MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event | 2021 MSPT Canterbury Park

12-12-2021 13:32 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Morfitt	900,000 393,000	393,000
Chris Nelson	780,000 342,000	342,000
Kou Vang	630,000 131,000	131,000
Mike Hiatt	625,000 -75,000	-75,000
Rodney Colson	600,000 204,000	204,000
Cody Espeseth	560,000 51,000	51,000
Jake Blumberg	560,000 31,000	31,000
Pat Steele	510,000 149,000	149,000
Kenneth Johnson	460,000 176,000	176,000
Chris Orvis	450,000 105,000	105,000
Arlan Stello	370,000 148,000	148,000
Matt Alexander	370,000 178,000	178,000
Sarah Stefan	361,000 135,000	135,000
Terence Reid	310,000 -57,000	-57,000
Aaron Frommgen	270,000 -154,000	-154,000
Kitkat Klassen	270,000 44,000	44,000
Jonathan Kim	260,000 24,000	24,000
Angela Jordison	256,000 158,000	158,000
Cory Nordstrand	200,000 55,000	55,000
Blake Bohn	170,000 -166,000	-166,000

Eliminated 100th - 108th Place ($2,119)

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Elseman	Busted
Loki Abboud	Busted
Ray Dickerson	Busted
Heather Kielpinski	Busted
Erik Glenister	Busted
Richard Cockrell	Busted
Keith Doering	Busted
John Pierce	Busted
Yang Yeng	Busted

12-12-2021 13:46 UTC-5

Take 10

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Maine Event players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 2,000

12-12-2021 13:56 UTC-5

Minnesota’s Jason Seitz Earns Coveted Spot in MSPT Hall of Fame

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

At the beginning of 2021 at the MSPT Venetian opener, a new inductee won their way into the exclusive MSPT Hall of Fame.

Minnesota's Jason Seitz, 45, made the money on Day 2 of the MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event finishing in 32nd place for $5,677. It marked his 25th-career MSPT Main Event cash, which meant in coordination with his Season 2 win at the MSPT Running Aces, Seitz became just the seventh player to win their way into the MSPT Hall of Fame.

Seitz joined the likes of Blake Bohn, Patrick Steele, Mark Hodge, Aaron Johnson, Richard Alsup, and Kou Vang as the only players to achieve the remarkable feat.

While at the MSPT Canterbury Park, Seitz was celebrated and awarded his Hall of Fame trophy.

The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.

The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:

Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year

A former poker dealer at Minnesota’s Canterbury Park and tournament director at Running Aces, Seitz has $171,277 in career MSPT earnings. The family man – he and his wife, April, are expecting their fourth child in April – actually learned the game while serving as a dealer back in 2000.

“I played a lot of limit poker my first seven years,” Seitz said. “That made an easy transition to no-limit poker. Nowadays, I play a lot of mixed cash games either $10-$20 or $40-$80 mix. Luckily, I’m able to travel for the MSPT. I played my first MSPT in 2011 and won the event and ever since I was hooked. I play it every year.”

While winning his way into the MSPT Hall of Fame is an honor he cherishes, it’s actually his second most-proud poker accomplishment.

“My proudest poker accomplishment was winning the Poker Night in America at Canterbury Park for $101,755. It is my only six-figure score.”

As for the MSPT, making the Hall of Fame was on Seitz’s radar.

“I was aware and it was my 2020 poker goal to get into the MSPT Hall of Fame,” Seitz told PokerNews. “With the pandemic, there were only a few chances. Luckily, I cashed my last three MSPTs to become eligible. So now for 2021, I plan on staying home more with a new baby on the way. I’ll still play MSPT in the Midwest and probably play a few WSOP events this summer if it happens.”

For more on Seitz follow him on Twitter @Seitzjason.

12-12-2021 14:05 UTC-5

Eliminated 91st - 99th Place ($2,220)

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anuj Tiwary	Busted
David Gonia	Busted
Scott Weidma	Busted
Eric Torgerson	Busted
Ross Fredrickson	Busted
Curt Tearissen	Busted
Tim O'Malley	Busted
Gary Ewald	Busted
Taylor Howard	Busted

12-12-2021 14:12 UTC-5

Wilklow Doubles Through Josh Reichard with Aces

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

Josh Reichard raised to 23,000 from late position and Mike Wilklow three-bet to 65,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back around to Reichard who four-bet jammed and Wilklow snapped-off his 349,000 stack.

Mike Wilklow:
Josh Reichard:

Reichard was in rough shape after seeing Wilklow roll over rockets but shrugged his shoulders after the flop gave him a Broadway draw.

The paired Reichard and brough possible chop outs if a ten were to fall on the river but Reichard wanted to see a queen.

Unfortunately for Reichard, the paired the board on the river and Wilklow collected his double-up while Reichard was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wilklow	700,000 504,000	504,000
Josh Reichard	50,000 -210,000	-210,000

Tags: Mike Wilklow Josh Reichard

12-12-2021 14:17 UTC-5

Skreens Drops One with Rockets

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

A player from early position was all in preflop for roughly 110,000 and Bryan Skreens called from middle position.

Opponent:
Bryan Skreens:

Skreens was out in front with his aces but had a sweat after the flop gave his opponent a Broadway draw.

Luckily for Skreens, the board came running and eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Skreens	415,000 138,000	138,000

Tags: Bryan Skreens

12-12-2021 14:24 UTC-5

Englerth Finishes Off Josh Reichard

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

Josh Reichard got his short stack in the middle from the button and was called by Matt Englerth from early position.

Josh Reichard:
Matt Englerth:

Reichard was ahead with his made hand until the flop hit the felt pairing Englerth's king.

The turn was no help to Reichard and the river ended his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Englerth	450,000 370,000	370,000
Josh Reichard	Busted

Tags: Matt Englerth Josh Reichard

12-12-2021 14:32 UTC-5

Bozarth Collects Triple Up in Massive Cooler; Eliminates Klassen

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

There was three-way all-in action preflop between Kitkat Klassen (200,000), Josh Bozarth (250,000), and Luke Nguyen (390,000).

Kitkat Klassen:
Josh Bozarth:
Luke Nguyen:

Bozarth woke-up with aces at the perfect time and the flop gave him top set.

The turn did give him a little sweat as Nguyen could win the pot if the case jack were to fall on the river, but it came the and secured him the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Bozarth	720,000 560,000	560,000
Luke Nguyen	140,000 -333,000	-333,000
Kitkat Klassen	Busted

Tags: Luke Nguyen Kitkat Klassen Josh Bozarth