Day 1b 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.
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 |
MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn was all in preflop for 25,000 from the button and was called by both of the blinds.
The 
board was checked to showdown and Bohn tabled 
to win the pot with two-pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | |
|
262,500 | 12,500 |
|
|
260,000 | -60,000 |
|
200,000 | 100,500 |
|
153,500 | 13,500 |
|
150,000 | -35,000 |
|
135,500 | 34,000 |
|
126,500 | 45,000 |
|
122,500 | 22,500 |
|
105,000 | 39,500 |
|
100,000 | -70,000 |
|
93,500 | -1,500 |
|
80,000 | 33,500 |
|
|
56,400 | 34,900 |
|
50,500 | -40,000 |
|
37,500 | -42,500 |
|
36,500 | -8,500 |
|
33,500 | -12,000 |
|
30,000 | -54,500 |
|
25,000 | -155,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | -75,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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 #7: $300 NLH Tag Team, 411 runners created a $47,265 prize pool that was paid out to the top 21 teams.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Daniel & Dennis Stevermer (11th - $898), MSPT's own Bryan Mileski & Ben Valder (16th - $614), DJ Buckley & Justin Barnum (18th - $614), and Dan Favreau & Alan Baker (20th - $568).
In the end, it was David Suenson & Jeff Christenson who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $12,287.
| Place | Player | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Suenson | $6,144 | |
| Jeff Christenson | $6,143 | ||
| 2 | Tyler Stevenson | $3,805 | |
| Dillon Somnis | $3,805 | ||
| 3 | Scotty Hendrickson | $2,741 | |
| Kelly Hendrickson | $2,741 | ||
| 4 | Christian O'Neil | $2,009 | |
| Matt Ustby | $2,009 | ||
| 5 | Brett Reichard | $1,489 | |
| Josh Reichard | $1,489 | ||
| 6 | Bob Melde | $1,158 | |
| Arlo Strozewski | $1,158 | ||
| 7 | Bob Miles | $874 | |
| Bill Kachel | $874 | ||
| 8 | Christian Francis | $685 | |
| Patrick Francis | $685 | ||
| 9 | Devin Vang | $543 | |
| Steve Vang | $543 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Steve Wazwaz was all in for 113,000 after a 
from middle position and Rohan Dewnarayan looked him up from the button.
Steve Wazwaz: 
Rohan Dewnarayan: 
Dewnarayan made the correct call as his ace-high was good with Wazwaz holding a flush draw and two live cards.
The 
turn gave Wazwaz even more outs with an open-ended straight draw, but the river fell a brick 
and secured Dewnarayan the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000 | |
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Busted |
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The hijack open-jammed for 25,000 and reigning MSPT Running Aces Champ Chan Pelton called from the big blind.
Opponent: 
Chan Pelton: 
Pelton had his opponent dominated and the 
runout gave him top two-pair to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 | 55,000 |
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.
| 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 |
