$1,100 Main Event | 2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic

12-11-2022 10:12 UTC-5

Winner Will be Crowned Today in Main Event

Anthony Thompson

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces comes to its conclusion as the final day of the $1,100 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event gets underway at 11 a.m.

The three starting flights pulled together a staggering 1,015 total entries, which was enough to blast the $500k GTD and generated a 983,050 prize pool.

A total of 123 players found a bag during the three starting flights and those lucky enough to do so will be returning today for Day 2.

Flight	Entries	Advancing to Day 2
Day 1a	238	31
Day 1b	348	40
Day 1c	429	52
Totals	1,015	123

Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Terence Reid who bagged large in Day 1b, and he will look to add his first MSPT title to his poker resume.

Top 10 Stacks After Day 1 Flights

Position	Player	Chip Count
1	Terence Reid	653,000
2	Sandeep Cherukuri	580,000
3	Jesse West	561,000
4	Stan Webb	515,000
5	Matt Wolff	506,000
6	Kirby Rogers	506,000
7	Josh Bozarth	488,000
8	Jason Whitelaw	484,000
9	Shane Maki	449,000
10	Craig Fierhe	442,000

Many other familiar faces will be battling it out for a shot at the six-figure top prize which include MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (420,000), DJ Buckley (384,000), Umut Ozturk (355,000), Alex Wheeler (335,000), Ian Matakis (218,000), MSPT Hall of Famer's Aaron Johnson (208,000) & Matt Kirby (186,000), reigning MSPT Running Aces champ Chan Pelton (192,1000), and MSPT 2021 POY Kyna England (121,000).

There will be 123 players returning for Day 2 action, but only 108 spots will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool. Starting the day fairly close to the money might make for some conservative play, but judging by the first three flights, the tournament should retain the action-filled play that has been up to this point.

A min-cash will be paying $2,064, but all eyes will be on the $181,864 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home, along with an MSPT Winter Poker Classic Main Event title.

MSPT Running Aces $1,110 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$181,864	1,900
2	$112,074	1,700
3	$83,559	1,600
4	$61,932	1,500
5	$47,186	1,400
6	$36,373	1,300
7	$28,508	1,200
8	$21,627	1,100
9	$17,695	1,000
10-12	$13,763	900
13-15	$11,797	800
16-18	$9,634	700
19-21	$8,061	600
22-24	$6,685	500
25-27	$5,603	450
28-36	$4,324	400
37-45	$3,343	350
46-54	$3,047	300
55-63	$2,753	250
64-72	$2,556	200
73-81	$2,458	150
82-90	$2,359	100
91-99	$2,163	75
100-108	$2,064	50

Day 2 Schedule

Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time with blind levels lasting 40-minutes in length until heads-up play is reached, at which point they will be reduced to 30-minutes.

As Day 1b reached the earliest hard stop, that's the point where Day 2 will begin with action picking up from Level 15 with 27:50 remaining on the clock where blinds will be 3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante
15	27 minutes	3,000	5,000	5,000
16	40 minutes	3,000	6,000	6,000
17	40 minutes	4,000	8,000	8,000
18	40 minutes	5,000	10,000	10,000
19	40 minutes	6,000	12,000	12,000
20	40 minutes	10,000	15,000	15,000
21	40 minutes	10,000	20,000	20,000
22	40 minutes	15,000	25,000	25,000
23	40 minutes	15,000	30,000	30,000
24	40 minutes	20,000	40,000	40,000
25	40 minutes	25,000	50,000	50,000
26	40 minutes	30,000	60,000	60,000
27	40 minutes	40,000	80,000	80,000
28	30 minutes	50,000	100,000	100,000
29	30 minutes	60,000	120,000	120,000
30	30 minutes	100,000	150,000	150,000

Stay tuned here as the PokerNews will be on hand capturing all the action until a winner is crowned!

