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$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$983,050
Total Entries
1,015
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
429
Players Left
52
Players Left 1 / 1,015
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event attracted a massive 429 runners, which along with 1a's 238 and 1b’s 348, brought the total field up to 1,015 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at Running Aces.
At the end of the third and final flight, 51 players bagged and tagged with Jesse West bagging the top stack 561,000 while Stan Webb (515,000) was the only other player to bag over 500k.
Rounding out the top five stacks were Jason Whitelaw (484,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (420,000), and DJ Buckley (384,000).
$1,110 MSPT Running Aces Event Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse West | 561,000 |
| 2 | Stan Webb | 515,000 |
| 3 | Jason Whitelaw | 484,000 |
| 4 | Blake Bohn | 420,000 |
| 5 | DJ Buckley | 384,000 |
| 6 | Andy Tran | 380,000 |
| 7 | Umut Ozturk | 355,000 |
| 8 | Nao Yang | 355,000 |
| 9 | Tye Rogers | 328,000 |
| 10 | James Lawrence | 328,000 |
They were joined by Nik Stone (297,000), Beile Li (262,00), Jason Sell (240,000), reigning Running Aces Main Event champ Chan Pelton (196,000), CJ Peake (195,000), and last year's POY Kyna England (121,000).
Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's, Kou Vang & Rob Wazwaz, MSPT champions Mark Sandness & David Gonia and GPI's woman's POY top candidate Angela Jordison.
The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are (31 from Day 1a, 40 from 1b, and 52 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 11th to play down to a winner.
PokerNews will capture all the action until a winner is crowned so make sure to come back!
MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule
| *Date | Time (CDT) | Tournament | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 11:00 AM | Day 2: $1,110 MSPT $300K GTD Main Event NLH (2-Day Event) | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 12:00 PM | $250 Last Chance NLH | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 3:00 PM | $135 Last Dance NLH |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Beile Li | 262,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Ryan Tyler | 234,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Connor Sun | 127,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Derek Stay | 84,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Sandeep Cherukuri | 580,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Brian Johnson | 86,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Arturas Astrauskas | 272,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Rodney Colson | 221,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Justin Barnum | 80,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Ezequiel Gonzalez | 169,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Stan Webb | 515,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Jun Kim | 256,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Kevin Kelly | 50,000 |
| 7 | 5 | William Criego | 205,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Jesse Haddeland | 117,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Eric Eelkema | 129,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Yer Vang | 220,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Gary Ewald | 95,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Peyton Smith | 188,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Eric Alwin | 202,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Rob Adsem | 211,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Kevin McMahon | 126,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Tom Dean | 54,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Todd Melander | 92,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Gennad Shimelfarb | 178,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Ian Dean | 45,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Scott Zwilling | 100,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Chris Trombley | 224,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Vyacheslav Mostov | 238,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Chris Moon | 127,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Nao Yang | 355,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Bradley Demotts | 178,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Gerald Cunniff | 373,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Chad Chizek | 81,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Steve Wazwaz | 258,000 |
| 9 | 9 | William Nguyen | 225,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Shane Maki | 449,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Josh Bozarth | 488,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Joe Listle | 56,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Paula Halata | 71,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Wallace Dawkins | 59,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Matt Alexander | 269,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Kelli McGuire | 92,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Saeed Ghasemimehk | 134,000 |
| 14 | 9 | Thai Dinh | 129,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Jodene Jensen | 122,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Luke Struck | 326,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Vlad Revniaga | 240,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Blake Bohn | 420,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Ian Matakis | 218,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Jason Whitelaw | 484,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Mike Schneider | 146,000 |
