$1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2019 MSPT Canterbury Park

12-07-2019 19:20 UTC-5

DiTrapani Loses Flip to Peters

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Nicola DiTrapani opened for 900 from middle position and Alexander Peters three-bet to 3,000 from the hijack. David To called on the button and action was back on DiTrapani who four-bet to 13,000. Peters moved all in getting a fold from To while DiTrapani called.

Nicola DiTrapani:
Alexander Peters:

DiTrapani was in a flip for his tournament life and didn't receive any help from the flop.

The turn brought paint but it was the and DiTrapani needed to connect with one of his overs to stay alive.

Unfortunately for DiTrapani, the fell on the river pairing the board sending him to the re-buy desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Peters	41,200 41,200	41,200
David To	21,300 -3,700	-3,700
Nicola DiTrapani	20,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Alexander Peters David To Nicola Ditrapani

12-07-2019 19:00 UTC-5

Bergquist Flops Set and Rivers Quads Cracking Peppe's Aces

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was heads-up action after a flop between Maxwell Bergquist from the hijack and Vic Peppe from the cutoff.

Bergquist checked his option to Peppe who fired out 2,000 into a 6,500 pot. Bergquist raised to 4,500 and Peppe moved all in getting snap-called by Bergquist.

Vic Peppe:
Maxwell Bergquist:

Bergquist flopped a set against Peppe's rockets and improved to a full house with the turn.

If it wasn't already enough, the dealer dropped the case six on the river giving Bergquist quads sending Peppe to the re-buy desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxwell Bergquist	57,400 57,400	57,400
Vic Peppe	20,000 -2,500	-2,500

Tags: Maxwell Bergquist Vic Peppe

12-07-2019 13:23 UTC-5

Final Starting Flight of the $1,100 MSPT Main Event at Canterbury Park Kicks-Off At 3 P.M.

Anthony Thompson

The final stop for Season 10 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues today as Day 1c of the $1,100 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event at Minnesota’s Canterbury Park gets underway at 3 p.m. Yesterday saw 263 entrants take to the felt, which along with 1a’s 172 brought the total field up to 435 entries.

Another 34 players found a bag with Phil Mader and his stack of 397,000 leading the Day 1b survivors. That is a little behind of Day 1a chip leader Bill Kachel, who made it through with 406,500.

Others to bag big stacks were Steve Wilkie (354,500), MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (326,000), Charles Costanzo (266,500), and Chan Pelton (266,000), round out the top five Day 1b stacks.

They were joined by players like Rob Wazwaz (253,500), Jonathan Kim (203,500), Ryan Phan (167,000), Vlad Revniaga (149,500), Barb Blechinger (110,500), James Gibson (104,000), Tom Stambaugh (102,500), and Craig Trost (92,500).

Today's schedule will mirror the first two starting flights and is the last chance for players to get in on the growing prize pool. The tournament will give players a starting stack of 20,000 with blinds lasting 40-minutes in length. Players will receive a 10-minute break after the completion of every three levels.

Registration will remain open until the beginning of level 13. If a player is eliminated they will have the opportunity to re-buy one time per flight until the registration period has ended with play is scheduled through 15 levels of action and will end with about 26 minutes remaining on the clock in level 15.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 to play down to a winner with the final table set to be live-streamed worldwide on a 15-minute delay.

Stay tuned in here as PokerNews will be on the tournament floor bringing you all of the live updates throughout the weekend.

Tags: Aaron Johnson Barb Blechinger Charles Costanzo Craig Trost James Gibson Jonathan Kim Phil Mader Rob Wazwaz Ryan Phan Steve Wilkie Vlad Revniaga