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2019 MSPT Canterbury Park
Everett Carlton opened for 1,200 from early position and was called by the cutoff player along with Stephen Senger on the button.
Carlton continued for 700 after the ![]()
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flop and the cutoff player called. Senger raised to 3,000 and Carlton called while the cutoff player folded.
The
came on the turn and Carlton check-called Senger's 6,000 bet to see the
river complete the board.
Both players checked and Senger tabled ![]()
to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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7,000
27,000
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27,000 |
A player from middle position raised to 2,000 and Joseph Osterbauer called from the cutoff. Action was on Craig Trost who three-bet to 4,800 from the small blind. He was called by Steve Wilkie from the big blind along with the initial raiser and Osterbauer.
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flop was checked to the
turn where Trost's all in bet was uncontested to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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27,600
11,400
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11,400 |
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20,000 |
Saad Ghanem opened for 1,000 from early position and Ryan Phan called from the cutoff. The player in the small blind came along before Mike Shin, who will officially win the MSPT Season 10 Player of the Year award once registration closes on this tournament, called from the big blind to make it four-way action to the ![]()
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flop.
All four players checked and then did the same on the
turn.
After the
completed the board on the river, the player in the small blind checked and Shin opted to bet 3,700.
That did the trick as one by one his opponents folded. Shin has built his stack considerably over the past few levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 10 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.
On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.
Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."
Here's a look at the top MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Main Event Final Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alsup | New Hope, Minnesota | 11 |
| 2 | Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 10 |
| 3 | Blake Bohn | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 9 |
| 4 | Rob WazWaz | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 9 |
| 6 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley Minnesota | 8 |
| 5 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 |
| 7 | Adam Friedman | Gahanna, Ohio | 7 |
| 8 | DJ Buckley | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 7 |
| 9 | Aaron Johnson | Red Wing, Minnesota | 7 |
| 10 | Joe Matheson | Andover, Minnesota | 7 |
Jason Hartwig opened for 1,400 from early position and was called by James Gibson from middle position along with Joseph Foss from the hijack. Action was on Edward Rohloff who moved his last 600 in the middle on the button and Blake Bohn three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind. Action was back on Hartwig who called while Gibson and Foss folded.
The flop came ![]()
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and Bohn jammed for roughly 30,000 getting isolation after Hartwig mucked his hand.
Blake Bohn: ![]()
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Edward Rohloff: ![]()
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The
came on the turn, which wasn't the worse card as it brought chop outs but Rohloff still needed a seven to stay alive.
Unfortunately the
river was no help to Rohloff as he took his exit and Bohn raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,200
16,700
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16,700 |
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42,100
23,100
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23,100 |
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30,000
8,600
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8,600 |
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26,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Action on the table folded around to Henry Mlekoday who limped in from the hijack along with Austin Schaal from the small blind. Action was on Rodney Colson who raised to 2,200 from the big blind and was called by both opponents.
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flop was checked to Colson who moved all in for 10,300 and was called by Mlekoday while Schaal folded.
Rodney Colson: ![]()
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Henry Mlekoday: ![]()
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Mlekoday paired the flop but still had to dodge some cards as Colson held two overs and the higher diamond draw.
The
turn added a gutterball to Colson and the
river completed his straight giving him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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19,800
9,000
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9,000 |
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10,000
10,000
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10,000 |
The preflop action escaped us but we do know that Bill Criego got his stack of 14,500 all in and he was at risk against Trevor Hills.
Bill Criego: ![]()
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Trevor Hills: ![]()
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Criego was on the wrong end of the cooler and it cost him his tournament life after the board ran out ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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Busted |
Yevgeniy Minakrin opened for 1,400 from late position and Nick Pupillo three-bet to 4,400 on the button. Action folded back around to Minakrin who four-bet all in for 19,100 and Pupillo snap-called.
Nick Pupillo: ![]()
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Yevgeniy Minakrin: ![]()
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Pupillo was ahead with his cowboys until the ![]()
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flop hit the felt pairing Minakrin's ace.
The
turn was no help to Pupillo as he needed the case king to win the hand but the
river wasn't it and Minakrin got the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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26,400
18,600
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18,600 |
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