Grand Falls Casino

The second and final starting flight of the MSPT Season 15 Grand Falls $1,110 buy-in, $200K GTD is in the books after 16 Levels of play.

Day 1b attracted another 270 runners during Saturday's action, bringing the grand total to an incredible 513 entries (243 from Day 1a; 270 from 1b), generating a $496,110 prize pool.

Last night saw Kevin Berthelsen take an earlier exit than anticipated but he bounced back by clipping the milly mark (1,004,000) to hold a sizable lead over the 29 advancing players from this flight and will take the overall chip lead into Day 2.

Following behind Berthelsen was Jason Peterson who was able to end the night with a healthy 820,000 while Alex Phrommany (765,000), 2022 Grand Falls champ Beau “Don K. Nado” Wilshire (724,000), and fellow MSPT champ Mo Nuwwarah (609,000) round out the top five stacks.

Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were MSPT champ Jason Sell (584,000), Tanner Pray (572,000), Paul Cross (283,000), two-time MSPT champ Taylor Howard (210,000), and MSPT champ Anthony Scarborough (118,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT champ Steve Federspiel, Thai Dinh, Dennis Stevermer, two-time MSPT champ Taylor Howard and defending champ Dave Gonia, just to name a few.

Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with players returning to the felt so make sure to come back and find out who walks away the new MSPT Grand Falls Main Event Champion!

MSPT Grand Falls Remaining Schedule

Action on the table quickly folded to Alex Phrommany who raised to 20,000 from the button while the big blind was all in for their last 8,000.

Opponent:
Alex Phrommany:

Phrommany was ahead holding a suited king and that was all he needed as the runout burst the bubble ending play for the night.

Alex Phrommany - 765,000

Action folded to Mike Estes who raised all in for 84,000 from the button and MSPT champ Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire looked him up from the big blind.

Mike Estes:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:

Estes rolled over a dominating ace and saw a queen in the window on the flop, but it came with a sweat as it gave Wilshire a Broadway draw.

Fortunately for Estes, both the turn and river kept him in the lead to secure his double.

Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire - 770,000
Mike Estes - 180,000

With 30 players now remaining, the hand-for-hand process has started.

So far, 26 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 29 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, March 23^rd at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

MSPT champ Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire raised from late position and then called the small blind’s 170,000 three-bet jam.

Opponent:
Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire:

Wilshire rolled over a dominating ace until the flop fell pairing his opponent's queen.

Luckily for Wilshire, the dealer then turned the completing his Broadway draw and the river eliminated his opponent from the tournament.

Beau "Don K. Nado" Wilshire - 875,000

MSPT champ Mo Nuwwarah opened under the gun and found two callers which included Jack Do from the big blind.

A flop was then fanned out by the dealer and action was checked to Nuwwarah who tossed out a 15,000 continuation bet.

Action folded back to Do who check-called, and he did the same for 35,000 after the was turned.

Once the completed the board on the river, Do checked his option one last time only to release his hand into the muck after Nuwwarah put him all in.

Mo Nuwwarah - 460,000
Jack Do - 103,000

For the first time this season, the MSPT has traveled to Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, IA for their first Trophy Series!

Kicking off the four-trophy event series was Event #1: $250 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack, which saw 155 hunters take to the tables and created a $31,000 prize pool that was reserved for the top 18 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Brett Lambert (10th Place - $589), Michael Wallin (12th Place - $589) Jon Maras (14th Place - $496), Bradley Pausch (15th Place - $496), and Jordan Gass (17th Place - $434).

When the dust settled, it was Shane Frahm who came out on top with the lion's share of the prize pool to claim the first Sapdey trophy of the series!

Final Table Results