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

12-12-2021 02:59 UTC-5

Chris Nelson Leads 71 Survivors After Day 1c of MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event attracted 477 runners, which along with 1s’ 241 and 1b’s 324 brought the total field up to 1,042 entries.

The massive field generated a 1,009,240 prize pool that and the top 108 players will get paid a minimum of $2,119, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $186,709 first-place prize.

At the end of the third and final flight, 71 players bagged and tagged with Minnesota native Chris Nelson and his stack of 417,000 leading the way.

Others to bag big stacks where Aaron Frommgen (424,000), Todd Fisher (386,000), Chris Orvis (345,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (336,000), who round out the top five.

They were joined by WSOP bracelet winner Ron McMillen (301,000), MSPT Black Hawk Main Event champ Steve Wilkie (287,000), Kyna England (285,000), MSPT Majestic Star Main Event champ John Sun (255,000), and Sarah Stefan (226,000).

Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's Aaron Johnson, Jason Seitz and Rich Alsup, two-time Minnesota Magazine Player of the Year Saad Ghanem, and local players Tom Stambaugh, Mike Lovelace, and Todd Melander.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 108 (28 from Day 1a, 45 from 1b, and 71 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 12th to play down to a winner.

MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$186709	1,900
2	$115,053	1,700
3	$85,785	1,600
4	$63,582	1,500
5	$48,444	1,400
6	$37,342	1,300
7	$29,268	1,200
8	$22,203	1,100
9	$18,166	1,000
10-12	$14,129	900
13-15	$12,111	800
16-18	$9,891	700
19-21	$8,276	600
22-24	$6,863	500
25-27	$5,753	450
28-36	$4,441	400
37-45	$3,431	350
46-54	$3,129	300
55-63	$2,828	250
64-72	$2,624	200
73-81	$2,523	150
82-90	$2,422	100
91-99	$2,220	75
100-108	$2,119	50

PokerNews will capture all the action until a winner is crowned so make sure to come back!

Tags: Aaron Frommgen Aaron Johnson Blake Bohn Chris Nelson Chris Orvis Jason Seitz John Sun Kyna England Mike Lovelace Rich Alsup Ron McMillen Saad Ghanem Sarah Stefan Steve Wilkie Todd Fisher Todd Melander Tom Stambaugh

12-12-2021 02:01 UTC-5

Prize Pool Information Released

Anthony Thompson

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The $1,110 MSPT Canterbury Main Event attracted a total of 1,042 entries through three starting flights and blew past the $400,000 GTD by more than double and generated a 1,009,240 prize pool.

A total of 108 places will be paid a minimum of $2,119, while the winner of the event will take home $186,709 along with the coveted MSPT Winter Poker Classic Main Event trophy.

MSPT Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$186,709	1,900
2	$115,053	1,700
3	$85,785	1,600
4	$63,582	1,500
5	$48,444	1,400
6	$37,342	1,300
7	$29,268	1,200
8	$22,203	1,100
9	$18,166	1,000
10-12	$14,129	900
13-15	$12,111	800
16-18	$9,891	700
19-21	$8,276	600
22-24	$6,863	500
25-27	$5,753	450
28-36	$4,441	400
37-45	$3,431	350
46-54	$3,129	300
55-63	$2,828	250
64-72	$2,624	200
73-81	$2,523	150
82-90	$2,422	100
91-99	$2,220	75
100-108	$2,119	50

12-12-2021 01:05 UTC-5

Dirty River Sends Ghanem Packing

Anthony Thompson

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

Action folded to Saad Ghanem who open-jammed for roughly 40,000 from the hijack and Mike Morris isolated from the button.

Saad Ghanem:
Mike Morris:

It was a classic race with Ghanem looking to connect with either of his two overs but neither appeared on the flop which gave Morris a gutshot straight draw.

The did fall on the turn to put Ghanem out in front with a pair of kings while giving him the nut flush draw but it also gave Morris a straight flush draw.

Ghanem's tournament rested on the river, but it was one he didn't want to see as the came crashing down giving Morris a set of tens and ended Ghanem's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Morris	97,000	97,000
Saad Ghanem	Busted

Tags: Mike Morris Saad Ghanem

12-12-2021 00:08 UTC-5

A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

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

To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.

As of today, eight players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.

12-11-2021 23:35 UTC-5

Winter Loses Race Against Alpuerto

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action on the table folded to Alex Winter who raised to 4,000 from the small blind and then snapped-off his 46,000 stack after Josh Alpuerto three-bet jammed for more from the big blind.

Alex Winter:
Josh Alpuerto:

Winter was behind in a classic race and couldn't find either of his two overs on the runout ending his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Alpuerto	135,000	80,500
Alex Winter	Busted

Tags: Alex Winter Josh Alpuerto

12-11-2021 23:08 UTC-5

No Big Blind Special for Stambaugh

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action folded to the cutoff player who raised all in and Tom Stambaugh called off his 18,000 stack from the big blind.

