$360 MSPT ($150K GTD) | MSPT Black Hawk

08-08-2021 23:08 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Walker	2,055,000 600,000	600,000
Joseph Gunn	1,570,000 430,000	430,000
Barb Visher	1,420,000 505,000	505,000
Juan Perez (CO)	1,350,000 280,000	280,000
Brian Beck	1,230,000 420,000	420,000
Alex Kotliarsky	1,150,000 800,000	800,000
Vincent Moscati	930,000 250,000	250,000
Matthew Ludiker	580,000 225,000	225,000

Steve Wilkie	475,000 675,000	675,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Cy Church	3,775,000 2,435,000	2,435,000
Jeff Heiberg	2,920,000 1,155,000	1,155,000
Frederick Rule	1,405,000 50,000	50,000
Jerry Morrell	1,160,000 425,000	425,000

Clayton Ruff	1,145,000 595,000	595,000
Victor Shumway	1,135,000 875,000	875,000
Ben Keeline	1,090,000 750,000	750,000
Jonathan Bagwell	835,000 732,000	732,000
James Callanan	475,000 75,000	75,000

Bagwell Wins a Coin Flip

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Hill Kerby

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Jonathan Bagwell open-jammed for 455,000 in the hijack and was called by Clayton Ruff in the big blind.

Jonathan Bagwell:
Clayton Ruff:

Bagwell flopped top pair and scored the easy double as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Ruff	550,000 190,000	190,000
Jonathan Bagwell	103,000 437,000	437,000

Tags: Clayton Ruff Jonathan Bagwell

08-08-2021 22:44 UTC

Suzuki, Buckley Fall

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Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Patrick Suzuki open-jammed in the cutoff and received action from Frank Wright in the small blind. Wright had the better hand the whole way and sent Suzuki out in 24th.

Moments later, Buckley open-jammed under the gun with and ran it into the of Victor Shumway, who was on the button. He, too, was unable to improve and fell in 23rd.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Shumway	2,010,000 410,000	410,000
Patrick Suzuki	Busted
Adrian Buckley	Busted

Tags: James Callanan Patrick Suzuki Victor Shumway

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

08-08-2021 22:34 UTC

MSPT Grand Falls August 20-22

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Hill Kerby

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 10,000 ante

After wrapping up in Black Hawk, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be heading to Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, Iowa for another $1,100, $200K Guaranteed Main Event from August 20-22.

A week's worth of $70 and $260 satellites will lead up to the Main Event, which will have two starting flights on Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21, each at 3 p.m. local time before the field returns on Sunday, August 22 to play down to a winner.

Grand Falls has long been a staple on the MSPT schedule since its first stop there in 2012, and has recently seen record-setting turnouts of 488 and 518 during its last two stops in January 2021 and August 2020, the latter of which awarded a top prize of $107,709 to Mark Collins for his victory.

PokerNews will be offering live updates at the upcoming MSPT Grand Falls.

Click here for more details including hotel rates.

08-08-2021 22:23 UTC

Church More Than Doubles; Menefee Gets Caged

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Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 10,000 ante

Frank Wise opened in early position and saw both Brian Menefee and Cy Church commit all of their chips from the hijack and small blind, respectively. He called for the chance at a double knockout.

Brian Menefee:
Cy Church:
Frank Wise:

An uneventful runout came in Church's favor and he scooped both pots and a knockout to go along with it, bringing him over 1.3 million and eliminating Menefee in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cy Church	1,340,000 730,000	730,000
Frank Wise	520,000 655,000	655,000
Brian Menefee	Busted

Tags: Clayton Ruff Cy Church Frank Wise

08-08-2021 22:21 UTC

Rutt Walked Out of the Tournament

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Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 10,000 ante

Marc Rutt opened to 140,000 in middle position and action folded to Jordan Walker, who re-jammed in the small blind. Rutt called his stack of just over 500K and both hands were tabled.

Marc Rutt:
Jordan Walker:

The flop came , keeping Walker out in front. "Sweat," said another player at the table as the turn gave Collins flush outs to go along with it. However, the river fell cleanly in Walker's favor, eliminating Rutt in 26th place, just after the short-stacked Bruce Carter fell in 27th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Walker	1,455,000 465,000	465,000
Marc Rutt	Busted

Tags: Jordan Walker Bruce Carter Marc Rutt

08-08-2021 22:12 UTC

Final Three Tables Redraw and Chip Counts (full)

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Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 10,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player
6	1	Jeff Heiberg
6	2	Victor Shumway
6	3	Clayton Ruff
6	4	James Callanan
6	5	Adrian Buckley
6	6	Ari Beck
6	7	Bruce Carter
6	8	Jonathan Bagwell
6	9	Ben Keeline

9	1	Vincent Moscati
9	2	Colin McGuire
9	3	Jordan Walker
9	4	Steve Wilkie
9	5	Barb Visher
9	6	Brian Beck
9	7	Juan Perez
9	8	Marc Rutt
9	9	Alex Kotliarsky

15	1	Matthew Ludiker
15	2	Brian Menefee
15	3	Frederick Rule
15	4	Jerry Morrell
15	5	Cy Church
15	6	Joseph Gunn
15	7	Patrick Suzuki
15	8	Christopher Collins
15	9	Frank Wise

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Gunn	2,000,000 35,000	35,000
Barb Visher	1,925,000 35,000	35,000
Ben Keeline	1,840,000 110,000	110,000
Jeff Heiberg	1,765,000 335,000	335,000
Brian Beck	1,650,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Victor Shumway	1,600,000 780,000	780,000
Jerry Morrell	1,585,000 120,000	120,000

Frederick Rule	1,355,000 770,000	770,000
Frank Wise	1,175,000 940,000	940,000
Steve Wilkie	1,150,000 775,000	775,000
Juan Perez (CO)	1,070,000 190,000	190,000
Jordan Walker	990,000 535,000	535,000
Matthew Ludiker	805,000 550,000	550,000

Clayton Ruff	740,000 398,000	398,000
Vincent Moscati	680,000 220,000	220,000
Cy Church	610,000 266,000	266,000
Jonathan Bagwell	540,000 190,000	190,000
Christopher Collins	540,000 115,000	115,000
Adrian Buckley	510,000 300,000	300,000

Marc Rutt	455,000 10,000	10,000
James Callanan	400,000 261,000	261,000
Alex Kotliarsky	350,000 225,000	225,000
Patrick Suzuki	350,000 230,000	230,000
Colin McGuire	340,000 45,000	45,000
Ari Beck	330,000 210,000	210,000

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08-08-2021 22:11 UTC

Eliminated 28-36th Place ($1,317)

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Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Miller	Busted
Slater Dean	Busted
Gene Gioia	Busted
Justin Caro	Busted
Andrew Pettenger	Busted
Zach Gutierrez	Busted
Michael Bohnhoff	Busted
Justin Shaw	Busted
Roger Low	Busted