Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jun Kim | 167,500 | 119,700 |
Steve Wazwaz | 101,200 | 58,000 |
Mark Hodge | 62,300 | 37,300 |
Gerald Cunniff | 46,700 | 25,400 |
Rodney Colson | 41,300 | |
Kyna England | 41,200 | 16,200 |
Pat Steele | 39,800 | |
Ty Johnson | 37,600 | -3,600 |
Peixin Liu | 26,500 | -5,900 |
Jason Sell | 25,000 | -5,000 |
Chan Pelton | 25,000 | 5,000 |
Tom Stambaugh | 25,000 | 5,200 |
Kou Vang | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Alex Wheeler | 25,000 | |
Rob Wazwaz
|
25,000 | 13,000 |
DJ Buckley | 22,400 | -2,600 |
Dennis Stevermer | 18,900 | -5,400 |
Vic Peppe | 17,600 | -8,900 |
Nik Stone | 15,400 | -3,800 |
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 #2: $250 NLH Sunday Feast, 190 runners created a $38,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 21 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Gerald Starr (10th - $722), Bob Van Syckle (13th - $570), Beile Li (16th - $494), and James Erickson (21st - $456).
In the end, it was Michael Winter who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $8,122.
Place | Player | Prize | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Winter | $8,122* | |
2 | Ariel Pressman | $6,409* | |
3 | Lucas McCorry | $4,677* | |
4 | Camron Hallfrisch | $4,428* | |
5 | Andrew Foss | $2,394 | |
6 | Max Havlish | $1,862 | |
7 | Peixin Liu | $1,406 | |
8 | Miguel Martinez | $1,102 | |
9 | Philip Richman | $874 |
MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele opened under the gun for 1,200 and was called by Alex Winter from the button, along with Nicholas Hammarstrom from the big blind.
The flop came and Hammarstrom check-raised to 4,500 after Winter folded to Steele's 1,500 continuation bet.
Steele three-bet to 10,500, then called off his 27,800 stack after Hammarstrom four-bet jammed for more.
Pat Steele:
Nicholas Hammarstrom:
Steele was ahead after flopping a set of fives but the turn gave him even more of sweat as it gave Hammarstrom more outs heading to the river.
Luckily for Steele, the river came a brick and secured his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pat Steele | 60,000 | 20,200 |
Alex Winter | 19,000 | -6,000 |
Nicholas Hammarstrom | 2,000 | -20,400 |
There was three-way action after a flop between Thai Dinh from middle position, Blake Bohn from late position and the cutoff.
A series of raises between Dinh and the cutoff saw Dinh call off his 54,000 stack.
Thai Dinh:
Opponent:
Dinh was ahead after flopping two-pair and the turn followed by the river secured his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thai Dinh | 115,000 | 56,300 |
Blake Bohn | 94,800 | 28,400 |
Main Event players are on a 10-minute break with 268 entries logged so far.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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.
Here's a look at the players who have earned the most this season so far:
Place | Player | Hometown | Season 13 Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Bekavac | Chicago, IL | $454,995 |
2 | CJ Peake | Cleveland, OH | $395,990 |
3 | Matthew Davis | Flat Rock, MI | $344,446 |
4 | Shea Quintin | Destin, FL | $324,946 |
5 | Federico Roberto | Argentina | $294,327 |
6 | Yulia Lisichkina | Las Vegas, NV | $289,600 |
6 | John Dennehey | Savage, MN | $267,912 |
7 | Aaron Massey | Elmwood Park, IL | $235,410 |
8 | Robert Shega | Seven Hills, OH | $218,085 |
9 | Rinaldo Teodoro | Pleasant Prarie, WI | $212,511 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jun Kim | 154,600 | -12,900 |
Blake Bohn | 114,300 | 19,500 |
Mark Sandness | 94,500 | -4,200 |
Gerald Cunniff | 71,200 | 24,500 |
Michael Wilklow | 68,700 | 30,300 |
Jason Seitz | 68,700 | 38,700 |
Jeff Grimes | 61,200 | 18,000 |
Paul Carney | 55,000 | 30,000 |
Gregory Kukowski | 47,600 | 26,300 |
Umut Ozturk | 44,300 | 19,300 |
Nicholas Anderson
|
41,200 | -2,300 |
Paula Halata | 40,000 | 26,800 |
Alex Wheeler | 36,700 | 11,700 |
Jon Hanner | 33,400 | 18,100 |
David Gonia | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Tom Stambaugh | 24,600 | -400 |
Aaron Johnson | 17,600 | 7,600 |
Jason Crews | Busted | |
CJ Peake | Busted |
Terence Reid raised to 1,700 from late position and then called a 3,700 three-bet Josh Bozarth made from the button.
The flop came and Reid check-called a 3,000 continuation bet from Bozarth bring the turn.
This time, Reid check--folded to a 6,500 bet from Bozarth giving him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Terence Reid | 90,100 | 24,100 |
Josh Bozarth | 34,500 | 10,200 |