$2,500 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park
$2,500 High Roller
Day: 1
Jon Hanner Bags Day 1 Chip Lead in 2019 Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic $2,500 High Roller
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The Canterbury Park 2019 Fall Poker Classic $2,500 High Roller has seen 14 levels play to their conclusion and Day 1 is in the books. When play began, only five players were in their seats. However, that number doubled in the first 10 minutes and eventually reached a total of 28 entries.
Of those 28, just eight remain and Jon Hanner (204,000) was the one to find himself atop the counts when chips went into bags. Hanner was one of the first to join the tournament, resulting in him playing one of the longest days of all participants in the field. Despite the early start, he spent the first eight-plus levels with roughly a starting stack.
Then he picked up back-to-back hands, doubling up with queen-jack to the ace-queen of Cody Espeseth and knocking him out the following hand after his pocket jacks held versus Espeseth’s ace-queen suited. All of a sudden, Hanner was near 100,000 in chips and would stay there until just before the end of the night when he ran pocket queens into then-chip leader Ian Matakis’ pocket jacks to double and claim the chip lead.
Matakis finished the day fourth in chips with 119,500, just behind Vic Peppe (135,000) and Joseph Beasy (120,000). Like Hanner, Matakis spent much of the day grinding, finding the felt and reentering before beginning to build. He hit a quarter-million in chips at one point and appeared to be a lock as end-of-day chip leader before running his jacks into Hanner’s queens. Nonetheless, he will be one of the four players taking an above-average stack into Day 2.
The other four players to find a bag were Daniel Schmidtknecht (84,000), Blake Bohn (71,500), Jeff Petronack (57,000), and Kou Vang (51,000). All eight will return for Day 2 on Friday for the scheduled 12:30 p.m. restart.
Players will come back to the beginning of Level 15 (2,000/4,000/4,000) with 40-minute levels until a winner has been determined. Come back to PokerNews to catch the finale.
Play Finished (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Play has concluded for the day and the final eight players have put their chips into bags for a 12-plus-hour hiatus. Official chip counts have been provided and a recap of the day's action will soon follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
204,000 | 15,000 |
|
135,000 | 2,000 |
|
120,000 | 2,000 |
|
119,500 | -12,500 |
|
84,000 | 2,000 |
|
71,500 | 18,500 |
|
57,000 | 1,000 |
|
51,000 | 3,000 |
Beasy Rips It
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Blake Bohn opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and was called by Jon Hanner, who was on the button. Joseph Beasy defended his big blind to take action three ways to the flop 
. Action checked to Hanner, who put out a bet of 7,000. Beasy called and Bohn quickly got out of their way.
The turn fell 
and Beasy led out for 15,000. Hanner called. The river came 
and Beasy slid forward his remaining chips, totaling around 53,000. Hanner thought for about 40 seconds and then let his cards go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
189,000 | -21,500 |
|
|
118,000 | 23,500 |
|
|
53,000 | -24,500 |
Three More Hands
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The 
was drawn among the cards available to signify the number of hands that would be played before concluding for the evening.
Vang Chips Up Some More
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Kou Vang pumped it up to 6,500 from under the gun and received a call from Daniel Schmidtknecht, who was on the cutoff. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and Vang fired a continuation-bet of 6,500. Schmidtknecht called.
Both players checked through the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Vang showed 
for two pair, kings and jacks with a queen kicker and Schmidtknecht mucked, earning him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | -7,000 |
|
|
48,000 | 16,000 |
Hanner Takes Chip Lead With Biggest Pot of the Tournament
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Stacks got all in preflop between Jon Hanner in the big blind and Ian Matakis, who was in the hijack. Hanner was at risk for his tournament life.
Jon Hanner: 
Ian Matakis:
Matakis's jacks were way behind Hanner's queens as the flop fell 
, bringing his total number of outs from two down to one due to the fact that a diamond would give Hanner a flush. The turn 
and river 
were clean for Hanner and he secured the double. He pushed his chips forward and they were totaled to be 103,000.
After paying off the chips, Matakis now has 132,000; meanwhile, Hanner has taken the chip lead as the only player with over 200,000 in chips in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,500 | 109,500 |
|
|
132,000 | -111,000 |
Peppe Makes the Nuts
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Vic Peppe limped in from the hijack and saw Jeff Petronack complete his small blind. Blake Bohn was in the big blind but was not involved in the hand by the flop 
, where both Petronack and Peppe checked. The turn came 
and Petronack bet 6,000. Peppe called.
The river fell and Petronack bet 10,000. Peppe clicked it back, throwing out a minimum raise to 20,000. Petronack thought for a bit, holding 10,000 in chips in his hand. Eventually, he tossed them into the pot.
Peppe showed 
for the nut flush, getting a muck from Petronack to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,000 | 64,500 |
|
|
56,000 | -69,000 |
Vang Gets a Shove Through
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joseph Beasy limped in from under the gun and action folded around to Jon Hanner, who completed his small blind. Kou Vang was in the big blind and checked his cards before announcing that he was all in. Beasy quickly folded.
With action back on Hanner, he asked for a count which was totaled to be 23,000. He decided it was a bit much and sent his cards to the muck, earning Vang the pot in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 | -27,500 |
|
|
94,500 | -3,500 |
|
|
32,000 | 13,500 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000