MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event
Day 1c Started
2021 MSPT Canterbury Park
MSPT Canterbury Park $1,110 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2021 MSPT Canterbury Park
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$1,009,240
Entries
1,042
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
477
Players Left
71
Final Starting Flight of the $1,100 MSPT Main Event at Canterbury Park Kicks Off At 3 P.M.
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Day 1c is Underway
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air for the final starting flight of the 2021 MSPT Canterbury Park Main Event!
Tournament clock reads 190 players at the start with registration remaining open through the break after Level 12 (approximately 11:40 PM).
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Old and New Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Minnesota’s Jason Seitz Earns Coveted Spot in MSPT Hall of Fame
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 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.
Winter Lets Mader Make Broadway
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 |
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20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
More Early Runners
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
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