The second and final day 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event will kick off at 11 a.m. local time in Minnesota Sunday.
From 470 entries over two starting days in this final event on the MSPT Season Six schedule, a total of 93 still retain a shot at MSPT glory and the $116,103 first-place prize that comes with it.
The winner will be decided today, but first comes the fight for a spot inside the 45-player money bubble and the battle for seats at the final table.
MSPT Potawatomi fifth-place finisher Matt Vaughan will take the lead into that war.
He stands as the only player over the 300,000 mark right now, but there are a host of MSPT heroes within striking distance, including Minnesota Player of the Year Rob Wazwaz, MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells Main Event winner John Hayes, MSPT Meskwaki winner Rich Alsup, MSPT title holder and six-time final table participant Jeremy Dresch and Day 1a leader Yao Yin.
Plus, this early on, it's still anybody's tournament to win.
Play begins with the start of Level 15 and blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante.
PokerNews will be on had for every flop, turn and river until a new 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event champ is crowned and you are welcome to follow along right here, beginning at 11 a.m. local time.
Day 1a chip boss Yao Yin has moved up to the top of the counts yet again.
He called a Paul Ratajczyk 9,000-chip open from the small blind and the big blind came along for the ride. Two checks on a flop saw Ratajczyk continue for 17,000 and only Yin called.
The turn brought the and checks from both, but Yin led 10,000 on the river. Ratajczyk called and mucked when Yin showed .
With that hand Yin moved above 360,000 and firmly into the lead.
DJ Buckley started the day with under 33,000 and was a longshot to even cash, much less book the win he would need to overtake current MSPT Player of the Year points leader Mark Hodge.
Cue the comeback.
Buckley doubled up early and just found over all in pre to collect a 400,000-chip pot and jump into contention for the crown here at Canterbury.
Jeremy Dresch three-bet preflop and Saad Ghanem four-bet. Dresch called, setting up a massive heads-up confrontation.
Ghanem checked the flop, but when Dresch bet, he jammed all in. Dresch folded and Ghanem showed two aces, moving up to two million in chips.
In the meantime, Kirby Rogers busted both Justin Thurlow and John Hayes, making a straight to best Thurlow's ace-high and holding with king's against Hayes'.
He's now got 1.7 million and it's these two that hold the lead.
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flop saw Ratajczyk continue for 17,000 and only Yin called.
and checks from both, but Yin led 10,000 on the 
river. Ratajczyk called and mucked when Yin showed 
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flop, then called when Yin bet 50,000. The turn came the 
river, both players checked and Alsup showed the 
flop, but when Dresch bet, he jammed all in. Dresch folded and Ghanem showed two aces, moving up to two million in chips.
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and Kirby Rogers made another call with the 
and this time Rogers held, eliminating Berthiaume in sixth.