Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
There was three-way all in action preflop between Jun Kim from middle position, a player in late position and Chris Trombley from the cutoff with Kim having the most chips.
All-In Player:
Chris Trombley:
Jun Kim:
Each player held a premium hand, but Trombley held the best one and the runout secured him one full double of 99,000 plus his other opponent's starting tack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Trombley | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Jun Kim | 62,000 | -85,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Wazwaz | 110,500 | -45,000 |
Rob Wazwaz
|
100,000 | 52,400 |
Alex Wheeler | 100,000 | 84,500 |
Gerald Cunniff | 95,000 | -16,500 |
Mark Hodge | 87,500 | 27,700 |
Pat Steele | 84,500 | -40,500 |
Anthony Scarborough | 81,500 | 48,000 |
Kou Vang | 65,500 | -9,500 |
John Reading
|
55,500 | 16,000 |
Dennis Stevermer | 46,500 | 10,500 |
Paula Halata | 45,500 | 12,000 |
Rodney Colson | 45,500 | 15,500 |
Kari Wolff
|
41,500 | 7,000 |
Nik Stone | 39,500 | 800 |
Ty Johnson | 39,500 | -1,700 |
Aaron Johnson | 30,000 | 5,000 |
Chan Pelton | 25,000 | -26,200 |
Tom Stambaugh | 24,500 | -5,000 |
Peixin Liu | 21,500 | 20,000 |
Blake Bohn raised all in for 17,500 from middle position and was called by Mike Smith from the small blind.
Blake Bohn:
Mike Smith:
Bohn was behind holding live cards, but it was Smith who connected with the flop.
The paired the board on the turn leaving Bohn drawing dead to the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blake Bohn | 25,000 | -56,500 |
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 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Terence Reid | 250,000 | 168,500 |
Kitkat Klassen | 180,000 | 36,500 |
Mark Sandness | 152,500 | 8,000 |
Jun Kim | 147,500 | -8,000 |
Joe Matheson | 101,500 | |
Jon Hanner | 101,500 | |
Thai Dinh | 100,000 | -21,500 |
Paul Carney | 99,500 | 57,000 |
Derek Stay | 90,500 | 90,500 |
Blake Bohn | 81,500 | -18,000 |
DJ Buckley | 26,500 | 12,000 |
Nicholas Anderson
|
21,500 | -17,000 |
Kyna England | Busted | |
Alex Winter | 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 #5: $250 NLH Super Turbo, 102 runners created a $20,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Daryl Oppeli (10th - $428), Alan Baker (11th - $428), and Gerald Cunniff (12th - $428).
In the end, it was Loren Burbach who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $6,121.
*Place | Player | Prize | |||
1 | Loren Burbach | $6,121 | |||
2 | Michael McKuin | $3,794 | |||
3 | Conrad Farley-Hill | $2,672 | |||
4 | Freddy West | $1,938 | |||
5 | Colden Carlson | $1,428 | |||
6 | Beile Li | $1,061 | |||
7 | Michael Headland | $857 | |||
8 | Chad Carroll | $694 | |||
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Day 1b Players are on a 40-minute dinner break, action will resume at roughly 7:00 p.m. local time.
Jeff Grimes called his opponents 25,000 all in raise preflop from the hijack and the two were off to the races.
Opponent:
Jeff Grimes:
Grimes was ahead holding the best pocket pair and the runout eliminated his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Grimes | 130,000 | 76,600 |