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

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

12-09-2022 00:32 UTC-5

Last Break of the Night: Registration Closing

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Day 1a players are off on their final 10-minute break of the night. Afterward, registration for the first starting flight of the MSPT Running Aces Main Event will be closed.

12-09-2022 00:27 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Struck	200,500	200,500
Matthew Wolff	137,500	29,000
Jun Kim	132,500	-34,000
Umut Ozturk	122,500	-37,500
Matt Kirby	104,500	68,000
Leo Fussy	73,500	53,500
Jason Seitz	53,500	28,500
Eric Eelkema	47,500	7,500

Bekavac Trips Up Moon for Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thai Dinh raised to 5,500 from middle position only to have Chris Moon three-bet jam for roughly 30,000 from the button.

Action folded to Dan Bekavac who called off his 16,500 stack from the big blind while Dinh mucked his hand.

Dan Bekavac:
Chris Moon:

Moon was out in front with his made hand of jacks until the speedy runout gave Bekavac trip tens for a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Dinh	61,500	-28,000
Dan Bekavac	38,500	8,500
Chris Moon	14,500	-21,000

Tags: Chris Moon Dan Bekavac Thai Dinh

12-09-2022 00:10 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirby Rogers	420,000	170,000
Justin Thurlow	275,000	75,000
Loki Abboud	275,000	157,500
Michael Wilklow	205,500	5,500
Anthony Sedlak	174,500	76,000
Chris Nelson	137,500	-6,800
Blake Bohn	117,500	-12,900
Ian Matakis	107,500	19,900
Justin Barnum	90,000	10,500
Matt Alexander	81,500	-168,500
Rob Adsem	77,500	-121,000
Barbara Blechinger	65,500	-16,000
Terence Reid	33,000	17,500

MSPT Season 13 Race for Player of the Year

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 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	Josh Reichard	Janesville, WI	6,422
2	CJ Peake	Cleveland, OH	5,325
3	Dan Bekavac	Chicago, IL	5,282
4	John Dennehey	Savage, MN	4,747
5	Justin Barnum	Fargo, ND	4,349
6	Michael Estes	Coralville, IA	3,400
7	Aaron Massey	Elmwood Park, IL	3,375
8	Wesley Cannon	Minneapolis, MN	3,333
9	Rob Wazwaz	Minneapolis, MN	3,149
10	Miroslav Semanisin	Wisconsin Dells, WI	3,100

Tags: Aaron Massey CJ Peake Craig Trost Dan Bekavac John Dennehey Josh Reichard Justin Barnum Michael Estes Miroslav Semanisin Wesley Cannon

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

12-08-2022 23:47 UTC-5

Doug Tran is A Four Card Hero

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 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 Winter Poker Classic here at Running Aces Casino.

In Event #6: $250 PLO, 108 runners created a $21,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Thomas Nguyen (10th - $454), James Erickson (11th - $454), and Dale McDonough (12th - $454).

In the end, it was Doug Tran who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $6,479.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Doug Tran	$6,479
2	Robert Urbatsch	$4,018
3	Mike Wang	$2,830
4	Katie Wier	$2,052
5	Shawn Quinn	$1,512
6	Xa Xiong	$1,123
7	Jason Miller	$907
8	Tyler Ask	$734
9	George Veazey	$583