Tom Stambaugh:
Opponent:

Stambaugh was racing for his tournament but didn't get any help from the runout and he took his exit from the tournament field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Stambaugh	Busted

Tags: Tom Stambaugh

12-11-2021 22:15 UTC-5

Johnson Turns Trips for Double Elimiantion

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was three-way action after a flop which included Ty Johnson from the hijack.

The player under the gun led out with a bet and Johnson called before the button player squeezed for 13,200. The player under the gun called, as did Johnson and the paired the board on the river.

The player under the gun led out for 10,000 and then called off their 32,900 stack after Johnson raised all in for 33,700.

Button Player:
Under the Gun Player:
Ty Johnson:

Johnson turned a lucky lady to take the lead and faded the river as the completed the board to secure him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ty Johnson	100,000	56,800

Tags: Ty Johnson

12-11-2021 17:39 UTC-5

Tran Wins Race for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

A series of preflop raises saw Andy Tran get his 18,300 stack in the middle from early position and Chou Yang called from sitting directly to his left.

Andy Tran:
Chou Yang:

It was a classic race with Tran looking to connect with either of his two overs and luckily for him, the sweat didn't last long as an ace appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn didn't change a thing nor did the river and Tran collected his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Tran	40,000
Chou Yang	35,000

Tags: Chou Yang Andy Tran

12-11-2021 16:33 UTC-5

Winter Lets Mader Make Broadway

Anthony Thompson

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

After Tyler Kolness limped-in from under the gun, Cory Nordstrand raised to 300 from the next seat over and Phil Mader three-bet to 900 from the hijack.

Action folded to Alex Winter who four-bet to 2,600 from the big blind and only Mader called.

The board was checked to the river where Winter check-called Mader's 2,000 bet.

Mader rolled over for Broadway and Winter shook his head as he mucked face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Mader	30,000	30,000
Tyler Kolness	24,900
Cory Nordstrand	24,700	24,700
Alex Winter	20,000

Tags: Alex Winter Cory Nordstrand Phil Mader

12-11-2021 14:16 UTC-5

Final Starting Flight of the $1,100 MSPT Main Event at Canterbury Park Kicks Off At 3 P.M.

Anthony Thompson

Two flights down, one to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Canterbury Park $1,100 Main Event. The third and final starting flight presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seats for a Day 2 birth. Yesterday saw 324 entrants take to the felt, which along with 1a’s 241 entries, brought the total field up to 565 entries.

Another 45 players found a bag with Matt Morfitt and his stack of 507,000 leading the Day 1b survivors. That puts him third in chips thus far as he sits behind Day 1a chip leader Jake Blumberg (529,000) and Cody Espeseth (509,000).

Others to bag big stacks were Rodney Colson (396,000), Tom Zabka (362,00), MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele (361,000), and Bryan Skreens (277,000), round out the top five Day 1b stacks.

They were joined by players like Luke Nguyen (231,000), Jason Crews (148,000), Brad Sailor (126,000) and two-time MSPT Main Event champ Taylor Howard (117,000).

Flight	Entries	Advancing to Day 2
Day 1a	241	28
Day 1b	324	45
Day 1c	-	-
Totals	565	73

Today's schedule will mirror the first two starting flights and is the last chance for players to get in on the growing prize pool. The tournament will give players a starting stack of 25,000 with blinds lasting 40-minutes in length. Players will receive a 10-minute break after the completion of every three levels.

Registration will remain open until the beginning of level 13. If a player is eliminated, they will have the opportunity to re-buy one time until the registration period has ended. Play is scheduled to commence with 20:03 remaining on the clock in level 15.

MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule

Date	Time (CDT)	Tournament	Late Reg	GTD Prize Pool	Starting Stack	Blind Levels
Saturday, December 11	10:00 a.m.	$265 Satellite – 1 in 5 advance to MSPT Main	Noon	-	15,000	20
	3:00 p.m.	Event #9: $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1c	11:40 p.m.	$300,000	25,000	40
	8:00 p.m.	$135 Nightly NLH	10:10 p.m.	-	12,000	20
Sunday, December 12	11:00 a.m.	$1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 2	-
	Noon	Event #10: $250 Last Chance NLH	3:00 p.m.	-	15,000	20
	3:00 p.m.	$135 Last Dance NLH	5:10 p.m.	-	12,000	20

All who advance will return on Sunday, December 12th at 11 a.m. local time for Day 2 to join the 73 already on that roster. PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the rest of the tournament to provide updates. Keep it here to catch all the action.

Tags: Brad Sailor Bryan Skreens Cody Espeseth Jake Blumberg Jason Crews Luke Nguyen Matt Morfitt Pat Steele Rodney Colson Taylor Howard Tom Zabka