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

04-09-2022 14:31 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Reyes	89,700 89,700	89,700
Bob Van Syckle	41,200 16,200	16,200
Cory Nordstrand	41,200 41,200	41,200
Steve Wazwaz	39,700 4,600	4,600
Cory Cove	36,400 11,400	11,400
Josh Reichard	35,400 10,400	10,400
John Alexander	33,400 33,400	33,400
Dan Favreau	29,800 4,800	4,800
Jay Philips	27,600 2,600	2,600
Dan Hendrickson	26,700 1,700	1,700
Sam Desilva	26,500 1,500	1,500
Nik Stone	26,000 1,000	1,000
Steve Belland	25,000 25,000	25,000
Daniel Rehbein	24,500 500	500
Ty Johnson	24,300 700	700
Dennis Stevermer	23,400 1,600	1,600
Rob Wazwaz	22,400 2,600	2,600

Ray Bullock	22,300 22,300	22,300
Chris Nelson	22,300 2,700	2,700
Nicola DiTrapani	22,300 2,700	2,700
Pat Steele	22,100 11,100	11,100
Brad Sailor	20,100 4,900	4,900
Jeff Fielder	15,400 15,400	15,400

04-09-2022 14:20 UTC-5

MSPT Season 13 Race for Player of the Year

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Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 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

04-09-2022 14:11 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Kukowski	82,300 57,300	57,300
Justin Barnum	55,000 55,000	55,000
Roger Guzek	48,700 23,700	23,700
Todd Melander	34,500 9,500	9,500
Jason Sell	33,400 8,400	8,400
Jason Crews	31,400 6,400	6,400
Donald Nimneh	31,200 6,200	6,200
Blake Anderson	29,800 4,800	4,800
Tom Stambaugh	26,400 1,400	1,400
Chad Bjorkman	25,000
Brett Reichard	25,000
Osama Aweida	16,200 16,200	16,200
Thai Dinh	15,400 9,600	9,600
Hardik Vyas	3,000 22,600	22,600

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

04-09-2022 14:01 UTC-5

Break Time

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Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

Day 1c players are off on their first 10-minute break of the day.

04-09-2022 13:53 UTC-5

Kolness Wins with Continuation Bet

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Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

Action folded to a player in late position who raised to 900 before calling the 3,100 three-bet Tyler Kolness made from the small blind.

The flop came and Kolness continued for 4,000.

The bet sent his opponent into the muck and after some table talk, they tossed into the muck giving Kolness the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Kolness	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Tyler Kolness

04-09-2022 13:41 UTC-5

Tens Hold for Wylie

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Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

Jonathan Kim opened for 800 from under the gun and MSPT Hall of Famer Jason Seitz quickly called directly to his left.

Action was on Jesse Begordis who three-bet to 3,000 from the hijack and only Rocky Wylie called from the button.

The flop saw Begordis continue for 5,000 and Wylie called bringing the turn.

Both players checked and then did the same after the completed the board on the river.

Wylie quickly rolled over for a pair of tens and it was good as Begordis tossed into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Kim	49,800 24,800	24,800
Jason Seitz	31,200 31,200	31,200
Rocky Wylie	31,200 31,200	31,200

Tags: Jason Seitz Jesse Begordis Rocky Wylie

04-09-2022 13:30 UTC-5

Beile Li Ships Event #1: $360 Mystery Bounty

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Anthony Thompson

Level 3 : 200/200, 300 ante

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

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/200

Ante: 300

04-09-2022 13:16 UTC-5

Top Pair Good for Steve Wazwaz

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Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

After the player under the gun limped-in, Steve Wazwaz raised to 700 from the next seat over. MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele called from middle position and the big blind player defended.

Action was back on the initial limper who came along as well bringing a flop.