MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event | MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event (Jan. 2021)

01-24-2021 14:00 UTC-5

Break Time

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-24-2021 14:19 UTC-5

Eliminated 46th - 54th Place ($2,123)

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Anderson	Busted
Tyler Casper	Busted
Mark Alinder	Busted
Azimdzhon Ishonou	Busted
Lyman Woodworth	Busted
Jerry Basset	Busted
Larry Lammers	Busted
Max Beckdol	Busted
Mathew Shalhoob	Busted

01-24-2021 14:30 UTC-5

Eliminated 37th - 45th Place ($2,312)

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Schoonmaker	Busted
Ryan Remmes	Busted
Matthew Dahl	Busted
Kelly Cortum	Busted
Keith Kemper	Busted
Justin Kruger	Busted
Erik Kimble	Busted
Jason Monarch	Busted
Erick Norvell	Busted

01-24-2021 14:38 UTC-5

Church Fills Up on the River, Wins Massive Pot Against England

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Cy Church raised on the button and Kyna England defended her big blind to see a flop.

England check-called Church's continuation bet and the dropped on the turn. England check-raised to 275,000 and Church called to see the complete the board on the river.

England led out for 250,000 and was put to the test after Church raised all in for roughly 460,000. After some careful thought, England called and rolled over for the queen-high straight.

Unfortunately for England, her straight was no good as Church rolled over for a full house to win the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cy Church	1,700,000 1,020,000	1,020,000
Kyna England	120,000 -240,000	-240,000

Tags: Cy Church Kyna England

01-24-2021 14:55 UTC-5

Eliminated 28th - 36th Place ($2,548)

Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Dinh	Busted
Lori Johnson	Busted
Darrell Prevail	Busted
Joshua Martin	Busted
Paul Park	Busted
Curtis Vierstraete	Busted
Jack Do	Busted
Raymond Rife	Busted
Kyle Wagner	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

01-24-2021 15:06 UTC-5

"Red Bull Robbie" Brings Big City Experience to Grand Falls

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Back in the day, Robbie Thompson was a staple at the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Not only that, he was a fixture on the poker circuit.

So how did the man, who hails from nearby Egan, South Dakota (Pop. 720) and still lives in the same house he did when he was just three years old, get to such a spot in the poker world?

In 1993, Thompson, who used to work manual labor, took a job as a blackjack dealer.

“After a couple years in the pit, I made my move to poker,” Thompson previously said in an interview with CardsChat. “I was leaving my shift one day and my manager asked if I would deal poker that night. She knew that I played, so without any training I sat in the box to a 7-Card Stud hi-lo game and the rest is history.”

Eventually, around 2002, Thompson became a traveling dealer and worked his first WSOP in 2004. Two more years of experience saw him dealing the WSOP final table, and from there it was off to gigs on the European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour. In 2008, he had his chance to become the final table announcer of the WSOP.

In 2017, things came full circle when Thompson got off the road and Renee Thomas, the poker room manager at Grand Falls, offered him a job. As it happened, she was the aforementioned manager who gave him his start 25 years earlier.

Thompson has been using his big-time experience here at the Grand Falls poker room ever since.

01-24-2021 15:19 UTC-5

3 Table Redraw (full)

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Seat	Table	Chip Count
1	1	Jimmy Zeledon	400,000
1	2	Phil Gioia	1,200,000
1	3	Alex Wheeler	400,000
1	4	Tim Garles	800,000
1	5	Josh Matti	200,000
1	6	Kyna England	280,000
1	7	Matt Sztamburski	180,000
1	8	Dave Sanderson	1,100,000
1	9	Cory Cove	260,000

3	1	Ha Nguyen	600,000
3	2	Kevin Berthelsen	100,000
3	3	Marc Harrell	450,000
3	4	Jason Robertson	140,000
3	5	Chad Bjorkman	280,000
3	6	William Reynolds	300,000
3	7	Paul Carney	400,000
3	8	Clinton Leitheiser	300,000
3	9	Ty Johnson	290,000

5	1	Cory Nordstrand	230,000
5	2	Cy Church	1,600,000
5	3	John Cap	100,000
5	4	Drazen Ilich	310,000
5	5	Anthony Scarborough	520,000
5	6	Daryl Oppelt	125,000
5	7	Jason Wagner	500,000
5	8	John Harms	540,000
5	9	Larry Loose	650,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Cy Church	1,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Phil Gioia	1,200,000 712,000	712,000
Dave Sanderson	1,100,000 200,000	200,000
Tim Garles	800,000 340,000	340,000
Larry Loose	650,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ha Nguyen	600,000 300,000	300,000
John Harms	540,000 80,000	80,000
Anthony Scarborough	520,000 -60,000	-60,000
Jason Wagner	500,000 440,000	440,000
Marc Harrell	450,000 200,000	200,000
Paul Carney	400,000 -203,000	-203,000
Jimmy Zeledon	400,000 273,000	273,000
Alex Wheeler	400,000 120,000	120,000
Drazen Ilich	310,000 159,000	159,000
William Reynolds	300,000 -20,000	-20,000
Clinton Leitheiser	300,000 -60,000	-60,000
Ty Johnson	290,000 30,000	30,000
Kyna England	280,000 160,000	160,000
Chad Bjorkman	280,000 160,000	160,000
Cory Cove	260,000 -70,000	-70,000
Cory Nordstrand	230,000 77,000	77,000
Josh Matti	200,000 -300,000	-300,000
Matt Sztamburski	180,000 98,000	98,000
Jason Robertson	140,000 -120,000	-120,000
Daryl Oppelt	125,000 -275,000	-275,000

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01-24-2021 15:29 UTC-5

Photos From the Final Three Tables

Anthony Thompson