$1,100 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

10-19-2019 15:36 UTC

Welcome To Day 1b of the 2019 Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic $1,100 Main Event

HillKerby

The 2019 Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic $1,100 Main Event sees its second and final flight Saturday.

Friday’s Day 1a drew 157 entries with 27 players already having advanced to Sunday’s Day 2 for this $300,000 guaranteed prize pool event, and like the first heat, cards are set to get in the air at noon local time. Day 1b is expected to be even larger: players such as Ian Matakis, Jesse Rockowitz, Mark Bloomberg, and Blake Bohn were among those who did not advance yesterday, and at least some of them are expected to be seen back in on the action when it begins.

Players will receive 20,000 in starting chips and play 14 levels for the day, each of 40 minutes in length. Blinds will start at 100/100 and finish at 1,500/3,000/3,000 with 10-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels of play and a 40-minute dinner break after Level 8.

Unlimited reentries are available, meaning players may fire as many times as they desire while the registration period is open. Registration closes at the beginning of Level 12 at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time.

Will anybody come close to Day 1a chip leader Jeff Petronack’s 377,500 in chips from this second and final flight? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.

Tags: Blake Bohn Ian Matakis Jesse Rockowitz Mark Bloomberg Jeff Petronack

10-19-2019 17:07 UTC

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

HillKerby

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

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10-19-2019 17:44 UTC

Past Champions Join

HillKerby

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Previous Fall Classic Main Event Champions Brad Berman (2006 and 2009) and Kou Vang (2010) have been spotted in their seats as of a few minutes ago. They are not the only ones to have recently entered, as a field size of 45 when cards went in the air has now almost doubled, having reached 89 entries just a few minutes into Level 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Berman	20,000
Kou Vang	20,000

Tags: Brad Berman Kou Vang

10-19-2019 18:17 UTC

Peppe Commentates His Own Hand

HillKerby

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

The hijack opened to 700 and was three-bet by Vic Peppe, who was on the button, to 1,300. The small blind then cold four-bet to 3,100, getting a fold from the hijack and a call from Peppe.

The flop came and the small blind checked.

"Did you miss ace-king?" said Peppe, throwing out a bet of 2,000. The small blind called. "Oh my God, he's got aces!" he added after being called. The turn was .

""I can't bet," said Peppe as he tapped the felt to bring the river . Both players checked again to take the hand to showdown.

"I win," said Peppe, tabling upon checking back. His opponent sent his cards to the muck and the pot was shipped to Peppe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vic Peppe	41,200 21,200	21,200

Tags: Vic Peppe

10-19-2019 20:08 UTC

Bohn Coolered for Stacks

HillKerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Andrew Johnson was under the gun and opened the action with a raise to 1,000. He received a call from the player on his left in early position before action folded around to Blake Bohn, who three-bet to 3,200 from the cutoff. Action made its way back to Johnson and he four-bet to 10,000. The early-position player folded to put action back on Bohn, who announced he was all in. Johnson quickly called, tabling his hand immediately afterwards. Bohn saw the news and reluctantly turned his over for the runout as well.

Blake Bohn:
Andrew Johnson:

Bohn was unable to improve as the runout came , leaving his kings up to be second best via an unavoidable cooler that sent him back to the cashier to fire another bullet. He has since taken another seat and has been given more chips with which to play, having wasted no time in doing so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Johnson	69,800 69,800	69,800
Blake Bohn	20,000

Tags: Andrew Johnson Blake Bohn

10-19-2019 20:26 UTC

"3 Putts" Makes Five Clubs

HillKerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player made it 1,000 to go from uner the gun and defending champion Nghia Le, known locally as "3 Putts" went all in over the top for 7,500 from middle position. Action folded around to the small blind, who asked for a count before announcing a call.

Action was then on Eric Eelkema, who was in the big blind and announced he was all in as well. The original opener folded and the small blind verbalized a call for a three-way all-in preflop situation.

Nghia Le:
Eric Eelkema:
Small Blind:

The small blind covered both players but was also the furthest behind in the hand. Meanwhile, "3 Putts" found his suited big slick also firmly behind Eelkema's pair of aces. The flop came , giving "3 Putts" nine clubs plus the case king in the deck as outs for the triple. The turn was clean, leaving Eelkema out in front but the river that fell behind it gave "3 Putts" the nuts, earning him the triple along the way while Eelkema's aces were second-best and still good for the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nghia Le	24,000 -14,500	-14,500
Eric Eelkema	17,600 -7,300	-7,300

Tags: Eric Eelkema Nghia Le

10-19-2019 21:05 UTC

Berman Cracks Matakis' Kings

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Ian Matakis was under the gun and raised to 1,200. He was called by the cutoff as well as Scotter Clark, who was on the button. Brad Berman then three-bet all in for 15,500 from the small blind. When action was back on Matakis, he announced he was all in and both the cutoff and Clark got out the way.

Brad Berman:
Ian Matakis:

Upon seeing Matakis' hand, Berman remarked that he did not like his chances as he tabled his own. He liked his chances much better as the flop came , giving him nine newly-found outs. One of those nine came on the turn to score him the flush and the double as the river fell to finish the runout.

Matakis confirmed the amount and sent the chips to the dealer to pay off Berman, bringing him back to under starting stack after appearing to have chipped up a bit in the recent past.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Berman	34,400 -1,900	-1,900
Scotter Clark	33,500 11,300	11,300
Ian Matakis	15,200 -1,200	-1,200

Tags: Brad Berman Ian Matakis Scotter Clark

10-19-2019 21:55 UTC

Matakis Finds a Double

HillKerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Ian Matakis had gotten stacks in from early position with action from Tam Le, who was in the cutoff, and hands had just been tabled on a board of with about 13,000 in the middle before stacks went in.

Ian Matakis:
Tam Le:

"Nice catch," said Le as he paid what he owed. Despite the lost pot, Le appears to be one of the biggest stacks in the room, having been spotted with over 100,000 in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tam Le	106,800 74,392	74,392
Ian Matakis	37,400 22,200	22,200

Tags: Ian Matakis Tam Le

10-19-2019 22:14 UTC

Alexander Climbing Via Straight Flush

HillKerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

There was around 24,000 in the middle on a board of and action was on the big blind, who had checked and was facing a bet of 15,000 from Matt Alexander out of the cutoff. He thought for close to a minute and then tossed in chips to call.

"I have the nuts," said Alexander, tabling for a straight flush. His opponent mucked.

"That's it?" the player joked as Alexander stacked his newly-earned chips into heaping towers of varying heights, with each stack representing a different denomination of chips totaling somewhere in the range of 118,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Alexander	118,500 118,500	118,500

Tags: Matt Alexander

10-20-2019 00:09 UTC

"Captain Jack Doesn't Stab"

HillKerby

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was around 7,000 in the middle on a flop of with action heads up between Tam Le, who was under the gun, and Scotter Clark who was in middle position. Le had a bet of 7,000 out in front of him and Clark was in the process of calling. The call brought the turn and both players checked. The river then fell and both players checked once more to take the hand to showdown.

Le tabled for a queen-high straight and Clark mucked his hand. There was talk about hope that Clark was going to take a stab at the pot on one of the later streets to steal it away from Le.