Mo Nuwwarah opened from late position for about 290,000, a large portion of his remaining stack. In the small blind, Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire moved all in for nearly 2,000,000. The big blind folded and Nuwwarah made the call for his last 100,000 or so.
Mo Nuwwarah:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
Looking to win a race, Nuwwarah saw the hit the flop. The turn and river gave Wilshire the win and Nuwwarah was eliminated in 8th place.
Mikiyo Aoki open-jammed for 455,000 from early position. Action folded all the way to Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire in the big blind who made the call.
Mikiyo Aoki:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
In a race for her tournament life, Aoki found a king on the flop. Unfortunately for her, it was followed up by the turn to leave her drawing dead as the finished the board and she was eliminated.
JC Nguyen opened to 110,000 from early position. Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire three-bet to 400,000 on his left. Back on Nguyen, he made the call, leaving himself with 450,000 behind.
The flop came out and both players checked.
On the turn, Nguyen led out for his last 450,000, sending Wilshire into the tank. Eventually, he landed on a call.
"Good call, I ain't got nothing," said Nguyen.
JC Nguyen:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
Both players had ace high, so Nguyen needed to avoid a few outs to stay ahead. The finished the board and Wilshire was eliminated after Wilshire's hero call.
Action picked up on the turn in a heads-up pot with a board of . Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire bet 500,000 from the hijack. Adam Schultz check-raised all in from the small blind to 2,600,000 and saw Wilshire snap call.
Adam Schultz:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
Schultz flopped a boat to best the trips of Wilshire, but needed to dodge three aces to hold up. The river was clean and Schultz scooped the massive pot.
Action picked up on the flop in a heads-up pot between Ben Wiora and Juston Welter. The board showed .
Juston Welter bet 200,000 from under the gun. In late position, Ben Wiora raised it up to 800,000. After some thought, Welter moved all in for 2,200,000 effective. Wiora snap-called.
Ben Wiora:
Juston Welter:
Wiora flopped a set and was poised to scoop the massive pot. The turn was the safe . The river threw Wiora out of his seat when the landed, drilling the two-outer for Welter and sending Wiora to the payout desk in the most brutal fashion.
Elizabeth Ethridge moved all in for about 900,000 from the button. She ran into a three-bet all in from Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire in the small blind for about 3,000,000. The others folded and the two were off to a runout.
Elizabeth Ethridge:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
Ethridge was looking for a two outer, but the board ran out with no ducks to be found on the and she was eliminated.
Action arrived on the turn with a growing pot of about 2,400,000. The board showed .
Adam Schultz moved all in for about 2,100,000 and Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire made the quick call in position.
Adam Schultz:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:
Wilshire had flopped a set against Schultz's aces and had him drawing to two outs. No magic would be found on the river , so Schultz was eliminated and Wilshire scooped the massive pot and took the chip lead into heads-up play.
After two full days of play, there is a new Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Main Event champion in the MSPT world. Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire has bested the stacked field of 503 entrants and won the MSPT Grand Falls Casino $1,110 Main Event.
There may not have been a more interesting winner in the field. From Shawnee, Kansas, Wilshire washes golf carts part-time.
"I'm more of a cash game player," Wilshire said. "I mostly play online. This is my first tournament win. I can finally show my family a trophy so they don't think I'm a drug dealer."
The 503 entrants generated a $486,410 prize pool and a first-place prize of $104,579, which Wilshire took home along with the MSPT Main Event trophy. When asked what he's going to do with the money, WIlshire shared, "I'm going to buy my cat, McLovin'...like Superbad, some cat food."
MSPT Grand Falls Main Event Final Table Results
*Place
Player
Prize
1
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire
$104,579
2
Juston Welter
$64,255
3
Adam Schulz
$46,306
4
Elizabeth Ethridge
$35,022
5
Ben Wiora
$26,266
6
JC Nguyen
$19,943
7
Mikiyo Aoki
$15,565
8
Mo Nuwwarah
$12,160
9
Ryan Remington
$9,242
Others to finish in the money by making the top 54 spots were WSOP bracelet winners John Reading (13th - $5,837) and Chad Himmelspach (19th - $4,426), MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (24th - $3,745), Luke Blindert (29th - $2,627), Dan "DQ" Hendrickson (34th - $2,627), and Thane Fliginger (42nd - $2,383).
Memorable Hands On the Path to Victory
Wilshire had his fair share of hands to share with the family and McLovin'. He flopped a set of fives during three-handed play to run down the aces of Adam Schultz. He also eliminated Elizabeth Ethridge in fourth place when he woke up with a better overpair. In fact, he also eliminated sixth-place JC Nguyen with a sick hero call; seventh-place finisher Mikiyo Aoki when he won a race by turning a set; and eighth-place finisher and former PokerNews senior editor Mo Nuwwarah when he won a race by flopping a king. He single-handedly eliminated half of the final table on his path to victory.
"I'm driving six hours home tonight," said Wilshire. "Well, actually seven since it's an electric car and I'll have to charge it. That's the worst part about them."
His car will lose charge a little faster than usual tonight, weighed down by a six-figure check and a heavy trophy to show his family. Safe travels, Don K. Nado. Safe travels.
That does it for our coverage here in Larchwood, Iowa at the Grand Falls Casino. Congratulations to Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire for his first tournament win.
The MSPT will now head to Las Vegas for a stop at The Venetian from September 3-5 followed by the 2022 United States Poker Championship at San Diego's Sycuan Casino Resort from September 15-25.