian Johnson	135,000 13,000	13,000
Jun Kim	130,000 9,000	9,000
Zak Beasy	127,000 -8,000	-8,000
Thai Dinh	107,000 27,000	27,000
Todd Melander	95,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Wilklow	94,000 -56,000	-56,000
Joshua Thomas	84,000 -21,000	-21,000
Chan Pelton	80,000 20,000	20,000
Kitkat Klassen	66,000 -87,000	-87,000

12-10-2022 23:48 UTC-5

Late Night Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Whitelaw	400,000 28,000	28,000
Blake Bohn	400,000 77,000	77,000
James Lawrence	225,000 55,000	55,000
Dustin Melius	190,000 25,000	25,000
Chris Moon	90,000 15,000	15,000
Jason Crews	90,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jodene Jensen	60,000 -138,000	-138,000
Paula Halata	55,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mark Sandness	Busted
Rob Wazwaz	Busted

Sam DeSilva	Busted
Vic Peppe	Busted
Cory Cove	Busted
Kou Vang	Busted
Mike Hancock	Busted
Chad Smith	Busted

12-10-2022 23:43 UTC-5

MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang Wins High Roller

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates for 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 for the Winter Poker Classic here at Running Aces Casino.

In Event #9: $2,500 NLH MSPT Hall of Fame High Roller, 98 runners created a $225,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Ian Matakis (10th - $4,733), Justin Coliny (11th - $4,733), and MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (12th - $4,733).

In the end, it was Minnesota legend and MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $67,621

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kou Vang	$67,621
2	Sam DeSilva	$41,924
3	Terence Reid	$29,527
4	John Dennehey	$21,413
5	Rob WazWaz	$15,778
6	Loki Abboud	$11,721
7	David Grandin	$9,467
8	Carl Carodenuto	$7,664
9	Chris Trombley	$6,086