| 15 | 8 | James Lawrence | 328,000 |
| 15 | 9 | Wilnor Lundi | 231,000 |
| 17 | 1 | Jessica Anderson | 197,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Terence Reid | 653,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Chan Pelton | 192,000 |
| 17 | 4 | Jon Hanner | 270,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Jeremy Holmes | 237,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Dan Warner | 184,000 |
| 17 | 7 | Todd Breyfogle | 209,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Kyna England | 121,000 |
| 17 | 9 | Tye Rogers | 328,000 |
| 18 | 1 | Bruce Simmons | 115,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Bill Brudenell | 150,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Clayton Warner | 196,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Dennis Stevermer | 78,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Anthony Sedlak | 363,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Barb Blechinger | 106,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Josh Thomas | 101,000 |
| 18 | 8 | Rober Schoonover | 138,000 |
| 18 | 9 | Tommy Zabka | 51,000 |
| 19 | 1 | [Removed:609] | 213,000 |
| 19 | 2 | Colden Carlson | 58,000 |
| 19 | 3 | Zak Beasy | 191,000 |
| 19 | 4 | Nick Kromschroeder | 313,000 |
| 19 | 5 | Benjamin Hafner | 95,000 |
| 19 | 6 | Ryan Yanick | 134,000 |
| 19 | 7 | Craig Fierhe | 442,000 |
| 19 | 8 | Andy Tran | 380,000 |
| 19 | 9 | Shane Stegora | 90,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Andrew Eik | 206,000 |
| 20 | 2 | DJ Buckley | 384,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Kirby Rogers | 506,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Steve Tully | 131,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Aaron Johnson | 208,000 |
| 20 | 6 | Brya Manke | 37,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Sean Giere | 68,000 |
| 20 | 8 | Dave Grandin | 142,000 |
| 20 | 9 | Alex Maas | 196,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Joshua Hersch | 79,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Janae Magnuson | 118,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Chris Knapp | 278,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Dustin Melius | 234,000 |
| 21 | 5 | CJ Peake | 195,000 |
| 21 | 6 | Jesse West | 561,000 |
| 21 | 7 | Mike Wilkow | 100,000 |
| 21 | 8 | Alex Wheeler | 335,000 |
| 21 | 9 | Jason Sell | 240,000 |
| 22 | 1 | Nik Stone | 297,000 |
| 22 | 2 | Matt Wolff | 506,000 |
| 22 | 3 | Matt Kirby | 186,000 |
| 22 | 4 | Victor Akuloff | 206,000 |
| 22 | 5 | Jon Maras | 361,000 |
| 22 | 6 | Shawn Libersky | 229,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Carter Jones | 106,000 |
| 22 | 8 | Michael Roher | 98,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Cameron Wood | 83,000 |
| 24 | 2 | Umut Ozturk | 355,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Justin Thurlow | 174,000 |
| 24 | 4 | Loki Abboud | 328,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Marc Harrell | 63,000 |
| 24 | 6 | Jesse Olberding | 214,000 |
| 24 | 7 | John Piatkowski | 162,000 |
| 24 | 8 | Matthew Przybilla | 28,000 |
| 25 | 1 | Mark Reid | 108,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Ben | Marsh |
| 25 | 3 | Paul Carney | 69,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Jonathan Garcia | 116,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Russell DeVilbliss | 287,000 |
| 25 | 6 | Asa | Synder |
| 25 | 7 | Jeffrey Campe | 125,000 |
| 25 | 8 | Anthony Scarborough | 79,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The $1,100 MSPT Running Aces Main Event attracted a total of 1,015 entries through three starting flights and blew past the $500,000 GTD by more almost double and generated a 983,050 prize pool.
MSPT Running Aces $1,110 Main Event Payouts
| Place | Prize | MSPT POY Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $181,864 | 1,900 |
| 2 | $112,074 | 1,700 |
| 3 | $83,559 | 1,600 |
| 4 | $61,932 | 1,500 |
| 5 | $47,186 | 1,400 |
| 6 | $36,373 | 1,300 |
| 7 | $28,508 | 1,200 |
| 8 | $21,627 | 1,100 |
| 9 | $17,695 | 1,000 |
| 10-12 | $13,763 | 900 |
| 13-15 | $11,797 | 800 |
| 16-18 | $9,634 | 700 |
| 19-21 | $8,061 | 600 |
| 22-24 | $6,685 | 500 |
| 25-27 | $5,603 | 450 |
| 28-36 | $4,324 | 400 |
| 37-45 | $3,343 | 350 |
| 46-54 | $3,047 | 300 |
| 55-63 | $2,753 | 250 |
| 64-72 | $2,556 | 200 |
| 73-81 | $2,458 | 150 |
| 82-90 | $2,359 | 100 |
| 91-99 | $2,163 | 75 |
| 100-108 | $2,064 | 50 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Crews opened under the gun for 14,000, and then called off his 80,000 stack after Jun Kim three-bet to 100,000 from the button.
Jason Crews: 
Jun Kim: 
Crews didn't like what he saw when the cards were tabled and the 
runout ended his night.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
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 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 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 #9: $2,500 NLH MSPT Hall of Fame High Roller, 98 runners created a $225,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Ian Matakis (10th - $4,733), Justin Coliny (11th - $4,733), and MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (12th - $4,733).
In the end, it was Minnesota legend and MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy, along with a $67,621
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kou Vang | $67,621 | |
| 2 | Sam DeSilva | $41,924 | |
| 3 | Terence Reid | $29,527 | |
| 4 | John Dennehey | $21,413 | |
| 5 | Rob WazWaz | $15,778 | |
| 6 | Loki Abboud | $11,721 | |
| 7 | David Grandin | $9,467 | |
| 8 | Carl Carodenuto | $7,664 | |
| 9 | Chris Trombley | $6,086 |
