2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Justin Thurlow
Prize
$47,635
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
376
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
219
Players Left
35

Matakis Hits 100K With Three Streets of Value

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

Ian Matakis opened to 3,300 from middle position and saw Marc Schubbe defend his big blind to take action heads up to a flop of {8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{k-Spades}. Schubbe check-called a continuation-bet of 3,500 from Matakis and the turn came {2-Spades}. Schubbe checked again and Matakis continued, firing out another 11,500. Schubbe called.

The river came {5-Clubs} and Schubbe checked once more. Matakis deliberated for about 35 seconds and then threw out a bet of 22,500. Schubbe went into the tank for about the same amount of time and then dropped in a chip to call.

Matakis tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair of kings with a queen kicker. Schubbe mucked, flashing {k-}{j-} before sending his cards face-down to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
WSOP 1X Winner
106,000 85,000
Marc Schubbe us
Marc Schubbe
46,200 -39,800

Tags: Ian MatakisMarc Schubbe

Clark Finds a Double

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

Tam Le saw action folded to him in the hijack and opened to 4,500. Scotter Clark was on the button and three-bet all in. Action made its way back to Le and he called to send the two off to the races.

Scotter Clark: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Tam Le: {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

Le had called with a small pair and was slightly ahead of Clark as the flop fell {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}. He now needed to fade the eight jacks and tens in addition to the six kings and queens that remained in the deck due to Clark picking up straight and counterfeit two pair outs. The turn {7-Diamonds} gave him three more cards to fade at a counterfeit. However, Clark was unable to miss as the river fell {10-Hearts} to give him a straight and lock in the double.

Player Chips Progress
Tam Le us
Tam Le
75,100 -41,000
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
48,400 26,600

Tags: Scotter ClarkTam Le

Luhm Wins Biggest Pot of the Night So Far

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

There was around 20,500 in the middle on a board reading {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} with action heads up between Stuart Luhm in the big blind and Shelly Morrill, who was on the button. Luhm checked to Morrill, who put out a bet of 12,000. Luhm went into the tank for over a half-minute.

"All in," he said softly. Morrill took about three seconds before announcing a call.

Stuart Luhm: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}
Shelly Morrill: {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

Luhm had top two pair with the nut flush draw and was poised to deliver a chilling cooler to Morrill for a pot that would end up being greater than 200,000 as long as he could fade the last two fives in the deck. The river fell {7-Diamonds} to earn him the double and he pushed his stack forward to be counted. It was totaled to be 93,300 and Morrill paid it off, taking her under a six-figure stack despite being solidly above average. On the other hand, Luhm has likely taken over the chip lead with a monstrous stack of 210,200.

Player Chips Progress
Stuart Luhm us
Stuart Luhm
210,200 210,200
Shelly Morrill us
Shelly Morrill
90,200 -93,800

Tags: Shelly MorrillStuart Luhm

Stevermeyer Gets the Real Big Blind Special

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

A player shoved all in from early position for a little over starting stack and action folded around to Dennis Stevermer, who was in the big blind and called.

All-In Player: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Dennis Stevermer: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

Stevermer's bullets remained on top as the board ran out {k-Spades}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, dodging his opponent's gutter to Broadway to see the pot shipped his way when the hand was finished.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Stevermer us
Dennis Stevermer
80,200 30,600

Tags: Dennis Stevermer

Field at 217

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

The tournament clock reads 217 entries with 30 minutes left in Level 11. There will be a 10-minute break at the end of the level that represents the last opportunity to enter or reenter the tournament. The $300,000 guaranteed prize pool has already been surpassed and the field still looks to grow over the last 40 minutes of registration.

A Bunch of Chip Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mario Hudson us
Mario Hudson
167,800 96,600
Matt Alexander us
Matt Alexander
94,000 -20,000
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
90,500 54,900
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
87,800 67,500
Marc Schubbe us
Marc Schubbe
86,000 -3,000
Jesse Rockowitz us
Jesse Rockowitz
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 28,200
Andrew Johnson us
Andrew Johnson
54,700 -2,100
David Delaney us
David Delaney
53,500 19,300
Steven Belland us
Steven Belland
53,200 10,300
Thomas Powers us
Thomas Powers
49,900 6,500
Dennis Stevermer us
Dennis Stevermer
49,600 17,600
Robert Galinson us
Robert Galinson
48,100 8,100
Peter Bigelow us
Peter Bigelow
48,000 16,100
Everett Carlton us
Everett Carlton
44,800 29,200
Daniel Favreau us
Daniel Favreau
41,400 -30,600
Nghia Le us
Nghia Le
33,000 18,500
Bill Perpich us
Bill Perpich
25,500 3,500
Pat Kenney us
Pat Kenney
22,800 22,800
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
21,800 -38,400
Steve Wazwaz us
Steve Wazwaz
16,000 -7,500
Ahmed Taleb us
Ahmed Taleb
Busted
Thai Ding us
Thai Ding
Busted
Eric Eelkema us
Eric Eelkema
Busted
Mike Schneider us
Mike Schneider
Busted
Jon Hanner us
Jon Hanner
Busted

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Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Johnson's Kicker Plays

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

There was a little over 7,000 in the middle as heads-up action between Kou Vang in the hijack and Roger Johnson on the button checked through the flop {a-Spades}{5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

The turn was {7-Clubs} and Vang checked again. Johnson put out a bet of 3,200 and Vang thought for a few moments before making the call. Both players checked on the river {q-Diamonds}.

Vang announced a king, showing {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Johnson showed one better, tabling {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}. The dealer confirmed that the jack kicker played and Vang turned his cards over and sent them into range for the dealer to scoop them up and begin washing the deck for the next hand after sending Johnson the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Roger Johnson us
Roger Johnson
115,000
Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
97,600 11,100

Tags: Kou VangRoger Johnson

Varland Finds New Life

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

Kim Varland shoved all in for 15,100 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who made the call.

Kim Varland: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Big Blind: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

Varland was in trouble with her dominated hand but picked up a few more outs on the flop {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}. The turn came {a-Diamonds} to take her original three outs away, leaving her with just the four nines in the deck to fill up her gutshot straight draw. The river fell {9-Spades} to do just that and gave her a double, leaving her opponent to exclaim that the situation was bull s**t as he paid off the necessary amount.

Player Chips Progress
Kim Varland us
Kim Varland
32,000 32,000

Tags: Kim Varland

Whammy Makes Like His Name; Sends Maas To Rail

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

Sam DeSilva, better known as Sammy Whammy around the poker community saw action folded to him on the button and pumped it up to 3,600. Joseph Maas defended his big blind and the flop fell {6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

Maas announced he was all in and Whammy immediately tossed a chip forward in the air to the center of the table to call, tabling his hand as the chip landed on the felt.

Joseph Maas: {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Sammy Whammy: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Maas' bottom pair was in need of improvement to stay alive and would not get the help he needed as the turn {10-Diamonds} and river {k-Hearts} left him with a second-best hand and no further chips with which to play.

Meanwhile, short-stacked Pat Kenney previously had a seat at the table and has since been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Sammy Whammy us
Sammy Whammy
88,500 88,500
Joseph Maas us
Joseph Maas
Busted
Pat Kenney us
Pat Kenney
Busted

Tags: Joseph MaasSammy Whammy