Cory Cove opened for 600 from middle position, Donald Nimneh called directly to his left and James Lawrence called from the button before Jeff Fielder three-bet to 3,600 from the small blind.
All three players called, bringing action four-ways to a flop. Fielder continued for 8,800 only to have Cove raise all in.
Both Nimneh and Lawrence quickly mucked their hand while Fielder called off his 25,900 stack.
Jeff Fielder:
Cory Cove:
Cove flopped a queen but was behind the pocket kings of Fielder and neither the turn nor the river changed a thing as Fielder collected his double-up.
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 #2: $250 NLH Sunday Feast, 251 runners created a $50,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Steve Belland (12th - $904), Howard Dion (15th - $753), Luke Blindert (16th - $648), Joel Smith (24th - $462), and Jeff Grimes (26th - $422).
In the end, it was Minnesota's Shane Nelson who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $8,585 payday.
Jeremy Calverley raised to 500 from late position and only Max Havlish called from the cutoff.
The two went heads-up to a flop and Calverley check-called an 800 bet from Havlish. The turn was checked by both players and the completed the board on the river.
Calverley checked his option once again only to fold after Havlish fired out 1,500.
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While PokerNews is here offering live updates from 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 #1: $360 NLHE Mystery Bounty, 1,197 entries were logged through three starting flights and created a $356,100 prize pool that was paid out to the top 129 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were MSPT Hall of Famer's Rob Wazwaz (11th - $3,350) & Aaron Johnson (47th - $709), DJ Buckley (60th - $638), Tom Hammers (98th - $519), and David Gonia (122nd - $423).
In the end, it was Minnesota's Beile Li who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $25,588 payday.
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Beile Li
$25,588*
2
Joel Doering
$26,187*
3
Bob Van Syckle
$24,967*
4
Richard Stoeckmann
$20,318*
5
John Raiche
$17,684*
6
Connor Sun
$8,345
7
John Volgren
$6,441
8
Jeff Petronack
$5,014
9
Max Havlish
$4,063
MSPT Running Aces Showdown Series $360 Mystery Bounty Final Table