$1,100 Main Event Day 1b | 2021 MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship

05-15-2021 20:50 UTC-6

Mader Dusts Opponent

Anthony Thompson

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

Phil Mader raised to 2,300 from middle position, the button player three-bet all in for 12,300 and the small blind player called off his last 2,300 stack. The big blind folded and action was back on Mader who tossed in his chips for the call.

Phil Mader:
Button Player:
Small Blind Player:

Mader held the best hand and nothing changed after the flop. The turn was safe fore Mader but the river paired the small blind player to give them a triple-up while the button player headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Mader	52,300 19,100	19,100

Tags: Phil Mader

05-15-2021 20:59 UTC-6

Ladies Hold for Schock

Anthony Thompson

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

The player from middle position raised to 3,300, Mitch Schock three-bet all and action folded back to the initial raiser who called off their remaining 9,000 stack.

Mitch Schock:
Opponent:

It was a classic race with Schock looking to hold and he did after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitch Schock	75,000 31,800	31,800

Tags: Mitch Schock

05-15-2021 21:14 UTC-6

Defending Champ Wins With Ducks

Anthony Thompson

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

Action on the table folded around to Defending Champ Sergio Mireles who limped in on the button, the small blind player did the same and the big blind checked their option.

The flop was checked around to the turn where the big blind player led out for 1,200 and only Mireles called to see the complete the board on the river.

Both players checked and Mireles showed a pair of ducks which was good enough to win the pot as his opponent mucked .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Mireles	150,000 74,400	74,400

Tags: Sergio Mireles

05-15-2021 21:20 UTC-6

Break Time

Anthony Thompson

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

Players are on another ten-minute break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-15-2021 21:40 UTC-6

Most MSPT Main Event Cashes in a Single Season

Anthony Thompson

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

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.

Place	Player	Season	Cashes
1	Mike Shin	10	12
2	Aaron Johnson	10	10
3	Aaron Johnson	9	10
4	Kou Vang	5	8
5	Mark Hodge	6	8
6	DJ Buckley	9	7
7	Kou Vang	9	7
8	Patrick Steele	10	7
9	Brian Hou	10	7
10	Alex Winter	10	6

05-15-2021 21:52 UTC-6

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Thorson	175,000 36,300	36,300
Rudy Stanko	135,000 135,000	135,000
Wesley Ismay	121,000 44,600	44,600
Mike Carda	110,000
Eddie Ghost Bear	100,000 19,000	19,000
Luke Goodwoodie	91,000 57,800	57,800
Ben Keeline	70,000 35,400	35,400
Tom Hammers	43,000 -30,400	-30,400
Aaron Fruen	31,500 -25,200	-25,200
Mark Fink	31,000 31,000	31,000
Ryan Remington	30,000 30,000	30,000
Eric Atchison	12,500 -25,000	-25,000

05-15-2021 22:03 UTC-6

Wes Hitchcock Wakes Up With Aces

Anthony Thompson

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

A player from middle position opened with a raise and then called the 35,000 three-bet jam Wes Hitchcok made from the small blind.

Wes Hitchcock:
Opponent:

Hitchcock woke up with rockets at the perfect time and the runout secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wes Hitchcock	75,000

Tags: Wes Hitchcock

05-15-2021 22:12 UTC-6

Friedman's Trap Fails Against Umut Ozturk

Anthony Thompson

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

While PokerNews wasn't present for the hand, MSPT's Ben Valder gave us the scoop about a monster hand involving three-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman and Minnesota's Umut Ozturk.

The hand goes as followed, Ozturk raised with and Friedman flatted with . All the money got in after a flop and the secured the Minnesota native the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	75,000 57,300	57,300
Adam Friedman	70,000 -7,900	-7,900

Tags: Adam Friedman Umut Ozturk

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000