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

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-22-2021 21:54 UTC-5

Reid Wins With Aggression

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Terrence Reid raised to 2,500 from early position, Erv Bjerga called from middle position and action folded around to the big blind player who came along as well.

The flop was checked by all three players to the turn. Action was checked to Reid who fired out a 4,000 bet and it did the trick as both opponent's folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrence Reid	42,300
Erv Bjerga	30,700 -16,500	-16,500

Tags: Terrence Reid

01-22-2021 22:07 UTC-5

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

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 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.

Tags: Robbie Thompson

01-22-2021 22:19 UTC-5

Berthelsen Flushes Opponent for KO

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After an initial raise to 2,500, there were five players that saw a flop and action was checked to the turn.

Action was checked to the big blind player who led out for for 4,000 and only Kevin Berthelsen called to see the complete the board on the river.

The big blind player led out once again for 7,000 but was stuck with a decision after Berthelsen raised all in. After a few minutes in the tank, the big blind players tossed in their remaining stack and the two players revealed their hands.

Kevin Berthelsen:
Opponent:

The big blind player turned broadway but Berthelsen spiked the flush on the river to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Berthelsen	99,800 -15,600	-15,600

Tags: Kevin Berthelsen

01-22-2021 22:23 UTC-5

Break Time

Anthony Thompson

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are now on another 10-minute break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

01-22-2021 22:39 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Anderson	122,500 -100	-100
Kevin Berthelsen	110,000 10,200	10,200
Paul Carney	108,000 21,000	21,000
Rob WazWaz	94,500 44,700	44,700

Dan Bekavac	81,500 -28,100	-28,100
Chan Pelton	78,500 33,200	33,200
Jovan Sudar	71,500 28,000	28,000
Justin Saathoff	58,000 -9,300	-9,300
Terrence Reid	55,000 12,700	12,700
Tim Waters	54,000 11,700	11,700
Kou Vang	38,000 200	200
Carl Derry	38,000 -29,500	-29,500
Erv Bjerga	37,000 6,300	6,300
Scott Konze	33,500 -700	-700
Tim Garles	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dan Lowery	25,000 25,000	25,000
Tim Dorzweiler	18,000 -26,400	-26,400

01-22-2021 22:49 UTC-5

The Current MSPT All-Time Money List

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 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.

To date, the MSPT has awarded $107,261,727 in prize money.

Here's a look at the current MSPT All-Time Money List:

Place	Player	MSPT Winnings
1	Rich Alsup	$785,534
2	Pavel Plesuv	$681,212
3	Michael Soyza	$592,137
4	Mike Shin	$507,898
5	Blake Bohn	$502,720
6	David Levine	$499,752
7	Thomas Boivin	$461,505
8	Aaron Johnson	$453,638
9	[Removed:460]	$445,000
10	Felipe Davila	$427,942

01-22-2021 22:57 UTC-5

Another Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Bjorkman	218,500 24,000	24,000
Lyman Woodworth	177,500 57,700	57,700
Cory Cove	153,000 -7,000	-7,000
Henry Gingerich	124,500 34,600	34,600
Jeremy Schultz	121,000 23,400	23,400
Ha Nguyen	102,500 72,400	72,400
Schuyler Thorton	102,500 102,500	102,500
Leo Fussy	97,500 97,500	97,500
Phil Gioia	96,000 -17,400	-17,400
Keith Heine	88,400 46,200	46,200
Jason Monarch	88,000 -16,700	-16,700
Jimmy Zeledon	81,500 3,600	3,600
Phil Mader	44,300 26,900	26,900
Jason Seitz	33,400 -3,300	-3,300
Bruce Swart	25,000 6,400	6,400
Jacob Woggon	17,400 -12,000	-12,000

01-22-2021 23:10 UTC-5

Gingerich Counterfeited by Seitz

Anthony Thompson

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After no initial preflop raise, there were five players that saw a flop appear. Action was checked to Jason Seitz who fired out 4,000 from middle position and Henry Gingerich raised to 17,000 from the button.

Action on the table folded back around to Seitz who thought for a moment and then called. Once the appeared on the turn, Gingerich moved all in and Seitz called off his 21,500 stack.

Jason Seitz:
Henry Gingerich: