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Michael Rohrer Leads 36 Survivors After Day 1B of the MSPT Season 16 Minnesota Poker State Championship!

Another full day of action was played to its conclusion at the MSPT Season 16 $1,110 Minnesota Poker State Championship at Running Aces Casino & Racetrack as Day 1b hit its hard stop at the end of Level 16.

The second of three flights drew 327 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 546, passing the $500k guarantee with one flight remaining.

Of the 327 entries, only 36 players remained when pens went to slips with Michael Rohrer (718,000) edging out Jay Chaudhary (710,000) for the top stack of the flight.

Gennady Shimelfarb was the only other player to clip the 600k mark (615,000) this flight while WSOP bracelet winner Rob WazWaz (535,000), and fellow MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (511,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five which include two-time MSPT champ TimThorp (360,000), KitKat Klassen (215,000), Terence Reid (212,000), WSOP bracelet winner Ian Matakis (170,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Massey (150,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 25 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included Vic Peppe, Bob Van Syckle, Tanya Payne, Jessica Anderson, Charlie Reichard and MSPT champ Ken Pates just to name a few.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at noon. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

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

MSPT Season 16 Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Michael Rohrer	718,000	800,000
Jay Chaudhary	710,000	518,000
Gennady Shimelfarb	615,000	325,000
Rob WazWaz	535,000	330,000
Aaron Johnson	511,000	258,000
Clayton Warner	484,000	405,000
Sean Giere	393,000	255,000
Timothy Thorp	360,000	480,000
Rocky Wylie	331,000	129,000
Leo Pinamonti	306,000	255,000
Jeffrey Birt	281,000	225,000
Andrew Nelson	257,000	294,000
Steve W	250,000	247,000
Paul Carney	242,000	156,000
John Kraft	233,000	205,000
John Raiche	228,000	255,000
Kelly Mahana	225,000	220,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	215,000	245,000
Terence Reid	212,000	256,000
Marc Karger	196,000	100,000
Nathan Boyer	195,000	300,000
Paul Eidem	189,000	65,000
Michael Relitz	186,000	100,000
Preston Willier	171,000	100,000
Ian Matakis	170,000	136,000
Eric Pfenning	167,000	180,000
Wesley Cannon	164,000	195,000
Dylan Hanson	163,000	100,000
James Kangas	159,000	205,000
Aaron Massey	150,000	195,000
Louis Hillman	145,000	100,000
Zephaniah Baer	140,000	131,000
Michael Estes	128,000	185,000
Rodney Colson	104,000	166,000
Christopher Holcomb	95,000	105,000
Chris Jones (MN)	84,000	130,000

Paul Eidem Wakes Up with Kings to Eliminate Keerat Bawa on the Bubble

Keerat Bawa was all in preflop for 55,000 from late position and Paul Eidem gave her isolation from the button.

Keerat Bawa:
Paul Eidem:

Bawa didn’t like seeing Eidem roll over a pair of kings and for good reason as the runout ended her night on the bubble.

Paul Eidem - 200,000
Keerat Bawa - 0

Matakis Dominates a Double

Zephaniah Baer raised from middle position and then called a 56,000 three-bet jam WSOP bracelet winner Ian Matakis made from a few seats over.

Ian Matakis:
Zephaniah Baer:

Matakis rolled over a dominating hand and the runout secured his double-up.

Zephaniah Baer - 140,000
Ian Matakis - 136,000

Late Night Stacks

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Michael Rohrer	800,000	650,000
Jay Chaudhary	518,000	100,000
Timothy Thorp	480,000	365,000
Nathan Boyer	300,000	230,000
Steve W	247,000	215,000
Yi (KitKat) Klassen	245,000	145,000
Aaron Massey	195,000	310,000
Wesley Cannon	195,000	216,000
Paul Carney	156,000	186,000
Ian Matakis	136,000	55,000
Zephaniah Baer	131,000	305,000
Gerald Cunniff	130,000	115,000
Rocky Wylie	129,000	135,000
Paul Eidem	65,000	130,000
Eric Pfenning	55,000	180,000
Ali Nabizadehgangaraj	0	65,000
Joe Beasy	0	225,000
Jason Sell	0	118,000
Aidan Ferguson	0	187,000
Richard Alsup	0	190,000

Day 1A Chip Counts

So far, 25 players have punched their ticket into Day 2 and another group of 36 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return to action, Sunday, April 13^th at 11:10 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Thorp Calls Correctly for His Tournament Life

There was heads-up action between two-time MSPT champ Tim Thorp from late position and the button with a completed board showing.

With just under 200,000 already in the middle, Thorp decided to check his option only to be faced with an all-in bet from his opponent.

After a careful thought, Throp decided to risk his 88,000 stack and tabled to collect a massive double as was tossed into the muck.

Tim Thorp - 365,000

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Gonia Dropped Boyer by in Brutal Cooler

Nate Boyer raised from under the gun and then called two-time MSPT champ Dave Gonia’s 85,000 three-bet jam from late position

Dave Gonia:
Nate Boyer:

It was a cooler situation for the former two-time, and flop made things ice cold as it gave both players a set.

The turn then left Gonia needing the case king to fall on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and sent him out the door.

Nate Boyer - 230,000
Dave Gonia - 0

Chip Collectors and Givers

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Michael Rohrer	467,000	365,000
Gennady Shimelfarb	325,000	170,000
Andrew Nelson	294,000	220,000
Aaron Johnson	258,000	100,000
Terence Reid	256,000	185,000
Nathan Boyer	230,000	100,000
Eric Pfenning	225,000	204,500
Jeffrey Birt	225,000	155,000
Kelly Mahana	220,000	156,000
Wesley Cannon	216,000	245,000
Kentraylus Pates	190,000	100,000
Paul Carney	186,000	111,000
Rodney Colson	166,000	110,000
Chris Jones (MN)	130,000	280,000
Rocky Wylie	118,000	140,000
Tanya Payne	98,000	105,000
Ian Matakis	55,000	131,000
Aidan Ferguson	45,000	165,000
Chuck Kersey	0	71,000
Peixin Liu	0	45,000
Charlie Reichard	0	140,000
David Gonia	0	131,000
Loki Abboud	0	143,000