MSPT Grand Falls $360 Regional Event Day 1a | MSPT Grand Falls $360 Regional Event

03-19-2021 00:13 UTC-5

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Anthony Thompson

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

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Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

03-18-2021 23:54 UTC-5

Garang Stays Aggressive

Anthony Thompson

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

Abraham Garang opened under the gun for 6,000, Dale Fuchtman called from the hijack, as did the small blind player.

The flop was checked to Garang who continued for 10,000 and only Fuchtman called to see the fall on the turn.

Garang stayed aggressive with an 11,000 bet and the price was too steep for Fuchtman as he mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abraham Garang	270,000	180,000
Dale Fuchtman	110,000	-35,000

Tags: Abraham Garang Dale Fuchtman

03-18-2021 23:43 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Terence Reid	250,000	159,800
Thapo Hsaluhmoo	190,000	-35,400
Cash Hepper	170,000
Patrick Patenode	165,000	42,700
Dale Fuchtman	145,000	21,600
Aaron Eggen	145,000	-5,700
Paul Camby	145,000	44,100
Isaac Carrasco	135,000	32,700
Dale Faulhaber	135,000
Don Palmer	130,000
Daryl Oppelt	120,000	-12,400
Stuart Barton	110,000	8,400
Scott Konze	103,000	68,100
Chris Moen	100,000	33,300
Jerad Rokusek	100,000	-5,600
Kerry Hildebrand	95,000	19,400
Abraham Garang	90,000	34,400
Brady Roth	90,000	27,700
Tremayne Blue	80,000	-30,900
Jack Do	65,000	-33,600
Chase Lardy	50,000	32,800
Chad Swier	45,000	-300
Joe Buren	40,000	-40,900
Ikaika Delosantos	35,000	-68,400
Taylor Howard	18,000	-4,300

03-18-2021 23:32 UTC-5

"Red Bull Robbie" Brings Big City Experience to Grand Falls

Anthony Thompson

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

Back in the day, Robbie Thompson was a staple at the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Not only that, he was a fixture on the poker circuit.

So how did the man, who hails from nearby Egan, South Dakota (Pop. 720) and still lives in the same house he did when he was just three years old, get to such a spot in the poker world?

In 1993, Thompson, who used to work manual labor, took a job as a blackjack dealer.

“After a couple years in the pit, I made my move to poker,” Thompson previously said in an interview with CardsChat. “I was leaving my shift one day and my manager asked if I would deal poker that night. She knew that I played, so without any training I sat in the box to a 7-Card Stud hi-lo game and the rest is history.”

Eventually, around 2002, Thompson became a traveling dealer and worked his first WSOP in 2004. Two more years of experience saw him dealing the WSOP final table, and from there it was off to gigs on the European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour. In 2008, he had his chance to become the final table announcer of the WSOP.

In 2017, things came full circle when Thompson got off the road and Renee Thomas, the poker room manager at Grand Falls, offered him a job. As it happened, she was the aforementioned manager who gave him his start 25 years earlier.

Thompson has been using his big-time experience here at the Grand Falls poker room ever since.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

03-18-2021 23:22 UTC-5

Final Break of the Night

Anthony Thompson

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

Players are now on their last 10-minute break of the night. When they return they'll play three more levels before bagging and tagging on Day 1a.

03-18-2021 23:10 UTC-5

Carrasco Gets There on the River

Anthony Thompson

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

Isaac Carrasco opened for 10,000 from early position and only the cutoff player called to see a flop.

Carrasco continued for 11,100 and then called off his 38,800 stack after his opponent moved all-in.

Isaac Carrasco:
Opponent:

Carrasco was behind needing a club but the turn left him drawing to the river. Luckily for Carrasco, the dropped on the river, completing his flush and securing his much-needed double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Carrasco	102,300

Tags: Isaac Carrasco

03-18-2021 22:59 UTC-5

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Anthony Thompson

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

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500