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 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 |
---|---|---|
Ian Matakis
|
198,500 | 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 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 |
---|---|---|
Taylor Howard | 110,000 | 76,600 |
Steve Wilkie | 65,000 | -25,000 |
Paul Carney opened from late position and only Jason Bender called from the cutoff.
The 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 |
---|---|---|
Paul Carney | 88,500 | -200 |
Jason Bender | 45,000 | 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 |
---|---|---|
Tim Garles | 158,700 | 122,200 |
Chan Pelton | 144,500 | 77,800 |
Arlie Brandvold | 84,600 | 27,900 |
Harold Kilgore
|
81,200 | 38,900 |
Kimberly Hancock
|
76,500 | -3,300 |
Matt Alexander | 62,400 | 18,100 |
Brad Sailor | 60,200 | -29,700 |
Rob Wazwaz
|
59,800 | 33,100 |
Tyler Kolness | 55,400 | -19,600 |
Bob Van Syckle | 45,300 | -4,900 |
Pat Steele | 43,600 | 7,100 |
Jason Crews | 35,400 | 10,400 |
Joe Matheson | 35,400 | -14,600 |
Dennis Stevermer | 33,200 | 17,800 |
Matt Kirby | 31,200 | -12,000 |
Gerald Cunniff | 31,200 | 6,200 |
Tom Stambaugh | 31,200 | 6,200 |
Kitkat Klassen | 25,000 | |
Blake Bohn | 25,000 | -85,300 |
Josh Reichard
|
25,000 | |
Jason Sell | 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 |
---|---|---|
Jeff Fielder | 172,300 | -5,500 |
John Michalak | 132,100 | 132,100 |
Ian Matakis
|
109,800 | 66,600 |
Greg Kukowski
|
100,200 | 4,600 |
Paul Carney | 88,700 | 58,900 |
DJ Buckley | 49,900 | 22,300 |
Leo Fussy | 44,300 | -45,700 |
Blake Anderson | 43,500 | 2,300 |
Angela Jordison | 43,500 | 11,100 |
Josh Bozarth | 39,800 | 9,800 |
Vic Peppe | 38,700 | 8,700 |
Eric Eelkema | 35,400 | 17,200 |
Taylor Howard | 33,400 | 13,400 |
Umut Ozturk | 31,200 | 16,600 |
Jason Bender | 25,000 | -27,300 |
Mark Abboud | 20,000 | -6,700 |