$1,110 Main Event ($500K GTD) | 2022 MSPT Riverside

03-20-2022 08:29 UTC-5

Winner Will be Crowned Today in the MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event

Anthony Thompson

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Riverside comes to its conclusion as the final day of the $1,100 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event gets underway at 11 a.m.

The three starting flights pulled together a staggering 1,094 total entries, which was enough to blast the $500k GTD and generated a 1,059,680 prize pool.

A total of 137 players found a bag during the three starting flights and those lucky enough to do so will be returning today for Day 2.

Flight	Entries	Advancing to Day 2
Day 1a	140	17
Day 1b	382	44
Day 1c	572	76
Totals	1,094	137

Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Tyler Vonnahme who bagged large in Day 1c, and he will look to add his first MSPT title to his poker resume.

Both Jamie Allen and Bouaphanh Leuaxay will be looking to do the same as they are the only other players to bag over 600k.

Top Stacks After Day 1 Flights

Position	Player	MSPT Main Event Titles	Chip Count
1	Tyler Vonnahme	0	653,000
2	Jamie Allen	0	628,000
3	Bouaphanh Leuaxay	0	623,000
4	Thomas Chesrey	0	530,000
5	John Schroeder	0	482,000
6	Jared Williams	0	444,000
7	Cero Zuccarello	0	443,000
8	Jason Bender	0	437,000
9	Jeff Fielder	0	429,000
T-10	Craig Trost	1	416,000
T-10	Mo Nuwwarah	0	416,000
T-10	Voytek Glab	0	416,000

Many other familiar faces will be battling it out for a shot at the six-figure top prize which include; Kevin Berthelsen (341,000), Tim Garles (254,000), James Gregg (220,000), MSPT champ Josh Reichard (189,00), two-time MSPT champ Taylor Hoard (161,000), reigning champ Timothy Gundrum (118,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz (102,000),

There will be 137 players returning for Day 2 action, but only 117 spots will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool.

Starting the day fairly close to the money might make for some conservative play, but judging by the first three flights, the tournament should retain the action-filled play that has been up to this point.

A min-cash will be paying $2,013, but all eyes will be on the $193,391 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home, along with an MSPT River Side Main Event title.

MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$193,391	1,900
2	$118,729	1,700
3	$88,059	1,600
4	$66,865	1,500
5	$49,804	1,400
6	$38,148	1,300
7	$29,671	1,200
8	$23,312	1,100
9	$19,074	1,000
10-12	$14,835	900
13-15	$11,656	800
16-18	$10,384	700
19-21	$8,583	600
22-24	$7,205	550
25-27	$6,040	500
28-36	$4,556	450
37-45	$3496	400
46-54	$3,179	350
55-63	$2,861	300
64-72	$2,755	250
73-81	$2,649	200
82-90	$2,543	150
91-99	$2,331	100
100-108	$2,119	75
109-117	$2,013	50

Day 2 Schedule

Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time with blind levels lasting 40-minutes in length until heads-up play is reached, at which point they will be reduced to 30-minutes. Action will pick up from Level 16 where blinds will be 3,000/6,000/6,000.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante
16	40 minutes	3,000	6,000	6,000
17	40 minutes	4,000	8,000	8,000
18	40 minutes	5,000	10,000	10,000
19	40 minutes	6,000	12,000	12,000
20	40 minutes	10,000	15,000	15,000
21	40 minutes	10,000	20,000	20,000
22	40 minutes	15,000	25,000	25,000
23	40 minutes	15,000	30,000	30,000
24	40 minutes	20,000	40,000	40,000
25	40 minutes	25,000	50,000	50,000
26	40 minutes	30,000	60,000	60,000
27	40 minutes	40,000	80,000	80,000
28	30 minutes	50,000	100,000	100,000
29	30 minutes	60,000	120,000	120,000
30	30 minutes	100,000	150,000	150,000

MSPT Riverside Remaining Schedule

Date	Time (CDT)	Tournament	Chips	Location
Sunday, March 20	11 a.m.	$1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event)	-	Event Center
Sunday, March 20	12 p.m.	$360 Last Chance Showdown NLHE	15,000	Event Center

Tags: Bouaphanh Leuaxay Cero Zuccarello Craig Trost James Gregg Jamie Allen Jared Williams Jason Bender John Schroeder Josh Reichard Kevin Berthelsen Mo Nuwwarah Rob Wazwaz Taylor Hoard Tim Garles Tyler Vonnahme

03-20-2022 11:16 UTC-5

Semanisin Rivers Queen to Eliminate Buckley and Kidd

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Miroslav Semanisin opened for 13,000 from early position, Chrisopher Kidd three-bet jammed for 66,000 from the cutoff and DJ Buckley went over the top for 83,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on Semanisin, who called after getting the confirmed amounts and all three hands were tabled.

Chrisopher Kidd:
DJ Buckley:
Miroslav Semanisin:

Buckley was ahead with his made hand of jacks, and nothing changed after the flop hit the felt.

