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Day 1a of the MSPT Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 195 total entries tallied for the first starting flight.

After a hard stop was reached in Level 14 with 11:27 remaining, it was none other than three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto who climbed to the top to put a mind boggling 1,034,000 into his bag to end the night, leading the 22 advancing players by a large margin.

Carodenuto started the day on a downward spiral but stuck to his game and went on a late-night elimination spree to bag the top stack.

Two-time MSPT champ Peixin Liu sat atop of the counts for majority of the day and gave Carodenuto a run for his money as he ended up putting 869,000 on his slip, good for second in chips.

MSPT Hall of Famer and Season 14 POY points leader Rob WazWaz caught his steam towards the end of the night as well and ended the night third in chips with 384,000.

Minnestoa native Paul Cross had his share of big hands throughout the day and was the only other player to eclipse the 300k ending with 343,000.

Rounding out the top five is another Hall of Famer, Umut Ozturk, who is keeping the POY race interesting after putting 276,000 on his slip to end the night as both he and WazWaz punched their tickets into Sunday’s Day 2 with top stacks.

Others to survive the night include Matt Alexander (212,000), Mike Estes (212,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup (207,000), Kitkat Klassen (149,000), and Rob Urbatsch (117,000).

All players unable to find a Day 2 berth will have two more opportunities with Day 1b will getting underway at noon tomorrow Friday, December 8th.

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After a spree of eliminations, the hard stop has been reached with 11:27 remaining in the level.

MSPT champ Chan Pelton raised all in for 28,000 from the hijack and was called by the cutoff, along with three-time champ Carl Carodenuto from the small blind.

Once the flop hit the felt, Carodenuto led out with a bet and then called his opponents 220,000 all-in raise.

Chan Pelton: xxxx
Cutoff:
Carl Carodenuto:

Carodenuto pulled ahead after flopping a set of sevens and the turn followed by the river secured him the double elimination.

Carl Carodenuto - 665,000
Chan Pelton - 0

Over the past week, players have been inside Running Aces Horse Track & Casino duking it out for the MSPT Winter Poker Classic in Columbus, MN.

In Event #9: $300 NLH Tag Team, 418 players took to the felt and generated a $48,070 prize pool that was paid out to the top 21 teams.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Jesse Johnson & James Anderson (10th place - $912), Tria Vue & Fred West (13th place - $722), and Joseph Bangart & Edward Veith (18th place - $624).

Coming out the top team were Lucas McCorry & Nate Rieck who took home the top prize along with the MSPT Winter Poker Classic trophies!

Final Table Results

Action on the table quickly folded to John Alexander who raised all in from the small blind and Beile Li snapped off his 40,000 stack from the big blind.

Beile Li:
John Alexander:

Li was ahead holding the dominating ace but had a sweat after the flop gave Alexander a gut shot straight draw.

The turn didn’t change much but the river gave Alexander two-pair to send Li packing.

John Alexander - 125,000
Beile Li - 0

Over the past week, players have been inside Running Aces Horse Track & Casino duking it out for the MSPT Winter Poker Classic in Columbus, MN.

In Event #8: $250 PLO, 97 four card hopefuls took to the felt and generated a $10,500 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 finishers.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Shawn Colsch (10th place - $407), Bruce Bobick, (11th place - $407), and Russell Devilbiss (12th place - $407).

Coming out the victor was Wisconsin native Andy Tran who ended up taking home the top prize along with the MSPT Winter Poker Classic Trophy!

Final Table Results

*denotes chop

Rob Urbatsch raised to 9,000 from early position and was called by Takahiro Mizutani directly to his left, along with Paul Cross from the small blind.

The flop was checked to Urbatsch who continued for 10,000 only to have Mizutani raise all-in for 38,000. Cross quicky released his hand while Urbatsch called, and the two platers tabled their hands.

Takahiro Mizutani:
Rob Urbatsch:

Mizutani was ahead holding a made hand of eights, but the turn put Urbatsch in the lead and the river gave him the nuts to eliminate Mizutani.

Rob Urbatsch - 180,000
Takahiro Mizutani - 0

Registration for Day 1a is officially closed with 195 entrants tallied for the first flight.

The plan is to play through Level 15 unless 12% of the field (23 players) is reached first, the tournament clock reads 43 players remaining.