The player in the cutoff raised to 3,500 and Justin Gleave opted to defend his big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop, and then action repeated itself on the 
turn.
When the 
paired the board on the river, Gleave bet 2,800 and that did the trick as his opponent wasted little time in releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Action folded to Kevin Meyers in the hijack and he moved all in for approximately 15,000. Michael Degroot called from the button and both blinds got out of the way.
Kevin Meyers: 
Michael Degroot: 
Meyers was ahead but disaster struck when the flop fell 
to pair Degroot. Neither the turn nor river delivered salvation for Meyers, and he bowed out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Vidhi Seem hit a little heater as of late.
First, she sent an opponent to the rail when her pocket kings held against sixes, and not long after she played a big pot that had her knocking at elimination's doorstep.
As she explained, she held 
and went three-way to a flop of 
. She checked, an opponent moved all in, and the other player in the hand called.
Seem then check-jammed herself and the big-stacked player called. One of her opponents held 
and turned trip sixes, but a jack spiked on the river to keep Seem in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
80,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
55,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
25,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
25,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
5,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Josh Vlahos appears to be the chip leader as Level 12 approaches.
In a recent hand, a short-stacked player moved all in and was looked up by Vlahos.
Josh Vlahos: 
Opponent: 
The at-risk player was a heavy favorite and paired up on the 
flop, which also gave Vlahos an up-and-down straight draw.
Well, when you're running good, you are running good. That was evidenced by the 
that spiked on the turn to give Vlahos his straight.
The meaningless 
was run out on the river and Vlahos was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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.
Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."
Here's a look at the top eight MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Main Event Final Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alsup | New Hope, Minnesota | 12 |
| 2 | Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 10 |
| 3 | Blake Bohn | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 9 |
| 4 | Rob WazWaz | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 9 |
| 5 | Jason Bender | Keota, Iowa | 9 |
| 6 | Aaron Johnson | Red Wing, Minnesota | 9 |
| 7 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley, Minnesota | 8 |
| 8 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 |
| 9 | Joe Matheson | Monticello, Minnesota | 7 |
| 10 | Dan "DQ" Hendrickson | Faribault, Minnesota | 7 |
The under-the-gun player raised to 6,000 and action folded to the big-stacked Valentin Navarro, who simply moved all in from the small blind. The player in the big called off for 34,000 and the UTG player got out of the way.
Valentin Navarro:
Small Blind: 
Navarro had seemingly been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, though all things considered it was a race.
The flop gave Navarro a gutshot straight draw, and he managed to hit it when the 
spiked on the river.
The 
was run out on the river and Navarro collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 |
Players are now on their last 10-minute break of the night. When they return, late registration and re-entries will come to an end. It shouldn't take long to get official numbers after that, so stay tuned.
