$1,110 South Dakota State Championship Day 1b | 2022 MSPT Deadwood

05-21-2022 22:36 UTC-5

Biggest Stacks in the Room After Break

Mike Patrick

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudy Stanko	255,000	5,000
Ron Kohner	248,000	187,000
Weston Wells	205,000	56,000
Cash Hepper	192,000	-16,000
Terence Reid	162,000	15,000
John Tieszen	160,000	35,000
Mark Ihringer	140,000	15,200
Wesley Cannon	129,000	19,800

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-21-2022 22:27 UTC-5

Another Break

Mike Patrick

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

Three more levels of late registration remain as the players have been sent on their penultimate break of the day.

05-21-2022 22:25 UTC-5

Stanko Soars Into Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

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

Shortly after eliminating Dan Bekavac while holding pocket aces, Rudy Stanko saw a turn board with Umut Ozturk that read with an already large pot in front of them.

Ozturk bet 35,000, leaving himself a bit over 100,000 behind. Stanko quickly moved all in, with Ozturk covered.

Ozturk didn't take long before folding and ceding the large pot to Stanko, who has taken the chip lead into the break.

Meanwhile, Bekavac has since re-entered and will begin the rebuilding process with three levels of registration remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudy Stanko	250,000	80,000
Umut Ozturk	100,700	-79,300
Dan Bekavac	25,000	-73,000

Tags: Dan Bekavac Rudy Stanko Umut Ozturk

05-21-2022 22:08 UTC-5

Ghostbear Gets Sneaky and Gets Paid

Mike Patrick

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

Eddie Ghostbear just alerted the live reporting team to a wild hand that started tiny but got huge in a hurry, leading to a huge boost to his stack.

According to Ghostbear, he limped under the gun for 1,200, the player to his immediate left limped behind and only the big blind came along.

On a flop of , the big blind and Ghostbear checked, and the other early position player overbet the pot for 15,000. The big blind folded, and Ghostbear sprung his trap, raising all-in to approximately 60,000. The original bettor called and the limped pot had officially become massive.

Eddie Ghostbear:
Opponent:

Ghostbear's aces were up against a massive combo draw, but the board brought two blanks and Ghostbear's sneakily played aces brought him a huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ghostbear	160,000	110,000

Tags: Eddie Ghostbear

05-21-2022 21:57 UTC-5

More Chip Counts From Around the Room

Mike Patrick

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Cash Hepper	208,000	85,000
Ron Parsons	146,000	21,000
Kevin Sickels	128,000	9,000
Wes Hitchcock	77,000	24,000
Jeff Paulson	64,000	13,000
Donovan Frank	60,300	19,300
Patricia Baumann	55,500	-18,500
Steven Dale	45,000	-14,000
Billy Etherington	29,200	-4,800

05-21-2022 21:47 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudy Stanko	170,000	25,000
Weston Wells	149,000	3,000
Arlie Brandvold	115,000	115,000
Dan Bekavac	98,000	48,000
DJ Buckley	69,000	50,500
Eddie Ghostbear	50,000	23,000
Sergio Mireles	41,000	27,000
Cy Church	21,000	7,200
Jill PIke	14,000	-9,000
Dave Ouellette	3,500	-19,500

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-21-2022 21:28 UTC-5

Most MSPT Main Event Titles

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 13 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. Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.

With his recent win at MSPT FireKeepers, Dan Bekavac now sits alone atop this leaderboard. Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event Titleholders:

Player	Hometown	Main Event Titles
Dan Bekavac	Chicago, IL	4
Matt Kirby	Bemidji, MN	3
Blake Bohn	Eden Prarie, MN	3
Carl Carodenuto	Bloomington, MN	2
Jeremy Dresch	Fridley, MN	2
Ben Marsh	Duluth, MN	2
John Hayes	St. Paul, MN	2
Peixin Liu	Blaine, MN	2
Jason Zarlenga	Lansing, MI	2
Taylor Howard	Altoona, IA	2

Tags: Ben Marsh Blake Bohn Carl Carodenuto Dan Bekavac Eden Prarie Jason Zarlenga Jeremy Dresch John Hayes Matt Kirby Peixin Liu Taylor Howard

05-21-2022 21:21 UTC-5

Kohner Crushes Tieszen's Kings

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ron Kohner opened in the cutoff for 3,000 and was met by a three-bet to 12,000 from John Tieszen in the big blind.

Kohner moved all in for 26,300 and Tieszen called immediately.

Ron Kohner:
John Tieszen:

Tieszen had run into that ultimate preflop cooler, and when the board ran out , Kohner had earned a much needed double-up through one of the healthier stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Tieszen	125,000	116,500
Ron Kohner	61,000	61,000

Tags: John Tieszen Ron Kohner