Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
We're back for more Mid-States Poker Tour coverage after a couple of weeks off. When we last checked in on the MSPT, Nebraskan Matthew Anderson took down MSPT Meskwaki for just over $100,000.
The room is eerily silent here on the second floor of Canterbury Park Casino in Shakopee, Minn., absent the usual hustle and bustle of the time just before an MSPT event. You wouldn't know it at the moment, but over 100 players will soon fill the room for Day 1a of MSPT Canterbury Park. The very first stop in MSPT history was here, drawing 130 players total, but nowadays the fields here are consistently north of 350.
We'll play 14 40-minute levels today, starting at 50/100, with each player wielding 20,000 in chips to start. Breaks will be given every three levels, and one reentry will be allowed for each player per starting day. The dealers are now taking their seats, and we'll be bringing so all of the live updates right here on PokerNews, so don't go anywhere.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
Those were the orders of the tournament director, and we're off.
Here are some of the players we recognized when we walked through the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Steele |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jason Sell |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Mark Hodge |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Eric Loehr |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Curtis Biloki |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Taylor Tollefson |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jeremy Dresch |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Sam Desilva
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Matt Kirby |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Judd Greenagel |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Lance Harris |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Bill Romer |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
DJ Buckley |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
We didn't see how it happened, but Lance Harris appears to have collected all but the last few chips of one unfortunate opponent to his left. According to Harris, he opened the button with and called a three-bet from the blinds. After flopping a combo draw, he called another bet before hitting his straight on the turn. His opponent got overaggressive with tens in the hole and was drawing dead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lance Harris |
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Judd Greenagel bet 750 after two checks on a flop. Only the small blind called, and the prompted two checks. A hit the river, and Greenagel's opponent bet 1,000. Greenagel sighed before tossing out a call.
Greenagel turned over , and he took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Judd Greenagel |
22,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
We didn't see the action, but Tom Hammers doubled up with on a board of . His unfortunate opponent's had flopped two pair and been counterfeited on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Hammers |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
Sponsored pros Blake Bohn and Matthew Alexander are among the recent entrants.
Just landed in MN with @mattwhoibe heading to @CanterburyCards to play the @msptpoker got to keep tryingFollow @bkbohn
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Seitz | 20,000 | |
Peixin Liu | 20,000 | |
Christian Pham | 20,000 | |
|
||
Aaron Johnson | 20,000 | |
Brett Kuznia
|
20,000 | |
Todd Breyfogle | 20,000 | |
Jason Smith | 20,000 | |
Jon Hanner | 20,000 | |
Blake Bohn | 20,000 | |
Steve Belland | 20,000 | |
Rob Wazwaz | 20,000 | |
|
||
Matthew Alexander | 20,000 |