Riverside Casino

Luke Goodwillie Bags Top Stack After 24 Players Survive Day 1C

Day 1c of the MSPT $1,110 Iowa State Poker Championship at Riverside Casino is in the books after recording 231 entries, which along with 1a's 98 and 1b’s 198 brought the total field up to 521 total entries, shattering the $300k guarantee with one flight left to go.

At the end of the third starting flight, just 24 players bagged and tagged with Luke Goodwillie finding himself atop the chip counts with a healthy 802,000, good enough for the overall chip lead thus far.

Dennis Stevermer found himself on the right side of a heater, securing a double elimination to end the day with 612,000 while Charles Telle (514,000), Nathan Crookshank (450,000), and Woody Christy (436,000), rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

They were joined by MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (408,000), Renato Spahiu (405,000), Colden Carlson (404,000), and MSPT champ’s Lee Rzentowski (188,000) & Ari Engel (122,000).

All surviving players from the starting flights will return at 11:00 a.m. local time Sunday, July 21st to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

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End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Luke Goodwillie	802,000	627,000
Dennis Stevermer	612,000	330,000
Charles Telle	514,000	511,000
Nathan Crookshank	450,000	450,000
Woody Christy	436,000	455,000
Rob WazWaz Renato Spahiu	408,000 405,000	330,000 458,000
Colden Carlson	404,000	377,000
Josh Fordyce	328,000	282,000
Phil Mader	312,000	265,000
Anthony Parille	296,000	328,000
Lenard Adams	281,000	281,000
George Pappas	251,000	141,000
Frank Lagodich	224,000	245,000
Jason Bender	223,000	180,000
Lee Rzentkowski	188,000	123,000
Jeffery Peters	152,000	152,000
Josh Smith (IA)	151,000	107,000
Ari Engel	122,000	81,000
Phirom Peterschmidt	119,000	119,000
Skyler Wynn	81,000	81,000
Cyrus Khorram	68,000	68,000
Eric Reid	65,000	65,000
Joshua Rogan	38,000	38,000

Stevermer Sets Up Hammers and McMillen for Double Elimination; Hard Stop Reached

Sherry Hammers raised all in for 70,000 from middle position and Dennis Stevermer went over the top from the button.

Action folded to Ron McMillen who looked down at his cards and called off his 200,000 stack from the big blind.

Sherry Hammers:
Ron McMillen:
Dennis Stevermer:

Stevermer was ahead holding a made hand of kings and enjoyed the flop that gave him top set.

The turn came the giving Hammers a glimmer of hope with a Broadway draw, but the completed the board on the river securing Stevermer the double elimination to hit the hard stop with 4:33 remaining in Level 15.

Dennis Stevermer - 612,000
Ron McMillen - Eliminated
Sherry Hammers - Eliminated

Engel Doubles Through Adams with Ladies

Lenard Adams raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and MSPT champ Ari Engel defended his big blind to see a flop.

Engle moved his remaining 17,000 in the middle and Adams called.

Ari Engel:
Lenard Adams:

Engel was ahead holding a made hand of queens and the running turn and river secured his double-up.

Lenard Adams - 281,000
Ari Engel - 104,000

Ask and You Shall Receive

The player under the gun limped-in only to have Jason Bender raise all in for 104,000 next to act.

Action quickly folded to MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz who snap-called from the small blind, prompting a fold from the player under the gun.

Jason Bender:
Rob WazWaz:

“Tom, I need some help, get over here”, Bender said to Tom Hammers just before a flop fell.

“ONE BALL”, Hammers exclaimed just as the dealer peeled off the to put Bender in the lead.

Bender just needed to fade a king on the river and did as the secured his double-up.

Rob WazWaz - 330,000
Jason Bender - 222,000

Updated Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Luke Goodwillie	627,000	293,000
Charles Telle	511,000	181,000
Renato Spahiu	458,000	410,000
Woody Christy	455,000	518,000
Colden Carlson	377,000	402,000
Dennis Stevermer	330,000	210,000
Rob WazWaz	330,000	256,000
Anthony Parille	328,000	430,000
Josh Fordyce	282,000	185,000
Lenard Adams	281,000	370,000
Phil Mader	265,000	181,000
Frank Lagodich	245,000	433,000
Ron McMillen	227,000	270,000
George Pappas	141,000	106,000
Josh Smith (IA)	107,000	140,000
Ari Engel	81,000	55,000
Sherry Hammers	56,000	63,000
Aaron Johnson	0	57,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	0	65,000
Tammy Proulx	0	410,000
Travis Young	0	83,000
Dan Wallace	0	230,000

The MSPT Heads to Grand Falls August 9th - 11th!

Once again, the MSPT is headed to Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, IA from August 9th - 11th!

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT261 Main Event, which requires players be 21+ to play.

The tournament, which boasts a $300K GTD, will offer two starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9th, with Day 1b following suit at the same time on Saturday, August 10th.

The surviving players from the starting flights will return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 11th, to play down to a winner.

Also, on that Sunday, there will be a $250 NLH Last Chance Showdown Event beginning at Noon.

Big Slick Comes Through for McMillen's Double

Ron McMillen raised from middle position only to call a three-bet Renato Spahiu made from late position.

The two went heads-up to a flop and McMillen check-jammed for 118,000 after Spahiu continued for 50,000.

Spahiu called, and the two players tabled their hands.

Ron McMillen:
Renato Spahiu:

McMillen was out flopped by Spahiu but pulled back into the lead after the dealer turned the giving him top two-pair.

The dealer then followed with the on the river pairing the board and secured McMillen’s double-up.

Renato Spahiu - 408,000
Ron McMillen - 270,000

Another Round of Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Woody Christy	518,000	213,000
Frank Lagodich	433,000	410,000
Anthony Parille	430,000	235,000
Tammy Proulx	410,000	332,000
Renato Spahiu	410,000	515,000
Colden Carlson	402,000	303,000
Lenard Adams	370,000	260,000
Luke Goodwillie	293,000	285,000
Ron McMillen	270,000	290,000
Rob WazWaz	256,000	340,000
Dennis Stevermer	210,000	253,000
Charles Telle	181,000	147,000
Phil Mader	181,000	161,000
Josh Smith (IA)	140,000	185,000
Lee Rzentkowski	123,000	86,000
George Pappas	106,000	212,000
Travis Young	83,000	243,000
Aaron Johnson	57,000	55,000
Ari Engel	55,000	105,000
Keith Heine	0	45,000
Sean Hinton	0	99,000
Umut Ozturk	0	145,000

David Kalinchinsky Secures an Epic Win

At the halfway point of the 15th season, the MSPT traveled back to Riverside Casino to host its first trophy event series.

In Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Epic Stack, 195 epic players went to the felt and generated a $31,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 21 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Brian Caroll (10th Place - $593), Tracy Porter (11th Place - $593), Gwen Martin (14th Place - $468), John Dillon (16th Place - $406), Nicholas Lentz (18th Place - $406), and Chandon Hinton (21st Place - $374).

Coming out on top was David Kalinchinsky of Milan, IL who claimed the $8,112 top prize, along with the second Sapdey trophy of the series!

Final Table Results