2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

$2,500 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Ian Matakis
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$32,242
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
28
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
8,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
28
Players Left
8

Final Table Redraw

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Williams was eliminated from the tournament immediately after the final table was reached, meaning nine players still remained when Cody Espeseth took his seat. Vic Peppe also just rebought, bringing the total number of entries in the field up to 28 with 10 players again remaining. Here is the seat draw for the final table.

TableSeatPlayer
11Daniel Schmidtknecht
12Jeff Petronack
13Blake Bohn
14Jon Hanner
15Mark Bloomberg
16Cody Espeseth
17Kou Vang
18Joseph Beasy
19Vic Peppe
110Ian Matakis
Player Chips Progress
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
30,000
30,000
30,000
Michael Williams us
Michael Williams
Busted

Tags: Cody EspesethMichael WilliamsVic Peppe

Koppel Runs Into the Flopped Nuts; Matakis Takes Huge Chip Lead

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Ian Matakis
Ian Matakis

Jared Koppel was just seen getting up from his seat and exiting the tournament area, wishing Ian Matakis a nice hand as he left. Matakis was kind enough to recount the hand, saying that opened to 4,000 from the hijack and received a call from Koppel.

The two went heads up to a flop of {4-}{7-}{5-} (rainbow) and Koppel checked. Matakis made a continuation-bet of 4,000 and Koppel called. The turn came {q-Spades} and Koppel continued with another bet of 21,000. Matakis called.

The river fell {2-} and Koppel shoved for his remaining chips. Matakis called.

Jared Koppel: {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Ian Matakis: {8-Spades}{6-Spades}

Koppel's top pair of queens was no good versus Matakis' flopped straight and he hit the rail in tenth place, bringing the tournament down to nine players for a split second, resulting in the field being condensed down to one table.

However, Cody Espeseth has fired again upon seeing the tables breaking. As a result, the final table is now being played ten-handed with around 40 minutes left in the registration period. An updated redraw will be provided shortly for the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
196,700
77,200
77,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Cody Espeseth us
Cody Espeseth
30,000
30,000
30,000
Jared Koppel us
Jared Koppel
Busted

Tags: Jared KoppelIan MatakisCody Espeseth

Chip Counts from Table 1

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Here are the chip counts from the five players on Table 1 as Level 12 has begun. This is the final level to enter or reenter the tournament: there will be a 10-minute break at the conclusion of this level and registration will close at the completion of the upcoming break.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
119,500
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Bloomberg us
Mark Bloomberg
89,000
13,900
13,900
Jared Koppel us
Jared Koppel
81,000
-17,900
-17,900
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
73,500
8,300
8,300
Michael Williams us
Michael Williams
29,600
-17,200
-17,200

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Chip Counts from Table 2

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Dennis Stevermer was recently eliminated from Table 2 to bring the total number of players down to 10, spread across two tables of five. Here are updated chip counts from Table 2 as Level 11 comes to a close.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Schmidtknecht us
Daniel Schmidtknecht
107,000
13,800
13,800
Jon Hanner us
Jon Hanner
88,400
-4,200
-4,200
Jeff Petronack us
Jeff Petronack
88,000
-28,200
-28,200
Joseph Beasy us
Joseph Beasy
39,000
-10,500
-10,500
Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
34,000
10,200
10,200
Dennis Stevermer us
Dennis Stevermer
Busted

Matakis Picks off Bloomberg

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Ian Matakis completed his small blind upon action being folded to him and Mark Bloomberg checked his option to take action heads up to a flop of {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Matakis checked to Bloomberg, who bet 4,000.

The turn came {a-Clubs} and Matakis checked again. Bloomberg put out another bet of 6,000 and Matakis made the call.

The river fell {4-Spades} and Matakis checked once more. Bloomberg fired a third barrel for 10,000 to send Matakis into the tank. Thirty seconds later, he put out two T5,000 chips to call.

"Good call," said Bloomberg, tabling {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a missed flush draw that became a pair of fours on the river. Matakis showed {q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for a pair of queens and took down the pot, bringing him over 100,000 in chips with less than 10 minutes left in Level 11.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
103,500
20,500
20,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Bloomberg us
Mark Bloomberg
75,100
23,100
23,100

Tags: Ian MatakisMark Bloomberg

Peppe Cooked

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Vic Peppe
Vic Peppe

There was around 8,600 in the middle from preflop action between Ian Matakis in the cutoff, and Vic Peppe, who was in the big blind. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{6-Spades} and Peppe checked. Matakis bet 6,000 and Peppe thought for a few seconds before putting in chips to call.

The turn came {j-Hearts} and Peppe jammed in his last 28,900. Matakis quickly called.

Vic Peppe: {q-}{10-}
Ian Matakis: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Peppe's had flopped top pair and turned an open-ended straight draw prior to committing the last of his chips. However, he found himself up against Matakis' two pair and was in need of hitting one of the ten cards in the deck that would keep him alive. He was unable to do so as the river fell {5-Spades}, leaving him out of chips as he got up from his seat, congratulated Matakis on a nice hand, and wished the rest of the table good luck before exiting the tournament area, bringing the number of remaining players to 11 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
83,000
33,400
33,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
Busted

Tags: Ian MatakisVic Peppe

Matakis Fires Away

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There was 9,300 in the middle on a board of {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} with heads-up action between Michael Williams in the big blind and Ian Matakis, who was on the button. Williams checked. Matakis bet 5,500 and Williams put in chips to call.

The river came {q-Clubs} and Williams checked again. Matakis put out a stack of chips that looked to be 14,500, and Williams thought for a few moments before giving up contention of the hand and sending his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
49,600
29,500
29,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Williams us
Michael Williams
46,800
-51,600
-51,600

Tags: Ian MatakisMichael Williams

Petronack Hits Six Figures

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There was over 35,000 in the middle on a board of {6-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs} with heads up action between Jeff Petronack in the small blind and Daniel Schmidtknecht, who was in the hijack. Both players checked.

The river came {4-Hearts} and Petronack threw out a bet of 15,000. Schmidtknecht went into the tank for about a minute and then sent his cards to the muck, bringing him below the 100,000-chip mark with Petronack finding himself having eclipsed that same mark with the recently-won pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Petronack us
Jeff Petronack
116,200
28,800
28,800
Daniel Schmidtknecht us
Daniel Schmidtknecht
93,200
-13,800
-13,800

Tags: Daniel SchmidtknechtJeff Petronack