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

12-11-2021 00:31 UTC-6

MSPT Season 12 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 12 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.

Here's a look at the top ten point leaders of this season:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 12 Points
1	Cy Church	East Lancing, MI	3,925
2	Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	3,633
3	Jason Crews	Clive, Iowa	3,075
4	Kyna England	Northbrook, Illinois	2,850
5	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	2,550
6	Daniel Sepiol	Michigan City, IN	2,500
7	Jordan Cristos	Las Vegas, NV	2,500
8	Ryan Dodd	Runnemede, NJ	2,450
9	Saad Ghanem	Bloomington, MN	2,300
10	Larry Wagner	Middleton, WI	2,200

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

12-11-2021 00:21 UTC-6

Steele Rivers the Nuts to Send One Packing

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The player under the gun open-jammed for 31,000 and MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele isolated from middle position.

Opponent:
Pat Steele:

Steele was behind holding two suited over cards and nothing changed after the flop.

Luckily for Steele, the board came running to give him the nut flush and he eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Steele	315,000 149,000	149,000

Tags: Pat Steele

12-11-2021 00:16 UTC-6

Some More Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Skreens	370,000 100,000	100,000
John Pierce	312,000 3,000	3,000
Nicholas Anderson	155,000 15,000	15,000
Angela Jordison	150,000 50,000	50,000

Spencer Broberg	120,000 17,400	17,400
Adam Wiatrowski	120,000 67,500	67,500
Darnell Echols	110,000 20,000	20,000
Mike Hiatt	76,000 4,000	4,000
Matt Leshovsky	67,000 53,000	53,000
Mark Steffen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jason Seitz	35,000 25,000	25,000

12-11-2021 00:08 UTC-6

Dylan Christiansen and Joseph Hoppenrath Come Out on Top of Winter Poker Classic Event #7: $300 MSPT Tag Team ($150/player)

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dylan Christiansen and Joseph Hoppenrath

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 at the Winter Poker Classic.

In Event #7: $300 MSPT Tag Team ($150/player) NLH, 135 entries created a $58,765 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 teams. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Brady Roth & Tyler Kolness (25th - $494), Nick Reget & Nick Anderson (21st - $646), Umut & Bulut Ozturk (14th - $881), and Jason Seitz & Jeff Theis (11th - $1,058).

In the end, it was Dylan Christiansen and Joseph Hoppenrath who collected every chip in play to capture the WPC trophy, along with first-place $14,398 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Players	Prize
1	Dylan Christiansen & Joseph Hoppenrath	$14,398
2	Paul Eidem & Bruce Simmons	$8,903
3	Noah Latour & Garrett Dwire	$6,405
4	Rachel Furman-Falk & Francis Higgin	$4,701
5	Michael Moelter & Patricia Brink	$3,526
6	Tom & Sherry Hammers	$2,703
7	Linda & Lawrence Bieza	$2,057
8	Clinton Wolcyn & Matthew Leverty	$1,645
9	Tyree & Linda Johnson	$1,293

Tags: Brady Roth Bruce Simmons Clinton Wolcyn Dylan Christiansen Francis Higgin Garrett Dwire Jason Seitz Jeff Theis Joseph Hoppenrath Lawrence Bieza Linda Johnson Matthew Leverty Nick Anderson Nick Reget Noah Latour Patricia Brink Paul Eidem Rachel Furman-Falk Sherry Hammers Tyler Kolness

12-10-2021 23:58 UTC-6

Some Counts from After Break

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Steele	166,000 55,800	55,800
Heather Kielpinski	142,000 70,500	70,500
Taylor Howard	122,000 30,000	30,000
Ryan Phan	112,000 7,000	7,000
Bradley Jansen	111,000 31,000	31,000

Adai Williams	100,000 38,000	38,000
Brad Sailor	80,000 28,500	28,500
Bill Criego	71,000 10,200	10,200
Brett Reichard	70,000 40,000	40,000
John Brzozowski	41,000 31,000	31,000
Jason Crews	39,000 5,000	5,000

12-10-2021 23:50 UTC-6

Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables in Single Season

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 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.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event final table in a single season:

Player	Hometown	Season	Final Tables
Patrick Steele	Chelsea, Michigan	4	4
Brett Kuznia	Stephen, Minnesota	4	4
Dan Sun	Cedar Rapids. Iowa	3	3
Christian Pham	St. Paul, Minnesota	4	3
Everett Carlton	St. Paul, Minnesota	1	3
Kou Vang	Maplewood, Minnesota	5	3
Michael Deis	Ann Arbor, Michigan	5	3
Nick Pupillo	Addison, Illinois	5	3
Mark Hodge	Fernandina Beach, Florida	6	3
DJ Buckley	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	6	3

12-10-2021 23:45 UTC-6

Registration Closed

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players have returned from break meaning registration for Day 1b is now closed with 324 total entries and the tournament clock reads 74 players remaining.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

12-10-2021 23:33 UTC-6