Main Event
Day 1b Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Day 1b of the MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event Starts Now!
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The 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park Main Event continued just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota today with the second 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. Last night the first of two starting flights drew 219 entries with 43 pushing through to the second and final day Sunday. La Crosse, WI's Yao Yin grabbed the chip lead.
The Main Event comes with a $200,000 prize pool guarantee, but that has already been met. Canterbury Park drew 430 entrants the last time the tour stopped here this past April with tour regular and Minnesota Dairy Queen franchise owner Dan Hendrickson taking the title and $106,182 first prize.
With 219 entries already, and packed qualifiers running all week leading up to the Main Event, MSPT staff are expecting to easily surpass that number with tonight's second starting flight.
For the $1,000+$100 buy in and a $10 dealer appreciation add-on, each player 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 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 Saturday 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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The $1,000+$100+$10 Call
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With about 6,000 in the middle on an 
board, Madison, WI's Matt Vaughan was faced with a rather tough Level 1 decision.
His opponent had pushed all in for 14,750.
"You probably don't want me to call," Vaughan said. "Which means I should probably call...I call."
Vaughan's opponent sheepishly turned over the 
and got up from his chair. Vaughan had the 
and his two pair was good.
"It's a four and half hour drive home," said Vaughan, collecting the chips and moving into the Level 1 chip lead. "I'm probably not going to make it if I'm not willing to fire again."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
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45,000 |
Notables In The Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Big Hand Liu
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The player in the small blind bet 6,500 on the turn of a 
board. Peixin Liu and a third player both called.
The small blind then shipped it in for 5,300 total on the 
river and Liu called. The third player in the hand shoved over the top for a few thousand more and Liu called that as well.
Liu turned over the 
for the nut straight. The third player showed 
for two pair and the small blind did not show.
Liu, who is a contender in the MSPT Player of the Year race and needs to finish eighth or better to overtake current leader Mark Hodge, is now up to three times the starting stack and has the early lead.
"And that's why they call him big hand Lui," said one player at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 |
Wazwaz #Winning
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Current Minnesota Player of the Year points leader Rob Wazwaz first claimed to have bribed an official at the cage downstairs allowing him to start the day with 40,000 in chips.
Although he would later tell the much more believable story that it was a turned nut flush and a big river bet that allowed him to take most of one opponent's chips on the way to what amounts to an early double and a spot among the leaders heading into the third level of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0