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

04-08-2022 17:53 UTC-5

David Ehike Takes Down Event #5: $250 NLH Turbo Super Stack

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 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 #5: $250 NLH Turbo Super Stack, Michael Winter collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy and a $3,361 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	David Ehike	$3,361*
2	Bernard Morrow	$3,134*
3	Dale McDonough	$3,098*
4	Gerald Cunniff	$2,974
5	Max Havlish	$1,228
6	Andrew Trancis	$930
7	Joe Bangart	$730
8	Alex Gerten	$614
9	Tyler Kolness	$531

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-08-2022 17:42 UTC-5

Brit Scores Big with Pocket Jacks

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was four-way all in action preflop which included 2017 MSPT Running Aces champ Jeffrey Birt from the hijack.

Jeffrey Birt:
All-In Player:
UTG Player:
Small Blind Player:

A bunch of premium hands were revealed with the small blind holding the best with pocket aces and the flop didn't change a thing.

The turn however, made things interesting as it gave Birt and the player in middle position a gut shot straight draw.

Luckily for Brit, the dealer dropped the on the river securing him a triple-up the side pot for 27,000 while he and the player from middle position chopped the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Birt	70,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Jeffrey Birt

04-08-2022 17:30 UTC-5

Bullock Makes His Move on Kolness

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action quickly folded to Tyler Kolness who raised to 3,000 from the button and Raymond Bullock defended his big blind to see a flop.

Bullock check-raised to 12,000 after Kolness continued for 3,000 and Kolness called bringing the turn.

Bullock moved all-in for roughly 50,000 sending Kolness into the tank. After some careful consideration, Kolness mucked his hand and Bullock collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Kolness	75,000 6,200	6,200
Raymond Bullock	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Raymond Bullock Tyler Kolness

04-08-2022 17:20 UTC-5

MSPT Season 13 Race for Player of the Year

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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.

Here's a look at the top ten point leaders of this season:

Place	Player	Hometown	Season 13 Points
1	Ron West	Los Angeles,CA	1,900
2	Daniel Bekavac	Chicago, IL	1,700
3	Jamie Allen	Dundalk, MD	1,700
4	Johnnie Moreno	Las Vegas, NV	1,700
5	Jeff Fielder	Des Moines, IA	1,600
6	Aaron Massey	Elmwood Park, IL	1,600
7	Chris Gfell	Arvada, CO	1,567
8	Cero Zuccarello	Madison, WI	1,500
9	Cedrric Trevino	San Antonio, TX	1,500
10	Huy Nguyen (CA)	Westminster, CA	1,425

04-08-2022 17:10 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Bohn	110,300 24,900	24,900
Brad Sailor	89,900 73,400	73,400
Tyler Kolness	81,200 36,500	36,500
Chan Pelton	66,700 41,700	41,700
Arlie Brandvold	56,700 23,300	23,300
Dan Favreau	52,300 36,900	36,900
Bob Van Syckle	50,200 5,200	5,200
Joe Matheson	50,000 26,000	26,000
Matt Alexander	44,300 35,900	35,900
Matt Kirby	43,200 14,500	14,500
Harold Kilgore	42,300 8,900	8,900
Blake Anderson	41,200 3,400	3,400
Tim Garles	36,500 36,500	36,500
Pat Steele	36,500 12,500	12,500
Max Havlish	31,200 10,000	10,000
Rob Wazwaz	26,700 26,700	26,700

Gerald Cunniff	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tom Stambaugh	25,000 15,700	15,700
Mark Larson	24,800 16,400	16,400
Taylor Howard	20,000 3,500	3,500
James Lawrence	18,300 6,700	6,700
David Ehike	18,000 18,000	18,000
Umut Ozturk	14,600 14,600	14,600
Jeremy Calverley	6,000 14,900	14,900

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-08-2022 16:58 UTC-5

Peppe Wins Race to Double Through Tran

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action folded to Vic Peppe who raised to 2,000 from the cutoff only to have Tony Tran three-bet to 7,500 from the button.

After the blinds folded, Peppe four-bet all in for 13,500 and Tran snap-called.

Vic Peppe:
Tony Tran:

Peppe was ahead with his made hand of threes and the runout secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Tran	37,800 4,500	4,500
Vic Peppe	30,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Tony Tran Vic Peppe

04-08-2022 16:48 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Fielder	177,800 72,200	72,200
Greg Kukowski	95,600 35,600	35,600
Leo Fussy	90,000 69,200	69,200
Kimberly Hancock	79,800 79,800	79,800
Ian Matakis	43,200 1,800	1,800

Donald Nimneh	33,200 14,900	14,900
Angela Jordison	32,400 6,400	6,400

Josh Bozarth	30,000 5,700	5,700
Paul Carney	29,800 3,400	3,400
DJ Buckley	27,600 8,900	8,900
Cory Cove	26,700 1,100	1,100
Jason Crews	25,000 7,400	7,400
Osama Aweida	22,300 6,900	6,900
Eric Eelkema	18,200 3,100	3,100
Jason Seitz	15,800 16,600	16,600
Dennis Stevermer	15,400 9,600	9,600
Ed Veith	Busted
Matt Crocker	Busted