The turn was safe for Buckly, and he was looking good until the peeled off on the river, securing Semanisin the double elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Semanisin	441,000 149,000	149,000
Chrisopher Kidd	Busted
DJ Buckley	Busted
Eric Moon	Busted
Gary Lambert	Busted

Tags: Chrisopher Kidd DJ Buckley Miroslav Semanisin

03-20-2022 11:29 UTC-5

Bloomberg Hooks Buell for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mark Bloomberg raised to 16,000 from middle position and was called by Angelo Tsilibiris from the small blind before Steve Buell three-bet to 51,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on Bloomberg who jammed for 85,000 and only Buell called.

Mark Bloomberg:
Steve Buell:

Bloomberg held the better made hand and the runout secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Tsilibiris	295,000 21,000	21,000
Steve Buell	260,000 -54,000	-54,000
Mark Bloomberg	196,000 21,000	21,000
Gabriel Barry	Busted
Nathan Kewney	Busted

Tags: Angelo Tsilibiris Mark Bloomberg Steve Buell

03-20-2022 11:40 UTC-5

Dauber Sets Up a Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action folded to Kevin Dauber who raised all in for 45,000 from the cutoff and the button gave him isolation after they jammed over the top for 55,000.

Kevin Dauber:
Opponent:

Dauber was racing for his tournament life and took a huge lead after a four appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn gave Dubar a sweat as it gave his opponent the club flush draw, but the completed the board on the river and secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Dauber	100,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Kevin Dauber

03-20-2022 11:44 UTC-5

Leuaxay Drops Schlegel with Ladies

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Michael Schlegel was all in preflop from middle position and was called by Bouaphanh Leuaxay from the cutoff.

Michael Schlegel:
Bouaphanh Leuaxay:

Schlegel was behind needing help but the runout ended his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bouaphanh Leuaxay	886,000 263,000	263,000
Tim Schutt	Busted
Michael Schlegel	Busted

Tags: Bouaphanh Leuaxay Michael Schlegel

03-20-2022 12:07 UTC-5

Mader Bubble's; Steinman First in the Money

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There were two eliminations that happened before the hand-for-hand process started.

The first player to fall was Robert Steinman after his pocket aces were set-up by Ravi Raghavan's pocket kings.

While Steinman was standing waiting to see if he was the official bubble, MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz exclaimed "Bubble burst! Bubble burst!" at the table just behind Steinman.

Bubble Hand History:

Wazwaz raised from early position and action folded to Phil Mader who defended his big blind to see a flop.

Mader quickly jammed for his remaining stack and Wazwaz snap called.

Phil Mader:
Rob Wazwaz:

Mader flopped top pair but was way behind Wazwaz who flopped top-two.

The turn wasn't the worse card for Mader as it brought possible chop outs if a jack were to fall on the river, but it came the , improving Wazwaz to a full house.

With two players eliminated at the same time, Mader became the official bubble holding less chips with 73,000 while Steinman held 99,000 to take 117th place for $2,013.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	330,000 162,000	162,000

Rob Wazwaz	313,000 211,000	211,000

Phil Mader	Busted
Robert Steinman	Busted

Tags: Phil Mader Ravi Raghavan's Rob Wazwaz Robert Steinman

03-20-2022 12:50 UTC-5

Blumenthal Wakes Up with Aces and Drops Opponent

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Schroeder raised to 23,000 from the cutoff only to have the small blind three-bet jam for 120,000 and Eddie Blumenthal came over the top for roughly 145,000.

Action was back on Schroder who mucked his hand, and the two players tabled their hands.

Opponent:
Eddie Blumenthal:

Blumenthal was way ahead and improved after an ace appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn did give Blumenthal a sweat as it gave his opponent the wheel draw but the paired the board on the river and secured him the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Schroeder	480,000 -2,000	-2,000
Eddie Blumenthal	300,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Eddie Blumenthal John Schroeder

03-20-2022 14:27 UTC-5

Hindman Flushes Goepel's Aces for KO

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Dan Goepel opened to 35,000 from under the gun and found three callers which brough a flop.

Jason Crews checked his option from the big blind to Goepel who moved all-in for just over 300,000 and Joe Hindman snap-called from the cutoff.

Action was on Tamera Castel who mucked her hand from the button and Jason Crews did the same tossing face-up into the muck.

Dan Goepel:
Joe Hindman:

Goepel was ahead with his pair of aces but the turn completed the flush for Hindman, leaving Goepel needing a heart to stay alive.

Unfortunately for the 2015 Potawatomi Main Event champ, the completed the board on the river and ended his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hindman	1,450,000 650,000	650,000
Tamera Castel	540,000 221,000	221,000
Jason Crews	200,000 -160,000	-160,000
Dan Goepel	Busted

Tags: Dan Goepel Jason Crews Joe Hindman Tamera Castel

03-20-2022 15:12 UTC-5

Echols Rivers Lucky Lady to Drop Opponent

Anthony Thompson

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was all in action preflop between Darnell Echols from under the gun and the hijack with Echols having his opponent covered.

Opponent:
Darnell Echols:

Echols was ahead with his pair of ladies until the flop hit the felt giving his opponent trip tens.

The turn didn't change a thing and just as Echols was getting ready to start counting out his chips, the dealer dropped the on the river to secure him the pot while his opponent made their way to the payout desk.