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JACK Cleveland Casino

May 5 - 8, 2022
Main Event: 991 Entrants
Winner: John Dennehey
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EVENT RECAP

After 13 hours of play in The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event At JACK Casino Cleveland, Ohio, it was Minnesota native John Dennehey who ended up striking a deal heads up with Dustin Mcelhaney for $153,933 and the title. Mcelhaney took home second place for $133,058.

“I just feel elated right now,” said an exhausted Dennehey, “I just played my hands.” The Minnesota native has been playing the game recreationally for over 20 years and turned to tournaments within the past three years. The family man with two kids held over $100,000 in lifetime earnings and a prior career high of over $38,168 was overjoyed in taking down his first mid-major career title. “My only advice to all players playing these things is just to never give up,” he says “I was the short stack nearly the whole tournament but here I am.”

Start Of Day

The day began with only 10 eliminations away from the bubble and Jefferey Fritz went out as the unfortunate bubble boy when his two pair ran into a flopped straight, and his elimination brought the remaining 108 players to the money.

Bubble Burst

The bursting of the bubble saw many players fall in quick succession including Michael Berk (73rd-$2,399), Renato Spahiu (59th-$2,975), MSPT champions Timothy Gundrum (57th-$2,975), and Kyna England (24th-$6,526). The final table was reached when Craig Stein could not hold on with his pocket queens against the ace-king of Dave Powell and he ended up in 10th place for $13,437.

Final Table

The first elimination came when short-stacked Kris Davis moved all-in for his remaining four big blinds with king-queen and failed to improve against the pocket fives of Dustin Mcelhaney. He wished his table mates good luck and left with his $17,267 for ninth place.

Shaun Gillian was the next to fall in a massive 9 million chip pot when he called off with aces against two sets of Mcelhaney and Chris Tryba. Mcelaney held the higher set, doubling through Tryba and sending Gillian to the payout desk in eighth place for $21,115.

Dave Holmes found himself next to leave, also at the hands of Mcelaney’s set when his second pair turned flush draw failed to improve against a flopped set of nines. He exited in seventh place for $27,833.

Next to go was short-stacked Todd Rizzo who got in his ace-jack against the queen-eight of Mcelhaney. A queen on the flop and turn was enough to send Rizzo to collect his sixth place prize of $35,511.

Scott Fitzhugh was the next to go when he moved all-in for his three million chips over a raise from Kevin Kerchenski and found himself racing with pocket sevens against the ace-king of Kerchenski. An ace on the turn sealed his fate and he ended up finishing in fifth place for $46,069.

Start of final table chip leader Chris Tryba suffered a very bad beat in the beginning of the final table when his set of fives ran into the set of sixes of Mcelhaney and while he was able to bounce back and hover around third place in chips. His luck ran out when his pocket tens could not hold up against the ace-queen of Mcelhaney and a queen on the turn ended the WSOP bracelet winners’ run in fourth place for $60,466.

Kevin Kerchinski started three-handed play as the chip leader, but losing a key pot against Dennehey, when his two pair could not hold up against a flush draw, and then another when he moved his short stack in with king-three, only for Mcelhaney to wake up with queens in the big blind. A queen high board sent the Ohio native to the cage in third place for $81,580.

Dennehey started heads up with a near 2:1 deficit against Mcelhaney, but when Dennehey’s ace-king suited, found a double against Mcelhaney’s ace-queen off, Dennehey found himself for the first time at the final table with the chip lead. A deal was discussed shortly after that guaranteed Mcelaney $133,058 for second place and Dennehey with the trophy and $155,933 for first place.

Congratulations to John Dennehey for winning The $1,100 Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event at JACK Casino, Cleveland Ohio! Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for more updates on many more tours around the world.

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
Savage 
MN 
$153,933
1,700
2
Eleria 
OH 
$133,058
1,700
3
OH 
$81,580
1,600
4
MA 
$60,466
1,500
5
OH 
$46,069
1,400
6
OH 
$35,511
1,300
7
OH 
$27,833
1,200
8
Flint 
MI 
$21,115
1,100
9
OH 
$17,276
1,000
10
OH 
$13,437
900
11
PA 
$13,437
900
12
OH 
$13,437
900
13
Solon 
OH 
$11,517
800
14
OH 
$11,517
800
15
OH 
$11,517
800
16
PA 
$9,406
700
17
Boston 
MA 
$9,406
700
18
Tampa 
FL 
$9,406
700
19
Verano 
PA 
$7,870
600
20
OH 
$7,870
600
21
NY 
$7,870
600
22
IN 
$6,526
500
23
OH 
$6,526
500
24
IL 
$6,526
500
25
OH 
$5,471
450
26
OH 
$5,471
450
27
OH 
$5,471
450
28
Warren 
MI 
$4,223
400
29
MN 
$4,223
400
30
OH 
$4,223
400
31
NY 
$4,223
400
32
OH 
$4,223
400
33
OH 
$4,223
400
34
MD 
$4,223
400
35
Carmel 
IN 
$4,223
400
36
OH 
$4,223
400
37
OH 
$3,263
350
38
OH 
$3,263
350
39
VA 
$3,263
350
40
OH 
$3,263
350
41
MI 
$3,263
350
42
MI 
$3,263
350
43
PA 
$3,263
350
44
OH 
$3,263
350
45
OH 
$3,263
350
46
 
$2,975
300
47
OH 
$2,975
300
48
OH 
$2,975
300
49
NY 
$2,975
300
50
OH 
$2,975
300
51
NY 
$2,975
300
52
Akron 
OH 
$2,975
300
53
OH 
$2,975
300
54
OH 
$2,975
300
55
PA 
$2,687
250
56
NY 
$2,687
250
57
Bath 
NY 
$2,687
250
58
OH 
$2,687
250
59
IL 
$2,687
250
60
Derby 
NY 
$2,687
250
61
IL 
$2,687
250
62
NY 
$2,687
250
63
Aiken 
SC 
$2,687
250
64
MI 
$2,495
200
65
OH 
$2,495
200
66
TX 
$2,495
200
67
Erie 
PA 
$2,495
200
68
Erie 
PA 
$2,495
200
69
OH 
$2,495
200
70
OH 
$2,495
200
71
Warren 
MI 
$2,495
200
72
OH 
$2,495
200
73
IN 
$2,399
150
74
VA 
$2,399
150
75
WI 
$2,399
150
76
OH 
$2,399
150
77
PA 
$2,399
150
78
IL 
$2,399
150
79
OH 
$2,399
150
80
IL 
$2,399
150
81
OH 
$2,399
150
82
PA 
$2,303
100
83
OH 
$2,303
100
84
PA 
$2,303
100
85
MI 
$2,303
100
86
Akron 
OH 
$2,303
100
87
OH 
$2,303
100
88
OH 
$2,303
100
89
OH 
$2,303
100
90
OH 
$2,303
100
91
OH 
$2,111
75
92
OH 
$2,111
75
93
PA 
$2,111
75
94
OH 
$2,111
75
95
Canton 
OH 
$2,111
75
96
PA 
$2,111
75
97
MI 
$2,111
75
98
Novia 
MI 
$2,111
75
99
MI 
$2,111
75
100
PA 
$2,016
50
101
OH 
$2,016
50
102
Kent 
OH 
$2,016
50
103
OH 
$2,016
50
104
Canton 
OH 
$2,016
50
105
PA 
$2,016
50
106
OH 
$2,016
50
107
Mentor 
OH 
$2,016
50
108
Lorain 
OH 
$2,016
50