$1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1a | 2022 MSPT Running Aces

04-07-2022 17:41 UTC-5

Anderson Wins with River Bet

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Kevin Fowler raised from middle position and was called by Blake Anderson from the cutoff, along with David Gonia from the button.

The flop was checked to Anderson who fired out 1,500 and only Gonia called to see the fall on the turn.

Anderson check-called the 2,300 that Gonia tossed out and the completed the board on the river. Anderson led out for 5,000 and the price was too steep for Gonia as he quickly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Anderson	44,600 6,700	6,700
Kevin Fowler	29,800 9,800	9,800
David Gonia	13,400 2,200	2,200

Tags: Blake Anderson David Gonia Kevin Fowler

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

04-07-2022 17:54 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Knapp	137,500 22,500	22,500
Dennis Stevermer	83,400 53,600	53,600
Michael Winter	56,700 9,100	9,100
Brad Sailor	55,600 -1,200	-1,200
Blake Anderson	53,400 8,800	8,800
Jeff Grimes	53,400 3,600	3,600
Aaron Johnson	44,300 21,800	21,800
Nik Stone	34,500 10,800	10,800
Matt Kirby	26,800 1,800	1,800
Jonathan Kim	24,600 -400	-400
David Gonia	20,300 6,900	6,900
Jason Bender	19,400 8,200	8,200
Paul Carney	16,400 -8,600	-8,600
Rob Wazwaz	15,200 -3,700	-3,700

Joe Matheson	12,000 -16,700	-16,700
Terence Reid	9,800 -4,800	-4,800

PokerNews Podcast: Texas Road Trip Highlights & Spotlight on Doyle Brunson

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, which you can read about in full here.

Along with senior writer Jon Sofen, the trio spent six days traveling to 26 different poker rooms in Houston, Austin, Odessa, Midland, Fort Worth, Dallas, and College Station. They also swung by Doyle Brunson's hometown of Longworth as well as Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, where "Texas Dolly" attended college and excelled at both basketball and track.

In addition to exploring rooms such as Texas Card House, The Lodge (where they touched base with Doug Polk), KoJack's, Red Star Social, Shuffle 214, Wautauga Social Lounge, Poker House Dallas, and Game On Social, the crew also stopped by some historical poker sites, such as the graves of Poker Hall of Famers Jack "Treetop" Straus and Johnny Moss.

The Texas poker market has grown leaps and bounds over the past five years, and if you've ever wanted a glimpse into what it's like, this week's episode is for you!

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

04-07-2022 18:19 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Van Syckle	63,400 23,600	23,600
Eric Eelkema	55,400 15,800	15,800
Ronald Olson	53,200 -26,600	-26,600
David Ehike	38,700
Justin Barnum	33,400 29,600	29,600
Jon Hanner	28,700 9,400	9,400
Tyler Kolness	25,000
Angela Jordison	25,000 7,200	7,200
Gerald Cunniff	25,000 -13,900	-13,900
Joe Osterbauer	19,200 -4,300	-4,300

04-07-2022 18:30 UTC-5

Harrell Straightens Out Jordison

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Angela Jordison raised to 1,200 from early position and found two callers which included Marc Harrell from the hijack.

The flop came , Jordison continued for 2,900 and only Harrell called to see the turn.

Jordison slowed down and check-called the 7,000 bet from Harrell, only to do the same for 11,000 after the completed the board on the river.

Harrell quickly showed for the seven-high straight and it was good after Jordison tossed her hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Harrell	95,000 9,000	9,000
Angela Jordison	4,800 -20,200	-20,200

Tags: Angela Jordison Marc Harrell

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-07-2022 18:42 UTC-5

Blake Holmes Ships Event #3: $185 Deep Stack

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week for the Showdown Series here at Running Aces Casino.

In Event #3: $185 NLH Multi-Day Deep Stack, 443 runners created a $64,235 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Fransisco Ramirez (10th - $1,028), Zack Hayes (14th - $835), Chris Nelson (20th - $604), Matt Wolff (24th - $520), and Brian Soja (38th - $353).

In the end, it was Iowa's Blake Holmes who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $10,424 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Blake Holmes	$10,424*
2	Thane Fliginger	$6,749*
3	Tyler Kolness	$5,897*
4	James Kangas	$4,998*
5	Xa Xiong	$4,571*
6	Alberto Briones	$4,133*
7	Thai Dinh	$3,966*
8	Clint Leitheiser	$3,203*
9	Andrew Henderson	$1,220