Canterbury Park

Day 1B of MSPT Canterbury Park saw 266 players hit the felt, and combined with the 184 players from Day 1A, brought the total number of entries to 450. 45 of those players will be walking home with a share of the prize pool, with a min-cash worth $2,392, while the winner will walk home with $95,700. After fifteen levels of play, only 36 will be returning tomorrow, with two-time MSPT champ Jeremy Dresch in good position to shoot for his third title after bagging 422,000 to take the overall chip lead into Day 2.

Others to bag a big stack include Stuart Luhm (296,500), Matthew Hamilton (284,500), Randy Bullen (283,000), and Sammy Aweida (272,000). More notable bags include Muneer Ahmed (214,000), DJ Buckley (195,000), Brad Sailor (190,500), Ben Wiora (179,000), Steve Federspiel (157,500), Rob Wazwaz (144,000), Todd Melander (73,000), Tom Stambaugh (61,500), and Joe Barnard (51,000).

Of course, not everyone managed to navigate the field to find a Day 2 bag. Some of those unable to survive include MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup, three-time MSPT champ Blake Bohn, former MSPT Regional champs Saad Ghanem and Craig Trost, Iowa’s Ron McMillen, former MSPT champs Rodger Johnson, Jeff Birt, Mark Sandness, Brian Hou, Jason Seitz, Joe Matheson, Season 6 MSPT POY Mark Hodge, Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer Mike Schneider, and Travis Sweet.

Day 2 will kick off tomorrow at 11 AM with 59 players returning (23 from Day 1A, 36 from Day 1B) and the field will play down to a winner. The final table will be streamed with hole cards on a fifteen-minute delay on both Twitch and right here at MSPTpoker.com. As always, all of the action can also be found right here on the blog, so be sure to tune in tomorrow to find out who will walk away with the MSPT Canterbury Park title!

The remaining field will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day’s action, as well as Day 1B chip counts.

#MSPT147 at Canterbury Park drew 450 entries, 45 will cash and be guaranteed $2,392 with $95,700 up top!#canyoufeelit

1st $95,700
2nd $59,160
3rd $43,065
4th $31,755
5th $23,925
6th $18,270
7th $14,355
8th $11,310
9th $8,265
10th $6,960

— MSPT (@msptpoker) April 28, 2019

A player raised to 8,500 from UTG, and was called by Jeremy Dresch in the cutoff, as well as the small blind and Yao “YY” Yin in the big blind.

Action checked to Dresch on a flop, and he bet 11,000. Only Yin called.

Yin checked the turn, and Dresch bet 24,000. Yin called.

On the river, Yin checked, and Dresch jammed for 45,500. Yin tanked for about three minutes before sliding in a call, but was disgusted to see Dresch roll over for a rivered pair of aces. Yin mucked without showing.

Jeremy Dresch - 195,000 (49 bb)
Yao Yin - 78,000 (19.5 bb)

Action folded to the cutoff who jammed his remaining 26,000 all-in.

Thai Dinh was in the small blind made the call.

Dinh:
Opponent:

Dinh was looking to fade an ace to score the KO, and did just that when the board ran out .

Thai Dinh - 102,000

Tom Stambaugh raised to 7,000 from UTG, and Vlad Revniaga made the call in the big blind.

Action checked down to the river on a board, and Revniaga bet 6,000. Stambaugh didn’t look happy, but tossed in a call, only to muck after Revniaga turned over

Vlad Revniaga - 200,000 (67 bb)
Tom Stambaugh - 49,000 (16 bb)

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Tyler Caspers raised to 6,000 from UTG, and Yao “YY” Yin three-bet to 20,000 from the hijack. The cutoff jammed for 55,000, and Caspers called off his last 42,000. Yin shrugged, then pushed his chips forward, covering the cutoff by just 9,000 chips.

Caspers:
Yin:
Opponent:

Yin went from a big dog to a lock to win the hand when the flop delivered quads for Yin, and he collected the double KO after the turn and river fell.

Yao Yin - 168,000 (56 bb)
Tyler Caspers - Busted

Rodger Johnson jammed for 28,500 from the hijack, and Tom Stambaugh called to put him at risk from the cutoff.

Johnson:
Stambaugh:

Stambaugh had a kicker problem that wouldn’t get resolved on a board, and Johnson doubled up.

Rodger Johnson - 63,500 (25 bb)
Tom Stambaugh - 60,000 (24 bb)

Craig Trost limped in from the small blind, and Sam DeSilva raised to 10,000 in the big blind. Trost limp-shoved for 53,000.

“Hi Sammy!” Trost told DeSilva. After about a minute, DeSilva made the call.

Trost:
DeSilva:

Trost couldn’t pair his eight on a board, and he hit the rail.

Sam DeSilva - 170,000 (68 bb)
Craig Trost - Busted