Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The button player raised to 2,300 and found two callers in the blinds, including Chris Burke in the small blind.
The flop showed up ![]()
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. Burke led for 4,000 into his two opponents who promptly folded.
Borke turned over the ![]()
to reveal the semi-bluff with the flopped flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
161,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Action picked up on the flop with two players getting all their chips in the middle preflop. Jesse Bowman had the slightly bigger stack, but about 90,000 chips were up for grabs.
Opponent: ![]()
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Jesse Bowman: ![]()
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Aces versus kings meant bad news for Bowman's stack, and the flop was safe for aces when the ![]()
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hit the board. The
turn added more outs for Bowman. The river brought Bowman the miracle
for the set and the winner to eliminate his opponent and jump to near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 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.
To date, the MSPT has awarded $142,534,672 in prize money.
Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List:
| Place | Player | MSPT Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Alsup | $840,226 |
| 2 | Pavel Plesuv | $681,212 |
| 3 | Dan Bekavac | $646,031 |
| 4 | Michael Soyza | $592,137 |
| 5 | Aaron Massey | $553,265 |
| 6 | Mike Shin | $507,898 |
| 7 | Blake Bohn | $507,458 |
| 8 | David Levine | $499,752 |
| 9 | Aaron Johnson | $464,356 |
| 10 | Thomas Boivin | $461,505 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
76,700
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
|
70,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
|
57,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
51,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
50,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
45,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
40,800
800
|
800 |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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|
|
22,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
Action started on the flop in a three-way pot with a board of ![]()
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. Action checked to the button who bet 4,000 into the pot of about 6,000.
The player in the small blind called before action was on "Vegas" Vic Gayheart in early position. He put in the raise to 15,000.
Both the button and small blind folded and Gayheart showed ![]()
for the flopped set to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are headed on their second break of the day.
Adam Schultz raised from early position to 1,300. Immediately on his left, his opponent three-bet to 2,600. Action folded back to Schultz who four-bet to 8,500.
His opponent thought for a bit before sliding out a stack of chips worth 30,000.
"All in," said Schultz immediately, a total of 43,000. His opponent sighed but made the call.
Adam Schultz: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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The ultimate cooler, Schultz had the aces and was poised to double. The board of ![]()
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kept him ahead and gave him the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |