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Hollywood Casino St. Louis

August 1 - 6, 2023
Main Event: 734 Entrants
Winner: Jeffrey Sauer
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EVENT RECAP

For the second time this season, the MSPT returned to Hollywood Casino St. Louis and hosted its $1,110 Main Event and the turnouts did not disappoint.

A total of 734 entries were tallied and generated a $710,480 prize pool.

On Sunday, 87 players returned for Day 2 action, and after roughly 15 hours of play it was St. Louis native Jeff Sauer coming out on top to win the $142,396 top prize and his first MSPT title.

“Feels great,” Sauer said after his victory, “I got lucky in the middle of the tournament with nine-four of diamonds and was able to catch the right cards at the right time.”

Sauer finished by saying, “This was a tough final table with really good players, but I love playing poker and I had a great time here.”

Day 2 Action

With 81 slated to get paid, only six bodies needed to drop exit before players reached the money.

Among those to leave empty-handed were Matt Morfitt, Matt Holland, and Trent Wilson just to name a few.

Players continued to drop like wildfire, so fast that the hand-for-hand process occurred before the first level of play with Carlos Loving setting up Dor Elharari on the bubble and the march to the final table began.

Among those to fall along the way, albeit with a payday, were Wayne Nichelson (10th Place - $10,609), Maxx Holland (14th Place - $8,544), MSPT Hall of Famers Mark Hodge (17th Place - $7,120) & Rob WazWaz (33rd Place - $3,133), and MSPT champ Keith Heine (34th Place - $3,133).

Final Table Action

Once the player returned from their dinner break, George Harris collected an early double with pocket kings to catapult his short stack into the middle of the pack while Adam Tolander's top three stack dwindled to a ninth place finish, making him the first elimination at the final table.

After Tolander's departure, Paul Fehlig had some ups and downs until he was straightened out by Lance Brendel.

In the same level, Jovan Sudar picked his spot to move his chips on with an ace-ten only to have Tyler Dietz wake up with a superior ace-queen. Sudar was unable to pull ahead and departed in seventh place.

A few levels went by with chips shuffling across the table as double-ups were being handed out like candy on Halloween, that was until Brendel jammed his ace-six into Aaron Johnson's pocket kings, eliminating him in sixth place.

After Brendel was dropped, Travis Burch went on quite the rollercoaster ride only to end up taking a fifth place finish for $36,311.

Four-handed action saw Harris and Dietz tussle back-and-forth exchanging double-ups until Harris got his final chips in the middle with ace-nine suited and was called by Sauer holding king-eight off.

Sauer was able to take the lead after pairing his king on the flop and Harris was unable to pull ahead as he took a fourth-place finish for $47,631.

With three players remaining, Sauer started to catch steam and was able to drop the MSPT Hall of Famer Johnson in third place ($64,072), and sent Dietz home in second place ($87,574) after only one hand in the heads-up battle.

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is making its way to East Chicago August 8th - 13th to host its inaugural $300K GTD $1,110 Main Event at the Ameristar Casino and the MSPT live reporting team will be on hand providing updates for the so make sure to come back!

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
MO 
$142,396
1,800
2
NY 
$87,574
1,600
3
MN 
$64,072
1,500
4
MO 
$47,631
1,400
5
KS 
$36,311
1,300
6
MO 
$27,767
1,200
7
Omaha 
NE 
$21,359
1,100
8
MO 
$16,376
1,000
9
IA 
$12,816
900
10
Souris 
ND 
$10,609
800
11
OH 
$10,609
800
12
TX 
$10,609
800
13
MO 
$8,544
700
14
Moscow 
ID 
$8,544
700
15
MO 
$8,544
700
16
Athens 
IL 
$7,120
600
17
MN 
$7,120
600
18
IL 
$7,120
600
19
IL 
$5,981
500
20
Eureka 
MO 
$5,981
500
21
IN 
$5,981
500
22
MO 
$5,055
400
23
MO 
$5,055
400
24
IL 
$5,055
400
25
Fenton 
MO 
$4,129
300
26
IL 
$4,129
300
27
IN 
$4,129
300
28
KY 
$3,133
250
29
MO 
$3,133
250
30
MN 
$3,133
250
31
KY 
$3,133
250
32
KS 
$3,133
250
33
MN 
$3,133
250
34
MO 
$3,133
250
35
IL 
$3,133
250
36
MO 
$3,133
250
37
OH 
$2,634
200
38
CO 
$2,634
200
40
Marion 
IL 
$2,634
200
41
MN 
$2,634
200
42
MO 
$2,634
200
43
FL 
$2,634
200
44
MO 
$2,634
200
45
Fenton 
MO 
$2,634
200
46
MO 
$2,421
150
47
IA 
$2,421
150
48
MO 
$2,421
150
49
MO 
$2,421
150
50
MO 
$2,421
150
51
MO 
$2,421
150
52
IA 
$2,421
150
53
MO 
$2,421
150
54
Edina 
MN 
$2,421
150
55
MO 
$2,278
100
56
MN 
$2,278
100
57
IL 
$2,278
100
58
IL 
$2,278
100
59
MO 
$2,278
100
60
MO 
$2,278
100
61
MN 
$2,278
100
62
KY 
$2,278
100
63
MO 
$2,278
100
64
MO 
$2,136
75
65
IL 
$2,136
75
66
IL 
$2,136
75
67
MO 
$2,136
75
68
IL 
$2,136
75
69
IN 
$2,136
75
70
IN 
$2,136
75
72
IL 
$2,136
75
73
MN 
$1,994
50
74
MN 
$1,994
50
75
MN 
$1,994
50
76
IL 
$1,994
50
77
IL 
$1,994
50
78
MO 
$1,994
50
80
MO 
$1,994
50
81
MO 
$1,994
50