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

12-08-2022 21:08 UTC-6

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Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 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. Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.Click here for a look at all the leaderboards.

Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event Titleholders:

Player	Hometown	Main Event Titles
Daniel Bekavac	Chicago, IL	4
Matt Kirby	Bemidji, MN	3
Blake Bohn	Eden Prarie, MN	3
Carl Carodenuto	Bloomington, MN	3
Jeremy Dresch	Fridley, MN	2
Ben Marsh	Duluth, MN	2
John Hayes	St. Paul, MN	2
Dan Sun	Cedar Rapids, IA	2
Peixin Liu	Blaine, MN	2
Jason Zarlenga	Lansing, MI	2

Tags: Ben Marsh Blake Bohn Carl Carodenuto Dan Sun Daniel Bekavac Eden Prarie Jason Zarlenga Jeremy Dresch John Hayes Matt Kirby Peixin Liu

12-08-2022 20:56 UTC-6

A Round of Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wilklow	200,000 23,500	23,500

Chris Nelson	144,300 45,600	45,600
Loki Abboud	140,000
Blake Bohn	130,400 43,700	43,700
Matthew Wolff	93,200 7,600	7,600
Rob Wazwaz	90,100 54,500	54,500

Max Havlish	83,200 65,600	65,600
Matt Alexander	78,600 8,900	8,900
Thai Dinh	73,400 33,600	33,600
Jun Kim	71,400 8,600	8,600
Brady Roth	59,600 36,200	36,200
Gerald Cunniff	55,400 11,900	11,900

Chris Moon	51,200 7,700	7,700
Eric Eelkema	37,800 15,700	15,700
Nik Stone	37,400 22,400	22,400
Bradley Jansen	35,400 13,200	13,200

Dennis Stevermer	34,500 16,700	16,700
Beile Li	26,500 8,900	8,900
Kitkat Klassen	25,000 10,600	10,600
Aaron Johnson	25,000 8,300	8,300
Mike Hancock	25,000 16,000	16,000
Dan Duggan	22,300 13,300	13,300
Justin Barnum	22,300 44,700	44,700
Terence Reid	21,200 10,900	10,900
Matt Kirby	20,100 6,400	6,400

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12-08-2022 20:50 UTC-6

Reigning Champ Joins the Field

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Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Reigning MSPT Running Aces champ Chan Pelton has just taken his seat amongst the 219-entry field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Pelton	25,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-08-2022 20:37 UTC-6

Bekavac Trumps Wright

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Erick Wright raised from middle position and then called the 6,000 three-bet four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac made from the small blind.

The flop came , Bekavac continued for 9,000 and then called the 50,000 all in raise from Wright.

Erick Wright:
Dan Bekavac:

Bekavac was ahead with bottom pair while Wright held two overs with an open-ended straight draw.

Luckily for Bekavac, neither the turn nor the river improved Wright as he made his exit from the tournament field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Bekavac	152,000 29,700	29,700
Erick Wright	Busted

Tags: Dan Bekavac Erick Wright

12-08-2022 20:37 UTC-6

Kukowski Can't Hit Live Cards, Dropped by Halata

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gregory Kukowski open-jammed for his last 2,700 and was called by Paula Halata from the cutoff, along with the big blind.

The board was checked to showdown and all three players tabled their hands.

Kukowski rolled over but it was no good as Halata showed to win the pot while the big blind tossed into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paula Halata	45,300 45,300	45,300
Gregory Kukowski	Busted

Tags: Gregory Kukowski Paula Halata

12-08-2022 20:27 UTC-6

Bob Moore Wins Seniors Event

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Anthony Thompson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 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 #4: $250 NLH Seniors, 160 runners created a $32,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 18 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were John Gallenberg (10th - $608), Bruce Wolfe (13th - $512), Chii Cheah (15th - $512), and Steven Knish (18th - $448).

In the end, it was Bob Moore who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $8,640.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Bob Moore	$8,640
2	Dave Kramber	$5,408
3	Vic Peppe	$3,840
4	Richard Cockrell	$2,720
5	Brian Knoop	$2,080
6	Randolph Smith	$1,632
7	Matthew Englerth	$1,248
8	Robert Keating	$960
9	James Schultz	$768