Riverside Casino

Day 1a of the MSPT Riverside $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 74 total entries tallied during the first flight.

After a hard stop was reached with 2:40 remining in Level 14, Matt Roling was sitting atop of the chip counts after putting a respectable 387,000 into his bag to end the night, leading the 8 advancing players.

Bagging a close second was Kevin Berthelsen, who sat atop the counts for most the evening after flopping a set of queens to soar to the top of the leaderboard ending the night with 343,000, while Seth Frederici eliminated MSPT champ Max Havlish in the final hand of the evening to finish in a close third with 320,000.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Matt Riedesel (303,000), and Andy Tran (262,000), while Nate Simmerman (254,000), Jon Hanner (179,000), and Trey Bartlett (172,000) punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson, four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac, two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime, WSOP bracelet winner Brad Jansen, and Darin Utley, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action.

Day 1b will kick off at 3:00 p.m. local time Friday, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

MSPT Riverside Remaining Schedule

MSPT champ Max Havlish was all in preflop for 141,000 from the button and was called by Seth Frederici from the hijack.

Max Havlish:
Seth Frederici:

It was a cooler situation for Havlish after Frederici rolled over a better made hand and the runout made him the final elimination of the day.

Seth Frederici - 320,000
Max Havlish - 0

The MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) is making its way back home for the Season 15 Minnesota Poker State Championship at Running Aces Casino April 18 - 28th!

Our $360 NLH Regional will be kicking off the 16-event series and will offer three starting flights beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, April 18th.

The series will run into its headlined $1,110 Minnesota State Poker Championship which will be held April 25th - 28th, with three starting flights being held before the field combines on Sunday to compete for the title.

For the complete schedule click here.

Shawn Quinn raised from the cutoff and then called Zac Campbell’s 71,000 three-bet jam from the button, leaving himself just 2,000 behind.

Zac Campbell:
Shawn Quinn:

Campbell was ahead holding a made hand of jacks and the runout secured his double-up while Quinn was eliminated shortly after.

Zac Campbell - 153,000
Shawn Quinn - 0

A series of preflop raises led to Brandon Reyes getting his 46,000 stack in the middle from the small blind and was called by Zac Campbell from under the gun before Jon Hanner isolated after going over the top for 112,000 more.

Brandon Reyes:
Jon Hanner:

Reyes had Hanner dominated and the flop paired his king, but also gave him a sweat as it gave Hanner straight and flush draws.

Unfortunately for Reyes, the sweat didn’t last long as the dealer turned the giving Hanner the nuts and Reyes was left drawing dead to the river.

Jon Hanner - 250,000
Brandon Reyes - 0

Matt Roling raised from late position and then called the 52,000 three-bet jam MSPT champ Max Havlish made from the button.

Max Havlish:
Matt Roling:

Havlish was ahead holding teh crushing pair and the runout secured his double-up.

Matt Roling - 262,000
Max Havlish - 114,000

Registration for Day 1a is officially closed with 74 entrants tallied for the first flight.

The plan is to play through Level 15 unless 12% of the field (8 players) is reached first, the tournament clock reads 15 players remaining.