DJ Buckley was all in preflop for 34,000 from the button and was called by the hijack.
DJ Buckley: 
Opponent: 
Buckley was way ahead with his pair of aces and the 
runout secured his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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 #7: $300 NLH Tag Team Championship saw 280 runners (140 teams) create a $32,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 teams and in the end, it was Nate Rieck & Ryan Gilleland who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $9,016 payday.
| Place | Players | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nate Rieck & Ryan Milleland | $9,016 |
| 2 | Jackson Vue & Steve Vang | $5,570 |
| 3 | Quinten Yanick & Jordyn Decoteau | $4,026 |
| 4 | Jerome Kangas & James Kangas | $3,010 |
| 5 | Ajinkya Mehta & Beile Li | $2,190 |
| 6 | David Gonia & Raj Kola | $1,674 |
| 7 | Richie Gamez & Krystie Durbin | $1,288 |
| 8 | Mike Gullekson & Ron Johnson | $998 |
| 9 | Thane Fliginger & Brad Pausch | $806 |
Taylor Howard opened with a raise from under the gun and only Vic Peppe called from the button.
The 
flop was checked by both players to the 
turn where Howard check-called a 12,000 bet from Peppe and the 
completed the board on the river.
Action went check-check and Peppe rolled over 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
207,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
178,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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.
In Event #8: $250 NLH Hump Day, 128 runners created a $25,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players.
In the end, it was Nicholas Lagos who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $6,196 payday.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Lagos | $6,196* |
| 2 | Leonard Lewandowski | $5,400* |
| 3 | Dave Ehlke | $3,200 |
| 4 | Dave Lunde | $2,394 |
| 5 | Ed Vieth | $1,741 |
| 6 | Vue Jackson | $1,331 |
| 7 | Victor Hoffman | $1,024 |
| 8 | Sage Holmes | $794 |
| 9 | Umut Ozturk | $640 |
Raymond Bullock raised from the cutoff and Tanya Payne defended her big blind to see a 
flop.
Payne check-raised to 30,000 after Bullock continued or 16,000 and Bullock quickly mucked his hand.
Payne was nice and showed before she collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
90,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Action folded to Jeff Fielder who raised all in for 64,000 from the cutoff and was called by the big blind holding 66,000.
Jeff Fielder:
Opponent: 
Fielder was behind and the 
flop didn't change a thing.
The turn however, came the 
giving Fielder the nut flush draw and luckily for him, the 
completed it on the river and secured his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
James Lawrence opened under the gun only to fold after Clint Leitheiser three-bet jam for roughly 200,000 from the cutoff while Jeff Fielder called off his 125,000 stack from the button.
Jeff Fielder: 
Clint Leitheiser: 
It was a classic race with Fielder needing to connect with either of his two overs but neither came on the 
flop.
The 
turn did give Fielder the nut flush draw but the river was a brick and ended his Day 1b run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.
The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:
To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.
As of today, eight players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.
