Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$454,400
Entries
470
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Just 43 of 219 Survive Day 1a With Yao Yin On Top
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The first of two starting flights for the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event drew 219 entries to the racetrack and card room just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday.
This quickly rendered the $200,000 guarantee moot with Saturday's second Day 1 flight still to come. Through 14 levels of play, 43 survived and will return to play down to a winner — along with the Day 1b survivors — on Sunday at 11 a.m. local time.
On a night when it was announced that MSPT Pro Blake Bohn and "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan were inducted into Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame, it was MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells eighth-place finisher Yao "YY" Yin that stole the show. Yin flopped bottom set against MSPT title holder Jeremy Dresch's top two pair and held to grab a massive pot and the chip lead in Level 11.
He kept his foot on the gas after that on the way to bagging 268,000.
While Bohn, current MSPT Player of the Year leader Mark Hodge and the venerable Allen Kessler joined the masses in hitting the rail throughout the flight, others bagged contending stacks, including Willie Olson (229,500), Vladimir Revniaga (186,000) and Hank Mlekoday (186,000).
While this group will be on ice until Sunday, Day 1b kicks off at 4 p.m. local time Saturday and organizers are expecting a field at least the same size.
PokerNews will be on hand from start to finish as the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event moves on and you are welcome to follow along right here.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
268,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
229,500
229,500
|
229,500 |
|
|
186,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
186,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
149,500
149,500
|
149,500 |
|
140,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
|
131,500
131,500
|
131,500 |
|
129,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
125,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
117,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
114,500
114,500
|
114,500 |
|
114,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
109,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
108,500
108,500
|
108,500 |
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
107,500
107,500
|
107,500 |
|
|
99,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
99,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
98,500
98,500
|
98,500 |
|
|
95,500
95,500
|
95,500 |
|
93,500
93,500
|
93,500 |
|
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Two More Hands
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
With 10 minutes left in Level 14 a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands to play before bagging up for the night. They drew a two.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Alexander Doubles and More
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
MSPT Pro Matt Alexander had been nursing a short stack all night long, but just got healthy.
His big hand started with a 4,000-chip raise under the gun that was called in no less than four spots before it got to Alexander in the big blind. He shipped it in, the original raiser followed suit for heaps more and all the limpers folded.
In the end, Alexander's 
held against his opponent's 
on a 
board and he picked up the double and an extra 16,000 in dead money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Nguyen Loses
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Binh Nguyen bet 20,000 into a pot of close to 40,000 on the turn of a 
board.
Hank Mlekoday took a minute to think, then pushed in for a little under 60,000 total. Nguyen called off with the 
, but was drawing dead against Mlekoday's 
set.
Mlekoday now has a spot near the top of the counts and Ngueyn is on life support.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
18,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Break!
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
With 12 levels through, the players are off on a 10-minute break. They will return to play two more 40-minute levels before bagging up for the night.
In The Driver's Seat
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Yao Yin is in the driver's seat and his foot his firmly on the gas.
Moments ago, he pushed over a bet, heads up on a 
flop. Yao's opponent called with 
and was miles ahead of Yin's 
. The 
turn changed little, but the 
river changed it all.
Yin scooped the pot with two pair, collected another tournament life, crested the 300,000-chip mark and is now officially running away with Day 1a here in Minnesota.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
135,000
|
135,000 |