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

05-21-2022 20:43 UTC-5

Assorted Counts from Around the Room

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terence Reid	147,000 21,000	21,000
Kevin Sickels	119,000 75,000	75,000
Mike Wilkinson	62,000 62,000	62,000
Wes Hitchcock	53,000 53,000	53,000
Josh Santi	47,000 18,900	18,900
John McGriff	42,000 42,000	42,000
Michael Campbell	27,000 20,500	20,500
Claire Putnam	23,000 23,000	23,000
Bart Ness	20,000 20,000	20,000

05-21-2022 20:50 UTC-5

Updated Counts and Eliminations

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Umut Ozturk	180,000
Wes Cannon	136,000 115,000	115,000
Mark Ihringer	124,800 16,800	16,800
Tyler Femling	95,000
Warner Ghere	85,000 30,000	30,000
Patricia Baumann	74,000 13,000	13,000
Dan Bekavac	50,000 -114,000	-114,000
Donovan Frank	41,000 5,000	5,000
Ken Lybeck	35,200 8,700	8,700
Eddie Ghostbear	27,000 9,200	9,200
DJ Buckley	18,500 11,400	11,400
Jessica Anderson	16,000 1,700	1,700
Nichole Eby	Busted
Kara Tripp	Busted
Sacha Zian	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

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	116,500
Ron Kohner	61,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: John Tieszen Ron Kohner

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

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

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

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

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.