The final 10 players in the MSPT’s 100th Main Event are now combining down to the feature table. They will then be sent on a 45-minute dinner break with action resuming at 6:30 p.m. local time. The live stream is on a 15-minute delay, so be sure to tune in at 6:45 p.m.
We won’t be reporting anymore of the action here in live blog (other than an end-of-day recap), so if you want more in-depth coverage we encourage you to tune into the live stream to watch the action with hole cards on a 15-minute delay.
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Final Table
1 - Jon McKamie (Walls, MO) ... 943,000
2 - Joel Klipping (Red Lake Falls, MN) ... 1.211 million
3 - Richard Thousand (Ames, IA) ... 253,000
4 - Jason Ramos (Carol Stream, IL) ... 1.628 million
5 - Vlad Revniaga (Burnsville, MN) ... 761,000
6 - David Hengen (Omaha, NE) ... 1.329 million
7 - Keith Heine (Hillsboro, MO) ... 509,000
8 - Eric Eelkema (Brooklyn Park, MN) 551,000
9 - Matt Roling (Irvingdale, IA) ... 1.658 million
10 - Nathan Crookshank (Grinell, IA) ... 471,000
The final table is comprised of some stiff competition. The first is Keith Heine, who you may remember watching on the final table live stream one year ago. That is when he topped a field of 409 entrants to win this very tournament for $100,981. Could he possibly go back-to-back in the MSPT Meskwaki spring event?
Another MSPT champ at the table is Joel Klipping, who back in Season 6 own the MSPT Mahnomen Regional for $29,136. He also has five MSPT Main Event cashes on his poker résumé, but this is his first final table.
The other accomplished player is Vlad Revniaga, a well-known player from Minnesota. Prior to today, Revniaga had six MSPT cashes totaling $31,173 and one final table appearance, which came back in Season 6 at Canterbury Park. He finished eighth in that event for $13,178.
Joining them at the final table are some players looking for their big MSPT breakthrough. For example, there is Nathan Crookshank, who has earned his third cash here at Meskwaki Casino. Hit prior best finish was 16th in the Season 5 spring stop for $3,757.
Eric Eelkema has earned just his second MSPT cash after finishing 26th in the Season 5 Running Aces stop, good for $2,744. Needless to say he’s already improved upon that considerably here in Iowa.
As for Jason Ramos, he made two deep runs last season. The first came when he final tabled the Wisconsin State Poker Championship at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells, ultimately finishing in seventh place for $17,968. The other came six months later when he finished 17th in the MSPT Tropicana Evansville for $3,298.
Meanwhile, Matt Roling, David Hengen, Richard Thousand, and Day 1B chip leader Jon McKamie are all seeking their first MSPT cashes.