Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Three more levels have come and gone, which means the field has been sent on a 10-minute break.
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event (Jan. 2021)
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event (Jan. 2021)
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$471,860
Entries
488
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
30,000
Entries
257
Players Left
37
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Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 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.
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,400
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
115,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
96,700
55,400
|
55,400 |
|
87,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
82,400
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
61,300
44,800
|
44,800 |
|
59,700
41,600
|
41,600 |
|
54,300
29,300
|
29,300 |
|
41,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
37,000 | |
|
37,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
32,600
20,700
|
20,700 |
|
27,100
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
24,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
21,300
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
19,000
800
|
800 |
|
14,300
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
|
12,300
7,300
|
7,300 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,600 | |
|
90,200
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
72,300
43,600
|
43,600 |
|
66,200
39,800
|
39,800 |
|
61,300
25,900
|
25,900 |
|
|
57,600
45,300
|
45,300 |
|
|
50,700
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
|
43,200
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
40,000
19,800
|
19,800 |
|
||
|
25,600
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
|
23,100
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
20,000
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
19,200
13,200
|
13,200 |
|
17,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
14,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
11,000
2,900
|
2,900 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 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.
Several players in today's field are looking to climb on the leaderboard for "Most MSPT Main Event Final Tables."
Here's a look at the top eight MSPT Main Event final tables in tour history:
| Place | Player | Hometown | Main Event Final Tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alsup | New Hope, Minnesota | 12 |
| 2 | Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 10 |
| 3 | Blake Bohn | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 9 |
| 4 | Rob WazWaz | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 9 |
| 5 | Jason Bender | Keota, Iowa | 9 |
| 6 | Aaron Johnson | Red Wing, Minnesota | 9 |
| 7 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley, Minnesota | 8 |
| 8 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 |
| 9 | Joe Matheson | Monticello, Minnesota | 7 |
| 10 | Dan "DQ" Hendrickson | Faribault, Minnesota | 7 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ty Johnson opened with a raise from middle position, Daryl Oppelt three-bet from the next seat over and the button player four-bet jammed for 11,200.
Action folded to the big blind player who called, Johnson folded and Oppelt called bringing the three players to the 
flop.
Action was checked to Oppelt who moved all in and the big blind player quickly folded.
Daryl Oppelt: 
Opponent: 
Oppelt was ahead after flopping top two-pair and the 
turn left his opponent drawing dead. Once the meaningless 
completed the board Oppelt collected the pot and sent his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
45,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aaron Raap limped in from early position and Ha Nguyen raised to 3,000 from the cutoff. Phil Gioia called from the button as did the big blind player and Raap came along as well bringing the four players to the 
flop.
Action was checked to Raap who fired out 4,000 and Nguyen raised to 14,000. Gioia folded along with the big blind player and Raap three-bet to 34,000. Action was back on Nguyen who jammed for 66,800 and Raap snap-called.
Aaron Raap: 
Ha Nguyen: 
Both players flopped two-pair but Nguyen held the better hand and neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed a thing as he collected the the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
38,300
|
38,300 |
|
|
72,400
12,700
|
12,700 |
|
|
27,000
63,200
|
63,200 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
