MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event (Jan. 2021)
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event (Jan. 2021)
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$471,860
Entries
488
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
30,000
Entries
231
Players Left
30
Players Left 1 / 488
Filter
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Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action on the table folded around to Kevin Berthelsen who raised to 15,000 from the button and then called Henry Gingerich's 45,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.
Henry Gingerich: 
Kevin Berthelsen: 
Gingerich was dominated needing help but didn't find any on the 
runout and his tournament came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The tournament director has just announced the final three hands of Day 1a.
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
513,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
466,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
372,000
372,000
|
372,000 |
|
360,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
325,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
315,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
288,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
|
280,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
273,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
259,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
253,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
203,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
201,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
200,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
187,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
174,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
96,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
93,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
If anyone predicted that the Day 1a turnout at Grand Falls Casino just outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota was going to compete with the record-breaking field in August, they were right. The first of two starting flights closed with 231 entries, which inched past the 226 total entries of Day 1a back in August.
After the completion of Level 15, just 30 players bagged and tagged with Paul Carney and his stack of 513,000 leading the way. Rounding out the top five big stacks were Dave Sanderson (466,000), Cy Church (372,000), Curtis Vierstraete (360,000), and Phil Mader (325,000).
Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were MSPT Champion Erv Bjerga (315,000), John Cap (280,000) and Kevin Berthelsen (273,000).
Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night. Among those to fire and fall in Friday’s flight were MSPT Hall of Famer's Kou Vang and Jason Seitz, along with MSPT Champion's Rob Wazwaz, Keith Heine and Josh Meyer.
Day 1b will get underway at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 11:40 p.m.). PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
