Main Event
Day 1a Started
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
The 2015 MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event Starts Now!
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The 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event kicks off just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota today with the first of two starting flights.
This represents the final stop on the hugely successful sixth season of the MSPT, which has seen more than $10 million in prize money handed out already.
The Main Event comes with a $200,000 prize pool guarantee, but with Canterbury Park drawing 430 entrants the last time the tour stopped here this past April, that number could double by the time registration closes. Tour regular and Minnesota Dairy Queen franchise owner Dan Hendrickson took the title and $106,182 first prize at that stop.
With packed qualifiers running all week leading up to the Main Event, MSPT staff are predicting as many as 500 could pony up the $1,000+$100 buy in. For that, and a $10 dealer appreciation add-on, each will get 20,000 in chips to navigate their way through the Allen Kessler "Chainsaw Approved" structure that features 40-minute levels throughout.
The plan on the first day is to play through 14 levels or until 15 per cent of the starting field remains. Late registration and single re-entry is available through the first nine levels.
With Season Six on the MSPT wrapping up this weekend, a number of players remain in contention for the MSPT Player of the Year title that comes with an $1,100 Main Event seat to the Mid-Season Championship in Las Vegas, $400 cash toward airfare, $250 to every Mid-States Poker Tour event next season up to $5,000, and a $5,000 Custom Home Audio package from Holm Audio.
Mark Hodge currently holds the lead over tour pro Blake Bohn, but several others are close, and with as many as 1,500 points up for grabs for the win here in Minnesota, this race will likely come down to the wire.
Add that to the MSPT Main Event title and likely six-figure top prize up for grabs this weekend and the action should be hotly contested throughout.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for every flop, turn and river and you can follow along right here from 4 p.m. local time Friday until another MSPT champion is crowned Sunday night.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Familiar Faces
Prose For A Pro's Pro
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
MSPT Pro Matt Alexander would rather keep it quiet, but he's emerged as the Level 1 chip leader and is running over his table.
"You can't say that," he whispered out of the side of his mouth, before checking his option in the big blind against two limpers.
After the small blind checked an 
flop, Alexander let for 100. Only the small blind called and they both checked the 
turn.
The small blind led 350 on the 
river, but Alexander bumped it to 850. The small blind called the additional 500, but mucked when Alexander showed 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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37,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Schubbe In With A Shot
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Chanhassen, MN's Marc Schubbe has jumped into the early lead, thanks to an early double up.
He managed to flop a flush draw and get there on the turn against one opponent holding top pair and a willingness to stack off.
Schubbe's on close to 50,000 now and appears to be the biggest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,700 |
The Importance Of Being Ernest
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Ernest Garrett has made two final tables on the MSPT this year, and is off to a fast start in his bid for a third here in Minnesota.
He managed to get heads-up in a four-bet pot, flop top pair and river trips to crack aces. As a result, Garrett has built a 34,500-chip stack and a bit of a reputation at a table full of MSPT heroes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0