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With registration and re-entry now closed the total numbers are in. This event drew 410 entries over two Day 1 starting flights - The exact number the very same event drew this past July here in Tama, Iowa.
It all adds up to a $410,000 prize pool that will pay the top 45 players. A min-cash is worth $1,981 while MSPT glory and $101,229 first-place prize awaits the winner.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Newton, Iowa's Joe Illingworth just turned garbage into gold, not once, but twice, to drag two massive pots and snatch the chip lead.
The first hand saw him flop two pair with the 
, fall behind against a turned straight and eventually river a boat.
The very next hand he rivered a straight with the 
to pull in even more chips and now finds himself on top here in Tama.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The 10th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes football team moved to 9-0 this season with a win over the Indiana Hoosiers this afternoon and Des Moines, Iowa local Tom Dean decided to celebrate with a few drinks and a little poker.
He jumped in the fray here at MSPT Meskwaki in Level 6 and quickly dusted off his chips on bullet number one, playing a maniacal any-two style that simply did not pay off. A second bullet soon followed, as did several more adult beverages.
However, things are going a lot better for Dean, as he's managed to book a spot among the leaders here in Level 12 despite playing that same maniacal any-two style throughout.
"I'm not going to lie, there's been some drinking," he said. "But this bullet is going much better than the first. This bullet is happening.
"I just want to say that the Hawks won. I'm celebrating and I'm not intoxicated. I'm getting there, but I'm not there yet."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Brett Reichard made it 5,500 to open up and Greg Asche simply shipped it in over the top for 60,000.
Reichard snap-called with 
and was well ahead of Asche's 
until the 
flop rolled out. The board finished up with the 
and 
, giving Asche the double and cutting Reichard down to size.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | |
|
75,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
According to the tournament clock there are 59 players remaining and they are all off on the final 10-minute break of the night with plans to play two more 40-minute levels when they return before Day 1b is done.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Doug Sundine can't take the smile off his face right now after a huge set-up hand just vaulted him into the chip lead.
He held 
versus 
on an flop before the turn came an and the money went in.
Sundine is now on 280,000 and can barely contain his excitement.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
The player under the gun, who would later claim pocket queens, opened to 4,500.
Two spots over, Greg Asche ripped it in for 120,000 and when it folded to Brett Reichard in the small blind, he looked down at 
and made the call for some 85,000 and his tournament life.
The big blind and the original raiser stepped out of the way and Asche turned over 
. The flop came out 
and the board finished up with the 
turn and 
river, ensuring Reichard the huge double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
30,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
