Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Ian Matakis raised from late position and found two callers which brought action three-ways to a ![]()
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flop.
Matakis continued for 4,000 and was called by the hijack before the button raised to 21,000.
Matakis called while the hijack folded and the
turn was checked to the
river. Matakis moved all-in for roughly 80,000 and his opponent snapped-off their 50,000 stack.
Matakis rolled over the nuts with ![]()
for the straight flush while his opponent tossed ![]()
into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
198,500
88,700
|
88,700 |
|
|
||
There was heads-up action between two-time MSPT champ Taylor Howard from the cutoff and 2019 MSPT Golden Gates champ Steve Wilkie from the big blind.
With a completed ![]()
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board showing, Wilkie led out for 10,000 into a 20,000 pot only to call a 30,000 raise from Howard.
Wilkie rolled over ![]()
for Broadway but it was no good as Howard held ![]()
to scoop the pot with the club flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
76,600
|
76,600 |
|
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Paul Carney opened from late position and only Jason Bender called from the cutoff.
The ![]()
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flop saw Carney continue for 4,000 only to call the 13,000 raise from Bender.
Both players checked the
turn and the
paired the board on the river.
Carney check-called a 13,000 bet from Bender and Bender quickly mucked his hand facedown giving Carney the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,500
200
|
200 |
|
|
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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.
Event #6: $250 Pot-Limit Omaha saw 138 runners create a $27,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players and in the end, it was Minnesota's Spencer Broberg who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $4,663 payday.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer Broberg | $4,663* |
| 2 | Tom Nguyen | $4,464* |
| 3 | Mark Glenderding | $3,976* |
| 4 | John Macke | $3,201* |
| 5 | Douglas Tran | $2,941* |
| 6 | Clint McCorison | $2,600* |
| 7 | Chov Chug | $1,104 |
| 8 | Renee Kessel | $856 |
| 9 | Darren Rerd | $690 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Day 1b players are on a 40-minute dinner break, action will resume around 7:00 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,700
122,200
|
122,200 |
|
|
144,500
77,800
|
77,800 |
|
|
84,600
27,900
|
27,900 |
|
|
81,200
38,900
|
38,900 |
|
|
76,500
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
62,400
18,100
|
18,100 |
|
|
60,200
29,700
|
29,700 |
|
|
59,800
33,100
|
33,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,400
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
|
45,300
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
43,600
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
|
35,400
10,400
|
10,400 |
|
|
35,400
14,600
|
14,600 |
|
|
33,200
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
|
31,200
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
31,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000
85,300
|
85,300 |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000 | |
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 13 years on 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.
| Place | Player | Season | Cashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Shin | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Aaron Johnson | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Aaron Johnson | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Kou Vang | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Mark Hodge | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | DJ Buckley | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Kou Vang | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Patrick Steele | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Brian Hou | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Terence Reid | 12 | 7 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
172,300
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
132,100
132,100
|
132,100 |
|
|
109,800
66,600
|
66,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,200
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
|
88,700
58,900
|
58,900 |
|
|
49,900
22,300
|
22,300 |
|
|
44,300
45,700
|
45,700 |
|
|
43,500
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
43,500
11,100
|
11,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
39,800
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
|
38,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
35,400
17,200
|
17,200 |
|
|
33,400
13,400
|
13,400 |
|
|
31,200
16,600
|
16,600 |
|
|
25,000
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
|
20,000
6,700
|
6,700 |