Grand Falls Casino

Back-to-Back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk Soars to the Top to Lead the 18 Survivors After Day 1A

Day 1a of the MSPT Grand Falls $1,110 Main Event is in the books with the first flight tallying 163 runners.

Plenty of players made their way to Grand Falls Casino, creating a room full of MSPT champs, Icons, and Hall of Famers.

With chips flying and players dropping throughout the day, play tightened up in the later levels as only 11% of the field was finding a Day 2 berth, and that mark was hit with 21:37 remaining in Level 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000).

Once players put pens to slips, it was none other than back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk who ended up leading the pack of 18 with a whopping 704,000.

Ozturk was seen building a stack in the later levels, and then capped by securing the final elimination of Jeremy Frost to end the night.

Caden Coleman was able to find the second spot on the leaderboard after sitting atop the counts for the majority of the day and ended with a respectable 531,000.

A familiar Rodney Colson was able to hold his own throughout the day as well, finishing the day with 504,000, while Ryan Remmes (403,000) and Jon Hanner (400,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others that advanced included Kevin Berthelsen (379,000), DJ Buckley (159,000), five-time MSPT champ Blake Bohn (148,000), Jake Long (88,000), and defending champ Angela Jordison (78,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Aaron Thomas, 2021 Grand Falls champ Chad Bjorkman, Howard Dion, Terry Williams, and Justin Heilman, to name a few.

All who did not bag will have one more flight to try and do so, with that being held tomorrow, Saturday, August 9^th at 2:00 p.m. local time.

As usual, the live reporting team will be back at it then, so be sure to come back and see who else adds their name to Sunday's Day 2 roster.

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End Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Umut Ozturk	704,000	385,000
Caden Coleman	531,000	575,000
Rodney Colson	504,000	450,000
Ryan Remmes	403,000	400,000
Jon Hanner	400,000	355,000
Kevin Berthelsen	379,000	260,000
Mike Headland	335,000	300,000
Jay Chaudhary	254,000	235,000
Jesse Green	234,000	180,000
Terence Reid	185,000	190,000
Dennis Stevermer	166,000	215,000
DJ Buckley	159,000	265,000
Blake Bohn	148,000	225,000
Kevin McMahon	128,000	85,000
Jeffery Rodigan	125,000	100,000
Jacob Long	88,000	220,000
Angela Jordison	78,000	70,000
Cody Bartlett	70,000	225,000

Jeremy Frost Bubbles Day 1A

Jeremy Frost raised to 20,000 from the hijack, and back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk defended his big blind to see a flop.

Ozturk check-called a 25,000 continuation bet from Frost, and the dealer turned the .

This time, Ozturk led out with a 40,000 bet, only to be faced with an all-in raise from Frost.

After getting a 231,000 confirmed amount, Ozturk called, and both hands were tabled.

Jeremy Frost:
Umut Ozturk:

Frost went for it all only to be left drawing dead to the river, as he was eliminated on the bubble.

Umut Ozturk - 704,000
Jeremy Frost - 0

Hand-For-Hand

After the elimination of MSPT champ Anthony Scarborough, the hand-for-hand process has now begun with 19 players remaining.

Lucky Sevens Secure McMahon a Double

After two initial limpers, Kevin McMahon raised all in for 72,000 from the small blind, and only Jeremy Frost called from the hijack.

Kevin McMahon:
Jeremy Frost:

McMahon rolled over the better-made hand, and the runout secured McMahon his double-up.

Jeremy Frost - 295,000
Kevin McMahon - 180,000

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Buckley Hooks Bohn for a Double

There was all in action after a flop between DJ Buckley from the cutoff and MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn from the big blind, with Buckley holding 122,000 effective.

DJ Buckley:
Blake Bohn:

Buckley was ahead holding a made hand of jacks, and the turn, followed by the river, secured his double-up.

Dj Buckley - 265,000
Blake Bohn - 225,000

Ozturk Doubles in the Big Blind

Five-time MSPT champ Blake Bohn raised from the cutoff for 13,000, and back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk defended his big blind to see a flop.

Ozturk led out with a 25,000 bet, and then called off his 87,000 stack after Bohn raised all-in.

Umut Ozturk:
Blake Bohn:

Ozturk was ahead after flopping top pair, and faded the turn and river to collect a double.

“That’s how you win Player of the Year”, Ozturk paused and added, “Back-to-back.” Bohn replied with a smile and a nod, then proceeded on.

Blake Bohn - 415,000
Umut Ozturk - 225,000

Frost Out Flops Abboud for a KO

Jeremy Frost open-jammed under the gun and action folded to Loki Abboud, who called off his slightly shorter stack from the big blind.

Loki Abboud:
Jeremy Frost:

Abboud was ahead holding Big Slick, until the flop fell pairing Frost’s ten.

The turn gave Abboud more outs with a Broadway draw, but the completed the board and ended his night.

Jeremy Frost - 220,000
Loki Abboud - 0

Chip Counts & Empty Seats

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Caden Coleman	575,000	410,000
Jeremy Frost	375,000	395,000
Jon Hanner	355,000	295,000
Blake Bohn	260,000	90,000
Jesse Green	241,000	155,000
Cody Bartlett	225,000	230,000
Jacob Long	220,000	230,000
Dennis Stevermer	215,000	156,000
Terence Reid	190,000	261,000
Rodney Colson	155,000	170,000
Kevin Berthelsen	121,000	160,000
Loki Abboud	121,000	191,000
Umut Ozturk	117,000	192,000
Ben Taylor (MN)	100,000	98,000
Anthony Scarborough	95,000	95,000
Josh Reichard	0	51,000
John Mcnee	0	91,000
John Cap	0	130,000