MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day 1b Started
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)
MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event ($200K GTD)
Day: 1b
Welcome to Day 1b of the MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event
The second and final starting flight of the MSPT Grand Falls Casino $1,100 Main Event is set to get underway at 3 p.m. local time.
Day 1a drew 224 total entries and play reached a hard stop at 23:36 in the final level with 26 players remaining.
Darlo Vansurksum bagged the chip lead of the first flight and was the only person to bag over 400k (420,000). Today, another group of players will try to challenge that mark.
Other big stacks that punched their tickets to Day 2 were Todd Melander (397,000), Nicholas Smith (395,000), Luke Blindert (391,000), Graham Beynon (376,00), and Jason Crews (349,000).
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 Aaron Johnson and Jason Seitz, along with MSPT Champion's Rob Wazwaz, Taylor Howard, and Jonathan Kim. There's a good chance we see most of them give it another go today in the second flight.
The second starting flight will be identical to its first as the day will end once fifteen 40-minute levels are completed. All players will start with 25,000 in chips with 10-minute breaks coming after every two hours of play. All players are allowed a max of 1 re-entry per starting flight and registration will remain open until the end of Level 12.
MSPT Grand Falls Remaining Schedule
| Date | Time (CDT) | Tournament | Chips | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, August 21 | 9 a.m. | $260 Satellite - 1/5 advance to $200K GTD Main Event | 15,000 | Event Center |
| Saturday, August 21 | 3 p.m. | $1,100 Main Event Day 1B (2-Day Trophy Event) | 25,000 | Event Center |
| Sunday, August 22 | 11 a.m. | $1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) | - | Event Center |
| Sunday, August 22 | 12 p.m. | $250 Last Chance Showdown NLHE | 12,000 | Event Center |
*Visit msptpoker.com for a complete listing of rake and staff fees.
Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. for Saturday's final starting flight. The surviving players from both flights will then return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, August 22 to play down to a winner.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the 2021 MSPT Grand Falls Main Event! Registration open through the break after Level 12 (approximately 11:40 PM).
Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Old and New Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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"Red Bull Robbie" Brings Big City Experience to Grand Falls
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 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.
More Early Runners
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
A Look at the MSPT Hall of Fame
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.
The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:
- Achieve a minimum of 25 MSPT Main Event Cashes and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year; or
- Achieve a minimum of 10 MSPT Main Event Final Tables and 1 MSPT Win OR 1 MSPT Player of the Year
To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.
As of today, seven players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.
