$1,110 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 MSPT Grand Falls

08-19-2022 16:17 UTC-5

Familiar Faces and Chip Counts, MSPT Hall of Fame Members Abound

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Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Howard	40,000 40,000	40,000
Aaron Johnson	37,000 2,500	2,500
Mark Hodge	31,000 31,000	31,000
John McNee	28,000 -1,700	-1,700
Dan "DQ" Hendrickson	28,000
DJ Buckley	25,000 25,000	25,000
Justin Barnum	25,000 25,000	25,000
Rob Wazwaz	20,000 20,000	20,000

Blake Bohn	15,000 15,000	15,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

08-19-2022 16:30 UTC-5

Skrondahl Flops Two Pair

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action picked up on the river with over 10,000 in the pot and two players fighting for it. The board read .

Shaun Skrondahl was in the small blind and led out on the river for 5,300. His lone opponent was in middle position and thought for about 30 seconds. Eventually, he decided on a call.

Skrondahl revealed for two pair to take down the pot.

Skrondahl won the MSPT Regional event here in Grand Falls in March of this year and looks to make a deep run in this Main Event as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Skrondahl	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Shaun Skrondahl

08-19-2022 16:45 UTC-5

Hendrickson Takes One Down

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Dan "DQ" Hendrickson looked at a board of on the flop and was in position in a heads-up pot. Hendrickson had just raised to 3,000 in position after his opponent had bet, his opponent called the raise.

The turn brought the and Hendrickson eyes up his opponent's stack.

"Do you have any grays?" asked Hendrickson.

"I've got a couple grays, some oranges, some blues," said his opponent.

After inventory taking, Hendrickson landed on a bet of 5,000. Again, his opponent made the call.

The river brought the to complete the board. Hendrickson bet 10,000 when checked to. His opponent let out an audible groan before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan "DQ" Hendrickson	38,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dan "DQ" Hendrickson

08-19-2022 16:55 UTC-5

Hodge Makes Limped Pot Win Look Too Easy

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Five played limped into a level-three pot, including Mark Hodge on the button.

The flop showed up . Action checked all the way to Hodge who bet 600 into the pot of 1,500.

One by one, each opponent let their cards go and the pot was pushed to the MSPT Hall of Famer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Hodge	32,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Mark Hodge

08-19-2022 17:00 UTC-5

Break Time

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-19-2022 17:25 UTC-5

Weber Lays Trap, Catches Opponent's Stack

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Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action picked up on the river with a complete board showing . Over 20,000 was in the middle.

Andrew Weber had checked to his opponent who was deep in the tank. After thinking for nearly three minutes, someone spoke up.

"You know it's on you, right?" asked a tablemate.

He didn't know. Weber's opponent missed the check. After being made aware, he proceeded to bet 6,000. Weber didn't think long before sliding a stack of chips out and saying, "I'll put you all in," which received a quick call.

At-risk opponent:
Andrew Weber:

Weber had flopped a full house and said that he checked all three streets. His opponent turned the straight and couldn't escape the cooler with any chips remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Weber	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Andrew Weber

08-19-2022 17:39 UTC-5

Olson II Binks the Turn, Chipping Up Big

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Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Gary Olson II raised to 800 from late position and found two callers, the button and the small blind.

The flop showed up . All three players checked fairly quickly.

The turn brought the and Olson II bet 3,000 when checked to. The player on the button called and the two went heads up to a river.

The final card was a . Olson II bet smaller on the river, just 2,500. His opponent tossed in the call.

Olson II showed for the turned straight and the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Olson II	82,000

Tags: Gary Olson II

08-19-2022 17:50 UTC-5

Bullock Gets One Through

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Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action picked up on the flop with a large pot brewing between Ray Bullock and Shaun Skrondahl. With about 20,000 in the middle, Bullock moved all in with a board of .