Riverside Casino

Neighbors Edges Out McNee for Top Stack as 31 Advance from Day 1B

Another a full day of action was played to its conclusion at the 2023 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Iowa State Poker Championship $1,110 Main Event at Riverside Casino.

The second of three flights drew 265 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 363, and with that number, the $300K GTD has already been surpassed with one flight remaining.

Of those 265 entries, only 31 players remained when chips went into bags with Gabe Neighbors (512,000) edging out John McNee (463,000) for the top stack after he lost an 80,000 pot in the last hand of the night.

Neighbors caught steam at the end of the night with one of his biggest hands coming after he tripped up Jason Crews for a 200k pot late in the evening.

Rounding out the top five stacks were two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime (363,000), Kitkat Klassen (354,000), and Benjamin Frye (347,000).

Much like Day 1a, the final levels of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson and MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the remaining tables.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. MSPT Champ Steve Federspiel (302,000) MSPT Hall of Famer’s Blake Bohn (290,000) & Josh Reichard (244,000), and MSPT champ Umut Ozturk (158,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 11 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at 3.00 p.m. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 11:40 p.m.).

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Riverside Remaining Schedule

End of Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Gabriel Neighbors	512,000	530,000
John Mcnee	463,000	255,000
Kenneth Baime	363,000	390,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	354,000	366,000
Benjamin Frye	347,000	157,000
Todd Bartlett	304,000	325,000
Steve Federspiel	302,000	220,000
Edward Burke	283,000	275,000
Molly Mossey	259,000	143,000
Josh Reichard	244,000	147,000
Ryan Schenkel	233,000	360,000
Michael Weishar	217,000	285,000
Cyrus Khorram	203,000	115,000
Joe Hindman	193,000	182,000
Casey Blakeley	191,000	100,000
Jay Goughnour	161,000	118,000
Matthew Dahl	160,000	191,000
Sachet Chitrakar	159,000	85,000
Umut Ozturk	158,000	75,000
John Reading	148,000	65,000
Asa Snyder	133,000	97,000
Jeff Bryan	129,000	60,000
Kentraylus Pates	117,000	160,000
Colden Carlson	116,000	160,000
DJ Buckley	114,000	118,000
Spencer Liebmann	112,000	86,000
William Rothschild	107,000	82,000
Chad Chizek	99,000	107,000
Randy Perkins	93,000	30,000
David Grandin	63,000	75,000

Final Four Hands

The tournament director has just announced the final four hands of the night.

Cunniff Dropped by Baime

Ken Baime raised from late position and Gerald Cunniff defended his big blind to see a flop.

Cunniff check-raised to 35,000 after Baime continued and Baime called bringing the turn.

Cunniff wasted no time announcing he was “all in” for just over 60,000 and Baime called.

Gerald Cunniff:
Ken Baime:

Baime pulled ahead after turning two-pair and the river ended Cunniff’s night.

Ken Baime - 390,000
Gerald Cunniff- 0

Burke Flops the Goods Dropping Davis

Action folded to Marquez Davis who raised all in for 55,000 from the cutoff and Ed Burke looked him up from the big blind.

Marquez Davis:
Ed Burke:

Davis was ahead holding Big Slick, but it did not do the trick as the runout ended his night.

Ed Burke - 275,000
Marquez Davis - 0

Hindman Flushes Reading for Double

Joe Hindman limped-in from late position and Matthew Weishar followed suit from the hijack before Josh Reichard raised to 20,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded to WSOP bracelet winner John Reading who four-bet jammed for 139,000 and Hindman called off his 88,000 stack.

Both Weishar and Reichard mucked their hands.

Joe Hindman:
John Reading:

Hindman slow-played aces perfectly and the runout secured his double-up.

Matthew Weishar - 285,000
Joe Hindman - 182,000
Josh Reichard - 147,000
John Reading - 50,000

Day 1A Chip Counts

Four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac bagged a massive stack leading the 11 players who advanced from a 98-entry field after Day 1a and players who make it through today will join that group on Sunday, July 23rd for Day 2 at 11 a.m.

More Late Night Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Umut Ozturk	280,000	282,500
Josh Reichard	240,000	272,000
Todd Bartlett	213,000	130,000
Hamid Feiz	180,000	75,500
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	162,000	150,000
Molly Mossey	143,000	156,000
John Reading	138,000	78,500
Gerald Cunniff	135,000	174,000
Terence Reid	120,000	25,000
Chad Chizek	104,000	119,500
Matthew Riedesel	96,000	133,000
Spencer Liebmann	86,000	28,500
Kentraylus Pates	81,000	60,000
Asa Snyder	42,000	135,000
Steve Buell	12,000	101,000

Baime Flips Well for Double

A player from middle position opened for 6,000 and was called by Gabe Neighbors before two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime squeezed for 85,000 from the button.

Action folded back to the initial raiser who called while Neighbors released his hand and the two players were off to the races.

Ken Baime:
Opponent:

It was a flip with Baime calling the correct side as the runout secured his double-up.

Ken Baime - 180,000

Late Night Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Ryan Schenkel	445,000	418,000
Gabriel Neighbors	203,000	191,500
Matthew Dahl	191,000	290,000
Colden Carlson	160,000	108,500
Steve Federspiel	152,000	142,000
Blake Bohn	142,000	100,000
Marquez Davis	120,000	43,500
DJ Buckley	118,000	18,000
Jason Crews	101,000	100,000
Kenneth Baime	85,000	118,000
William Rothschild	82,000	73,500
Daniel Dombrowski	70,000	110,000
Jay Goughnour	58,000	76,500
David Kenniston	32,000	188,500