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

12-10-2021 17:02 UTC-5

Steve Wazwaz Wins with Aggression

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Steve Wilkie opened for 400 from under the gun and was called by Paul Axeen from middle position before Steve Wazwaz three-bet to 900 from late position.

Casey Temper called from the cutoff, as did Nicholas Anderson from the big blind. Action was back on Wilkie who called and Axeen came along as well bringing action five-ways to a flop.

Action was checked to Wazwaz who took down the pot after he continued with a 3,500 uncontested bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Wazwaz	33,400 8,400	8,400
Nicholas Anderson	26,400 26,400	26,400
Steve Wilkie	23,600 -11,400	-11,400
Casey Temper	22,500 22,500	22,500
Paul Axeen	22,300

Tags: Casey Temper Nicholas Anderson Paul Axeen Steve Wazwaz Steve Wilkie

12-10-2021 17:14 UTC-5

Williams Collects with Flush

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

There was heads-up action between Michael Williams from the cutoff and his opponent from middle position with a completed board of board showing.

With roughly 13,000 already in the middle, Williams raised to 17,000 after his opponent led out for 6,000 and was called.

Williams rolled over for the diamond flush and his opponent mucked their hand giving him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Williams	48,700

Tags: Michael Williams

12-10-2021 17:15 UTC-5

More Players Join the Action

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	25,000 25,000	25,000
Tim Garles	25,000 25,000	25,000
Taylor Howard	25,000 25,000	25,000
James Gregg	25,000
Ken Pates	25,000
Jason Crews	25,000 25,000	25,000
Brett Reichard	25,000 25,000	25,000
Adam Wiatrowski	25,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/200

Ante: 300

12-10-2021 17:25 UTC-5

Alan Carlson Takes Down Fall Poker Classic Event #2: $250 PLO

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 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 WPC trophy, along with 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

12-10-2021 17:35 UTC-5

Some Day 1b Photos

Anthony Thompson

12-10-2021 17:46 UTC-5

Mistake Ends Up Benefitting Williams

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

A series of preflop raises saw Jeffrey Sherman jam for 7,300 from middle position and Adai Williams called from the cutoff only to have Benjamin Wiora five-bet to 20,000 from the button.

Gregory Asche called off his stack holding less then 20k from the small blind and action folded back to Williams who said, "I guess if you have aces you have aces but I call," as he moved all his chips in the middle then tabled .

Williams got ahead of himself as he only called the 20k bet instead of going all in, so he pulled back the rest of his chips and the dealer dropped a flop.

Williams quickly moved his remaining stack in the middle and his earlier excitement seemed to hurt him as Wiora mucked face up.

Jeffrey Sherman:
Gregory Asche:
Adai Williams:

Williams held the bets made hand and the turn didn't change as it paired the board. The dealer then completed the board with teh on the river and Williams gave Wiora a relieved look as he collected the pot.