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

12-08-2022 19:52 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Bekavac	122,300 53,000	53,000
Ian Matakis	87,600 73,900	73,900

Matt Alexander	69,700 19,700	19,700
John Reading	46,700 25,300	25,300

Blake Anderson	45,300 20,700	20,700
Chris Moon	43,500 8,500	8,500
Thai Dinh	39,800 23,100	23,100
Erick Wright	37,600 12,600	12,600
Kou Vang	33,200 8,200	8,200
Terence Reid	32,100 32,100	32,100
Brady Roth	23,400 3,300	3,300
Eric Eelkema	22,100 24,600	24,600
Max Havlish	17,600 2,200	2,200
Aaron Johnson	16,700 4,600	4,600
Paul Carney	15,600 9,400	9,400

Deuces Are Good for Harrell

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dan Favreau opened for 2,400 from the hijack and Marc Harrell called from the button.

The flop saw Favreau continue for 3,000 and Harrell called bringing the turn.

Favreau check-called a 6,000 bet from Harrell and the river was checked by both players.

Harrell quickly showed and it was good as Favreau tossed his hand into the muck facedown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Favreau	40,000

Tags: Dan Favreau Marc Harrell

12-08-2022 19:42 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wilklow	176,500 26,500	26,500

Daniel Lehmann	101,200 22,200	22,200
Jun Kim	88,700 9,800	9,800
Blake Bohn	86,700 51,100	51,100
Matthew Wolff	85,600 47,000	47,000
Gregory Kukowski	67,500 27,500	27,500
Justin Barnum	67,000 40,500	40,500
Nik Stone	59,800
Leo Fussy	56,400
Dennis Stevermer	51,200 26,700	26,700
Bradley Jansen	48,600 7,300	7,300

Rob Wazwaz	35,600

Matt Kirby	26,500 1,500	1,500
Jeff Grimes	24,500
CJ Peake	21,200 10,200	10,200
Jason Seitz	15,200 9,800	9,800
Pat Steele	14,600 4,600	4,600
Molly Mossey	14,600 10,400	10,400
Steve Wazwaz	14,200 20,400	20,400

Ed Veith Wins Multi-Flight

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Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 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 #3: $185 NLH Multi-Flight, 424 runners created a $61,480 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Beile Li (10th - $984), John Stanley (12th - $984), Thai Dinh (16th - $676), and Clint Leitheiser (29th - $369).

In the end, it was Ed Veith who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $13,427.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Edward Veith	$13,427*
2	Aaron Funk	$5,000*
3	Bob Schoonover	$5,000*
4	Matt Fox	$5,000*
5	Adam Yehezkel	$5,000*
6	Royal Anderson	$5,000*
7	Frank Erling	$2,029
8	Josh Oslund	$1,598
9	Tyler Ask	$1,168

*Denotes Chop

Tags: Aaron Funk Adam Yehezkel Beile Li Bob Schoonover Clint Leitheiser Ed Veith Edward Veith Frank Erling John Stanley Josh Oslund Royal Anderson Running Aces Thai Dinh Tyler Ask

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-08-2022 19:10 UTC-6

Take 10

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Day 1a players are off on their second 10-minute break of the day with 193 entries tallied thus far.

12-08-2022 19:06 UTC-6

The Current MSPT All-Time Money List

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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.

To date, the MSPT has awarded $149,547,811 in prize money.

Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List:

Place	Player	MSPT Winnings
1	Rich Alsup	$846,064
2	Aaron Massey	$701,462
3	Pavel Plesuv	$681,212
4	Daniel Bekavac	$674,697
5	Michael Soyza	$592,137
6	Blake Bohn	$511,203
7	Mike Shin	$507,898
8	David Levine	$499,752
9	Aaron Johnson	$471,961
10	Thomas Boivin	$461,505

Tags: Aaron Johnson Aaron Massey Blake Bohn Daniel Bekavac David Levine Michael Soyza Mike Shin Pavel Plesuv Rich Alsup Thomas Boivin

12-08-2022 18:59 UTC-6

Kirby Dropped by Weeks

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Matt Kirby tossed his 4,000 short stack in the middle from under the gun and Ryan Weeks looked him up from the button.

Matt Kirby:
Ryan Weeks:

Kirby was behind holding live cards but neither came on the flop.

The turn paired Weeks but it also gave Kirby a gut shot straight draw as he needed a jack to stay alive.

Unfortunately for Kirby, the double-paired the board on the river and he made his way to the re-buy desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Weeks	49,800 49,800	49,800
Matt Kirby	25,000 8,300	8,300

Tags: Matt Kirby Ryan Weeks

12-08-2022 18:47 UTC-6

Kim Wins with Aggression

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were four players who saw a flop for 1,500 a pop and action was checked to Jun Kim who fired out 2,500 from middle position.

All three of Kim's opponent's called bringing action to the turn. Action was once again checked to Kim who upped the action to 15,000 and the price was too steep as he watched his opponents quickly muck their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Kim	78,900 7,800	7,800

Tags: Jun Kim

12-08-2022 18:36 UTC-6

MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang Enters the Field

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Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

MSPT Hall of Famer and Minnesota legend Kou Vang has just entered the Main Event after taking down the $2,500 MSPT Hall of Fame High Roller event for $67,621.

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