Tags: Aaron Johnson Alex Wheeler Blake Bohn Chan Pelton Craig Fierhe DJ Buckley Ian Matakis Jason Whitelaw Jesse West Josh Bozarth Kirby Rogers Kyna England Matt Kirby Matt Wolff Sandeep Cherukuri Shane Maki Stan Webb Terence Reid Umut Ozturk

12-11-2022 13:14 UTC-5

Giere Eliminates Eik on Money Bubble

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After surviving two all-ins on the money bubble, Sean Giere found himself now in a position to burst it after he called a 162,000 all in raise from Andrew Eik was all in preflop for 162,000 from the hijack.

Andrew Eik:
Sean Giere:

Eik woke-up with a premium hand but Giere held the best one and the runout eliminated him on the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Giere	350,000 170,000	170,000
Andrew Eik	Busted

Tags: Andrew Eik Sean Giere

12-11-2022 13:34 UTC-5

Webb Calls Correctly, Bust Tran to go Over a Milly

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Stan Webb opened for 15,000 from late position, and then called a 60,000 three-bet Andy Tran made from the button.

The flop saw Webb check-call a 65,000 continuation bet from Tran, bringing the turn.

Webb checked his option once again only to be faced with a 247,000 all in jam from Tran.

After some careful thought in the tank, Webb called, and the two players tabled their hands.

Andy Tran:
Stan Webb:

Webb made the correct call holding the best hand, and the river improved his hand to a straight to eliminate Tran.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stan Webb	1,100,000 200,000	200,000
Andy Tran	Busted

Tags: Andy Tran Stan Webb

12-11-2022 14:54 UTC-5

England Wins First Duel of the Reigning Champs

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Reigning MSPT Running Aces champ Chan Pelton raised from the hijack and Reigning MSPT Winter Poker Classic Main Event champ Kyna England defended her big blind to see a flop.

England checked to Pelton who moved all-in and England snapped-off her 88,000 stack.

Kyna England:
Chan Pelton:

England trapped Pelton and it paid off as the turn followed by the river secured her double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Pelton	1,345,000 485,000	485,000
Kyna England	180,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Chan Pelton Kyna England

12-11-2022 15:24 UTC-5

Magnuson Cools off Webb

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Stan Webb opened for 35,000 from under the gun only to have Janae Magnuson three-bet to 82,000 a few seats over from middle position.

Action folded back to Webb who four-bet to 185,000, and then called Magnuson's 409,000 five-bet jam.

Janae Magnuson:
Stan Webb:

Magnuson woke-up with aces at the perfect time as the runout secured her double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Janae Magnuson	830,000 712,000	712,000
Stan Webb	515,000 -720,000	-720,000

Tags: Janae Magnuson Stan Webb

12-11-2022 16:35 UTC-5

Thurlow Cracks Maki's Aces for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was three-way all in action preflop between Justin Thurlow from late position, the hijack and Shane Maki called from the button having both players covered.

Hijack:
Justin Thurlow:
Shane Maki:

Thurlow was behind holding the worst made hand until the flop hit the felt giving him a set of tens.

Neither the turn nor the river changed a thing as Thurlow collected a 400,000 double-up from Maki and eliminated his other opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Thurlow	935,000 435,000	435,000
Shane Maki	805,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Justin Thurlow Shane Maki

12-11-2022 16:53 UTC-5

Alxander Out Kicked by Pelton

Anthony Thompson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Matt Alexander raised all in for 220,000 from the hijack and Chan Pelton isolated from the button.

Matt Alexander:
Chan Pelton:

Alexander didn't like seeing Pelton had him dominated and for good reason, as the runout ended his Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Pelton	900,000 -500,000	-500,000
Matt Alexander	Busted

Tags: Chan Pelton Matt Alexander

12-11-2022 17:34 UTC-5

Final Day 1 Chip Leader Dropped

Anthony Thompson

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Matt Wollf open-jammed for his last 150,000 from early position and was called by Anthony Sedlak from late position before Jason Whitelaw isolated from the small blind.

Matt Wolff:
Jason Whitelaw: