Riverside Casino

Adam Tolander Bags Top Stack As 50 Players Advance after Day 1C

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Riverside $1,110 Main Event attracted 360 runners, and with the 358 totals from the previous two flights, brought the final number up to 718 entries.

The combined fields generated a $694,960 prize pool, and the top 72 players will get paid a minimum of $2,293 while the eventual winner will walk away with a $142,467 first-place prize.

At the end of the third and final flight, 50 players bagged and tagged with Adam Tolander bagging the top stack of the night with 4310,000, good for second overall.

Others to bag big stacks where MSPT Black Hawk champ Nick Barksdale (417,000) Dave Kenniston (382,000), David Gonia (367,000), and Renato Spahiu (365,000) who rounded out the top five.

They were joined by Mark Lafata (295,000), MSPT champ Max Havlish (239,000), Colden Carlson (237,000), WSOP bracelet winner John Reading (221,000), defending champ Lee Rzentkowski (192,00), and Angela Jordison (161,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 92 (12 from Day 1A, 30 from 1B, and 50 from 1C) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 19th to play down to a winner.

Make sure to come back and find out who walks away the MSPT Riverside Main Event champion.

End of Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Adam Tolander	431,000	431,000
Nick Barksdale	417,000	417,000
David Kenniston	382,000	400,000
David Gonia	367,000	340,000
Renato Spahiu	365,000	365,000
Jesse Bowman	330,000	330,000
Mark Lafata	295,000	307,000
Ryan Mitchell	278,000	278,000
Isidro Sandoval	262,000	262,000
Max Havlish	239,000	308,000
Colden Carlson	237,000	206,000
Duane Gerleman	228,000	228,000
Benjamin Schessler	227,000	227,000
Benjamin OBrien	227,000	227,000
John Reading	221,000	140,000
Michael Puccio	220,000	286,000
Frederick Ertl	215,000	105,000
Brett Reichard	214,000	137,000
Piyush Mittal	203,000	225,000
Ha Nguyen	199,000	202,000
Lee Rzentkowski	192,000	60,000
Nicola Di Trapani	186,000	260,000
Roger Bennett	180,000	180,000
Ryan Windsor	179,000	179,000
Angela Jordison	161,000	120,000
Bryan White	144,000	144,000
Dan McFate	143,000	130,000
Tommy Proolx	142,000	142,000
Anthony Lazar	139,000	139,000
David Grandin	132,000	132,000
David Steger	124,000	124,000
Nikolas Stone	123,000	60,000
Tony Le	123,000	123,000
David Hengen	116,000	116,000
Michael Estes	106,000	35,000
Ryan Rogers	103,000	103,000
Dan Haley	91,000	91,000
Freeman Kauffman	90,000	90,000
Dewayne Parnell	90,000	90,000
William Tinges	90,000	90,000
Arthur Zabronsky	90,000	90,000
Richard Henke	89,000	89,000
Jake Wilding	84,000	187,000
Ken Miell	76,000	76,000
Marquez Davis	69,000	50,000
Scott Finken	45,000	45,000
Bret Sampson	43,000	43,000
Kent Wendorf	25,000	25,000

Final Three Hands

The tournament director has just announced the final three hands of the evening.

Carlson Scoops with Top Two

Colden Carlson raised from middle position and action folded to the big blind who defended.

The flop was checked to Colden who continued for 8,000 only to have his opponent check-raise to 20,000.

Colden called, and the turn was checked by both players bringing the river.

Colden called a 20,000 bet from his opponent and tabled to win the pot with top two-pair.

Colden Carlson - 206,000

Prize Pool Information

MSPT 219 at Riverside Casino
Entrants: 718
Prize Pool: $694,960

Lafata Folds to Gonia

There was heads-up action between David Gonia from early position and Mark Lafata from the hijack with a completed board of showing.

With 40,000 already in the middle, Gonia led out for 35,000 sending Lafata to the puzzle board.

After some careful thought and some friendly table talk, Lafata decided to toss his hand into the muck while showing the .

David Gonia - 340,000
Mark Lafata - 307,000

"Pops" Dodges Broadway to Drop Opponent

Action folded to Brett “Pops” Reichard who raised to 10,000 on the button only to have the small blind three-bet jam for 57,000.

After the big blind folded, action was back on Reichard who counted out his chips and put them in the middle for a call.

Opponent:
Brett “Pops” Reichard:

Reichard made the correct call as he was ahead and the flop gave him top pair while also giving his opponent a Broadway draw.

Luckily for Reichard, he dodged Broadway, as the paired the board on the turn and the river sent his opponent packing.

Brett Reichard - 137,000

Late Night Chip Counts from Across the Room

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
David Kenniston	400,000	270,000
Max Havlish	308,000	169,000
Mark Lafata	290,000	260,000
Michael Puccio	286,000	290,000
David Gonia	275,000	223,500
Nicola Di Trapani	260,000	155,000
Piyush Mittal	225,000	225,000
Ha Nguyen	202,000	140,000
Jake Wilding	187,000	83,000
Maxx Holland	175,000	181,000
Dan McFate	130,000	115,500
Todd Melander	130,000	105,000
Angela Jordison	120,000	120,000
Colden Carlson	120,000	120,000
Gregory Wood	120,000	140,000
Terence Reid	80,000	75,000
Lee Rzentkowski	60,000	35,000
Nikolas Stone	60,000	60,000
Brett Reichard	60,000	125,500
Tim Garles	58,000	85,000
Marquez Davis	50,000	65,000
Jacqueline Burkhart	38,000	40,000
Michael Estes	35,000	75,500

Kenniston Rivers Straight Flush Dropping Two Players

A player from middle position raised to 7,000 and was called by the hijack, along with Dave Kenniston from the big blind.

The flop came and Kenniston checked to the initial raiser who continued for 11,000.

The hijack called while Kenniston check-raised to 31,000.

The raise prompted all-in bets from both Kenniston’s opponents, and he called having both players covered.

All-In Player:
Hijack:
Dave Kenniston:

Kenniston was in a dream situation after flopping the nut straight and holding the straight flush draw, but the turn gave his opponent the ace-high flush.

Kenniston was still live drawing to the queen of hearts and as fate would have it, the dealer dropped the on the river giving him the nuts to drop both opponents.

Dave Kenniston - 400,000

Wood Scoops Pot with the Ol' Check Raise

Greg Wood raised to 6,000 from late position and then called the 17,000 three-bet from the cutoff.

The flop came and Wood check-raised to 42,000 after his opponent continued for 16,000.

Wood’s opponent considered for a brief moment and then tossed his hand into the muck.

Greg Wood - 140,000