Dresch Bags Day 1b Chip Lead at 2020 MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event
The second and final starting flight of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event saw a total of 262 entries logged Saturday, bringing the two-day total up to 485 entries and generating a total prize pool of $468,950.
Action was aplenty all day long as a roomful of hopefuls looked to add their name to the 26 already on the Day 2 roster from Friday’s Day 1a. Many players saw their stacks regularly fluctuate throughout the day, but Jeremy Dresch steadily found his way to the chip lead, bagging a total of 510,000.
Dresch chipped up to around three-and-a-half times the starting stack of 25,000 around the midway point in the day and was up to 140,000 by Level 11. He dropped down to 100,000 before the final break of the night but had chipped up to 225,000 with an hour remaining in the evening. He then began his major ascent, accumulating chips by winning a series of small pots until his stack eclipsed 500,000, making him the only player from Day 1b with over a half-million.
Dresch was followed in the counts by Jake Blumberg (420,000), Mark Abboud (379,000), Phil Mader (336,000), and Ted Sennes (332,000).
Other notable players to advance were Mikiyo Aoki (166,000), Todd Fisher (165,000), Joe Ebanks (129,000), Andy Tran (117,000), and Jesse Rockowitz (98,000).
The day was not as kind to many others. Former champions Rob Wazwaz, Kou Vang, and Mark Jaroslawki were only a few of those back in action after failing to advance on Day 1a, only to find themselves out of chips again before the end of the day. Others like Blake Whittington, Matt Alexander, Adam Dahlin, and Jonathan Kim also fell short on the one or two bullets they each fired.
In total, 40 players advanced to bring the two-day total up to 66 set to return Sunday at 11 a.m. local time for Day 2 to play down to a winner. Fifty-four of those 68 players will make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $2,110. The eventual champion will take home $100,824.
Who will be the first MSPT Canterbury Park champion of the new decade? Come back to PokerNews Sunday to find out.