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

12-09-2021 19:51 UTC-5

Another Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rory Linton	102,300
Dennis Stevermer	77,200
Terence Reid	68,700
Justin Heilman	62,300
Blake Anderson	58,600
Derek McMaster	43,200

Jason Sell	35,400
Jason Seitz	34,600
Chad Holloway	25,000

Phil Mader	25,000
Blake Bohn	25,000
Thai Dinh	23,400
Dan Favreau	15,400
Vic Peppe	8,400

12-09-2021 19:57 UTC-5

Le Out Kicks Reichard for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Nghia Le raised to 1,600 from late position and only Josh Reichard called from the hijack.

Once the flop hit the felt, Le continued for 2,400 and Reichard quickly called bringing the turn. Le quickly jammed for 14,000 and Reichard called.

Nghia Le:
Josh Reichard:

Both players flopped top pair but Le had Reichard outkicked and the river secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nghia Le	40,000 15,000	15,000
Josh Reichard	34,600 -20,600	-20,600

Tags: Josh Reichard Nghia Le

12-09-2021 20:08 UTC-5

Alexander Straightened Out by Miller

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

A series of preflop raises saw Matt Alexander get his 11,500 stack in the middle from the hijack and Michael Miller isolated from middle position.

Matt Alexander:
Michael Miller:

Alexander was behind holding two overs and found them both on the flop but it also gave Miller an open-ended straight draw.

Unfortunately for Alexander, his sweat didn't last long as the fell on the turn completing Miller's straight and the completed the board on the river giving Miller the pot while Alexander reentered the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Miller	52,300 52,300	52,300
Matt Alexander	25,000

Tags: Matt Alexander Michael Miller

12-09-2021 20:10 UTC-5

Break Time

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on their second 10-minute break of the evening.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-09-2021 20:26 UTC-5

Alan Carlson Takes Down Event #2: $250 PLO

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week during the Winter Poker Classic.

In Event #2: $250 PLO, 186 runners created a $36,429 that was paid out to the top 21 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Blake Anderson (20th - $446), Thai Dinh (18th - $484), George Veazey (15th - $558), Brandon Mead (13th - $707), and John Corrigan (10th - $707).

In the end, it was Minnesota native Alan Carlson who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $5,868 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Alan Carlson	$5,868
2	Jonathan Mackey	$5,192
3	Lisa Seamans	$4,438
4	Scott Schoonmaker	$4,415
5	John Johnson	$3,912
6	Wayne Borgatzki	$3,479
7	Kou Yang	$1,376
8	Michael Hiatt	$1,079
9	Nick Welu	$856

Tags: Alan Carlson Blake Anderson Brandon Mead George Veazey John Corrigan John Johnson Jonathan Mackey Kou Yang Lisa Seamans Michael Hiatt Scott Schoonmaker Thai Dinh Wayne Borgatzki

12-09-2021 20:37 UTC-5

Ozturk Dropped by Hanner

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

There were four players that saw a flop and action was checked to Blake Anderson who fired out a pot sized 5,000 bet from middle position.

Jonathan Hanner called from late position and action folded to Umut Ozturk who check-jammed for 17,400 from early position.

Anderson mucked his hand while Hanner called, and the two players tabled their hands.

Umut Ozturk:
Jonathan Hanner:

Both players held over pairs to the board, but Hanner held the better one and neither the turn nor the river changed a thing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Anderson	73,400 14,800	14,800
Jonathan Hanner	66,500 66,500	66,500
Umut Ozturk	Busted

Tags: Blake Anderson Jonathan Hanner Umut Ozturk

12-09-2021 20:52 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Sterzinger	104,300 32,000	32,000
Jason Sell	102,400 67,000	67,000
Alan Carlson	93,200 70,900	70,900
Bradley Jansen	84,200 57,500	57,500

Kou Vang	72,300 41,100	41,100
Justin Heilman	56,400 -5,900	-5,900
Paul Eidem	32,400 10,100	10,100
Rob Wazwaz	32,100 5,800	5,800

Derek McMaster	10,100 -33,100	-33,100

12-09-2021 20:57 UTC-5

Clock Called on Seitz

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Dan Schmidt raised to 1,600 from the hijack only to call the 4,200 three-bet MSPT Hall of Famer Jason Seitz tossed out from the cutoff.

The flop saw Schmidt check-call the 4,000 continuation bet from Seitz and the fell on the turn putting three hearts on the board.

Schmidt quickly jammed for 33,800 sending Seitz deep into the tank. After a few minutes passed, another player at the tabled called clock on Seitz and he couldn't muster a call as his hand was mucked after a 30-second countdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Seitz	78,900 44,300	44,300
Dan Schmidt	41,300 -29,900	-29,900

Tags: Jason Seitz Dan Schmidt

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000