Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$983,050
Entries
1,015
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
348
Players Left
40
Players Left 1 / 1,015
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
Day 1b players are off on their first 10-minute break of the day with 179 entries tallied thus far.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,200
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
41,200 | |
|
32,400
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
26,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
24,300
700
|
700 |
|
22,300
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
21,300
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
||
|
19,800
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
19,200
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
12,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
There were five players who saw a 
flop for 800 apiece and action was checked to the button who fired out 2,500.
Only Erv Bjerga check-called to see the 
fall on the turn.
With three clubs on the board Bjerga led out for 3,000 and his opponent called bringing the 
on the river.
Bjerga continued with his aggression and fired out and uncontested 5,500 bet to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,200
18,200
|
18,200 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,300
37,300
|
37,300 |
|
44,300
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
39,800
14,800
|
14,800 |
|
39,200
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
38,700
10,100
|
10,100 |
|
34,600
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
|
29,800
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
28,700
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
26,700
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
21,300
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
19,800
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
13,200
11,800
|
11,800 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
Jonathan Garcia raised from under the gun and was called by Matthew Przybilla and David Lunde directly to his left.
The 
flop saw Garcia continue for 1,500 and Przybilla called only to have Lunde raise to 3,200.
Action was back on Garcia who three-bet all in for 13,300 and only Lunde called.
Jonathan Garcia: 
David Lunde: 
Lunde was ahead with his made hand of tens and board completed with the 
on the turn and river securing him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/200, 300 ante
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- Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/200
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There was heads-up action after a 
flop between Steve Wazwaz from under the gun and Nicholas Hammarstrom from the small blind.
A series of raises saw Hammarstrom get his 10,000 stack in the middle and Wazwaz was priced in for the call.
Nicholas Hammarstrom: 
Steve Wazwaz: 
Hammarstrom was ahead with his made hand of jacks and the 
turn followed by the 
river secured his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,400 | |
|
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 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 #1: $360 NLH Mystery Bounty, 1,065 runners created a $318,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 115 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (11th - $2,969), Nik Stone (16th - $2,081), MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz (26th - $1,214), Dan Bekavac (31st - $918), and DJ Buckley (39th - $707).
In the end, it was David Gonia who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $38,606 payday plus bounties.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | POY Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gonia | $38,606 | 627 |
| 2 | Tom Moran | $23,476 | 561 |
| 3 | Leo Fussy | $17,584 | 528 |
| 4 | Matt Wolff | $13,354 | 495 |
| 5 | Steve Knish | $9,949 | 462 |
| 6 | Brett Patterson | $7,622 | 429 |
| 7 | Hunter Quinlivan | $5,930 | 396 |
| 8 | Chris Murdoch | $4,661 | 363 |
| 9 | Jeffery Viergutz | $3,815 | 330 |
