$1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2022 MSPT Winter Poker Classic

12-11-2022 00:43 UTC-5

Jesse West Leads 52 Players After Day 1c

Anthony Thompson

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

Tags: Andy Tran Angela Jordison Beile Li Blake Bohn Chan Peltion CJ Peake David Gonia DJ Buckley James Lawrence Jason Sell Jason Whitelaw Jesse West Leads Kou Vang Kyna England Mark Sandness Nao Yang Nik Stone Rob Wazwaz Running Aces Stan Webb Umut Ozturk

12-11-2022 00:17 UTC-5

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Anthony Thompson

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

12-10-2022 23:29 UTC-5

England Sets Up Opponent for KO

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Beile Li raised to 9,000 from the hijack and found three callers which included Gregory Kukowski from the cutoff, along with 2021 MSPT POY Kyna England from the small blind.

The flop was checked by all four players, bringing the turn.

Action was checked to the button who ripped their 35,000 stack into the middle. England came over the top giving them isolation after the Li and Kukowski mucked their hands.

Opponent:
Kyna England:

England out flopped her opponent and the river sent them packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Beile Li	170,000	17,000
Kyna England	150,000	60,000
Gregory Kukowski	90,000	-19,000

Tags: Beile Li Gregory Kukowski Kyna England

12-10-2022 21:49 UTC-5

Anderson Sniffs Out Vangs Bluff

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jessica Anderson raised from middle position and then called a three-bet MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang made from the small blind.

The flop came and with 30,000 already in the middle, Vang made a 9,000 continuation bet.

Anderson called, and the turn was checked by both players to the river.

Vang quickly moved all-in for 30,000 and Anderson called after getting a confirmed amount.

Vang rolled over for a missed Broadway draw while Anderson showed to win the pot and send Vang to the re-buy desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Anderson	195,000	95,000
Kou Vang	25,000	-3,500

Tags: Jessica Anderson Kou Vang

12-10-2022 21:31 UTC-5

Top Bagged Stacks Thus Far

Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A total of 71 players have made a Day 2 birth thus far, and another group of hopefuls will look to add their names to that list.

All who make it through today will return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 11th for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Top Chip Counts Through First Two Flights

Place	Player	Chips
1	Terence Reid	653,000
2	Sandeep Cherukuri	580,000
3	Matt Wolff	506,000
4	Kirby Rogers	506,000
5	Josh Bozarth	488,000
6	Shane Maki	449,000
7	Craig Fierhe	442,000
8	Gerald Cunniff	373,000
9	Anthony Sedlak	363,000
10	Jon Maras	361,000

12-10-2022 21:07 UTC-5

Pelton Hooks a Double

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chan Pelton was all in preflop for 17,000 from the hijack and was called by the big blind.

Chan Pelton:
Opponent:

Pelton was racing for his tournament and kept the lead as the runout secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Pelton	40,000	15,000

Tags: Chan Pelton

12-10-2022 15:49 UTC-5

Havlish Fills Up to Double Through Regan

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was heads-up action between Max Havlish from under the gun and Russ Regan from the cutoff after a flop.

Havlish check-jammed for 11,700 after Regan fired out 1,000 and Regan called.

Max Havlish:
Russ Regan:

Havlish flopped a set of deuces but didn't like seeing Regan already held the flush.

The turn didn't improve Havlish, but the river did, as it paired the board to improve his hand to full house and secured his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russ Regan	56,700
Max Havlish	25,000

Tags: Max Havlish Russ Regan

12-10-2022 14:20 UTC-5

Wazwaz Benefits from Quads Twice Against Liu

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

MSPT Hall of Famer Rob Wazwaz is off to quit the hot start hitting quads twice in the same level against another Minnesota legend Peixin Liu.

Wazwaz's first double-up from Lui came on a board with the money getting in the middle after the turn.
Wazwaz held and Liu held , getting Wazwaz back to a starting stack.

Shortly after, the two would tussle once again with chips getting into the middle on a board.

Peixin Liu:
Rob Wazwaz:

Liu was left drawing dead after Wazwaz flopped a set of threes and the dealer dropped the case on the river giving Wazwaz quads once again against Liu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	55,000	30,000
Peixin Liu	25,000

Tags: Rob Wazwaz Peixin Liu

12-10-2022 13:59 UTC-5

Queens Hold Strong for Eidem

Anthony Thompson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There was all in action after a flop between Paul Eidem from the hijack and Carl Carodenuto from the cutoff.

Paul Eidem:
Carodenuto:

Eidem was ahead with his made hand of queens and even though the turn paired Carodenuto, it was enough to seal him the pot as the river secured Eidem his double for 32,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Eidem	70,000
Carl Carodenuto	25,000

Tags: Paul Eidem Carl Carodenuto

12-10-2022 11:19 UTC-5

Final Starting Flight of the $1,110 MSPT Main Event Starts at Noon

Anthony Thompson

Two flights down, one to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event.

The third and final starting flight presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seats for a Day 2 birth.

Thursday’s first starting flight saw 238 entries take to the felt while yesterday's Day 1b saw another 348 added to the tally, bringing the two-day total up to 586.

Just like the yesterday's starting flight, cards will be in the air at Noon local time and players will start with a stack of 25,000.

Levels will be of 40-minutes in length with 10-minute breaks coming after every two hours and players will get a 40-minute dinner break after Level 9.

Late registration/re-entries will remain available until the start of Level 13 and players are allowed unlimited re-entries until that point.

As for the happenings on the first two days, Day 1b saw Terence Reid bag the chip lead thus far with 653,000, as he's the only player north of 600k while Sandeep Cherukuri (580,000), Matt Wolff (506,000), and Kirby Rogers (506,000) are the only other players that eclipsed the 500k mark.

So far, a little less than half of the 71 players currently on the Day 2 bagged north of the chip average and one last group of players will try to add their names to the list today.

Flight	Entries	Advancing to Day 2
Day 1a	238	31
Day 1b	348	40
Day 1c	-	-
Totals	586	71

All who advance will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. local time for Day 2 to join the 71 players already on that roster. PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the rest of the tournament to provide updates. Keep it here to catch all the action.

MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule

*Date	Time (CDT)	Tournament
Saturday, 12/10	9:00 AM	$265 Turbo Ironman Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $300K GTD
Saturday, 12/10	12:00 PM	$1,110 MSPT $300K GTD Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event)
Saturday, 12/10	7:00 PM	$135 Nightly NLH
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

Tags: Kirby Rogers Matt Wolff Running Aces Sandeep Cherukuri Terence Reid