2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Justin Thurlow
Prize
$47,635
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
376
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
62
Players Left
1

A Couple Hands from Table 2

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hand #1: Trent Wilt opened to 9,000 from middle position and was three-bet by Rob Wazwaz to 32,000 out of the cutoff. Action made its way back to Wilt and he four-bet all in. Wazwaz called.

Rob Wazwaz: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Trent Wilt: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Wilt was unable to improve as the runout came {k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Stacks were pushed forward and Wazwaz was totaled to have 103,000. That number was counted out of Wilt's stack and he found himself with just 2,000 left.

Hand #2: Wilt put his last 2,000 in and action folded around to Stuart Luhm, who completed his small blind. Bobby Cassioppi was in the big blind and pumped it up to 16,000. Luhm called.

The flop was {2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Spades} and Luh led out with a bet of 20,000. Cassipopi called. The turn came {a-Hearts} and Luhm continued, firing another 35,000. Cassioppi stuck around and the river came {3-Diamonds}. Both players checked and all three hands were exposed.

Trent Wilt: {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Stuart Luhm: {q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Bobby Cassioppi: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

All three players had one pair with Cassioppi's being the best of the three, earning him both the main and the side pot as Wilt was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Stuart Luhm
252,000
62,500
62,500
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Bobby Cassioppi
237,000
75,000
75,000
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Rob Wazwaz
216,000
47,500
47,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Trent Wilt
Busted

Sorenson Off To a Fast Start

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

John Sorenson was in the hijack and opened to 8,000. Action folded to Mike Nelson, who three-bet all in out of the small blind. The big blind folded after long deliberation to put action back onto Sorenson, who quickly called for less.

John Sorenson: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Mike Nelson: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

"Nice hand," Nelson said to Sorenson as the flop came {3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{3-Spades}.

"It ain't over till it's over," responded Sorenson, watching the turn fall {9-Clubs}.

"A nice hand either way," said Nelson. The river {j-Clubs} completed the runout with Sorenson's hand remaining best and his stack was counted out to be 96,000. Nelson paid the required amount, leaving him with just a handful of blinds left in his stack. Meanwhile, Sorenson appeared to have already doubled once prior, bringing his stack up to 200,000 from the 40,000 he brought into the day.

Player Chips Progress
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John Sorenson
200,000
160,000
160,000
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Mike Nelson
23,500
-74,000
-74,000

Clark Wins Flip To Double

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Scotter Clark
Scotter Clark

2015 Fall Poker Classic Main Event Champion Scotter Clark went all in from the cutoff for 45,000 and Jerry Hanson announced a call out of the big blind.

Scotter Clark: {j-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Jerry Hanson: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, giving Clark jacks up to top Hanson's nines up to score the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Jerry Hanson
133,000
-26,000
-26,000
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Scotter Clark
96,000
35,000
35,000

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One for Whammy

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Sammy Whammy
Sammy Whammy

Sammy Whammy was in the process of collecting a pot from an all-in preflop situation with Steve Bertsch that left Bertsch hitting the rail as one of the first bust-outs of the day. Whammy was kind enough to fill in the action after the fact.

Whammy opened to 15,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Bertsch, who shoved his last 35,000 or so in from the big blind. Whammy made the call and they were off to the races.

Steve Bertsch: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Sammy Whammy: {j-Spades}{q-Spades}

A jack on the flop was all Whammy needed to pull in front. He held as the turn and river were unable to improve Bertsch beyond Whammy's jacks, resulting in his elimination from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Sammy Whammy
160,500
39,500
39,500
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Steve Bertsch
Busted

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Fussy Gets an Early Double

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jeff Taylor opened the action with a raise to 10,500 from middle position and was three-bet all in by Leo Fussy for the 34,500 he brought into the day. Fussy was in the hijack and action made its way back to Taylor, who confirmed the amount before calling.

"Kings!" said Fussy, tabling {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

"Worse!" responded Taylor, showing {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

"What was I supposed to do?" said Fussy to another player at the table.

"Exactly that!" said the player.

The board ran out in Fussy's favor, coming {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} to score the double. He sent his stack forward to be counted and was then paid by Taylor.

"Why couldn't you have had 44 (thousand)?" said Taylor as he sent the chips Fussy's way.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeff Taylor
93,000
-35,500
-35,500
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Leo Fussy
70,000
35,500
35,500

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Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Welcome To Day 2 of the 2019 Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic $1,100 Main Event

Justin Thurlow
Justin Thurlow

A field of 62 will return Sunday to Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN to play under one roof for the first time.

The 2019 Fall Poker Classic $1,100 Main Event saw 376 entries fire across two days at the $300,000 guaranteed tournament. The guarantee was exceeded with a total prize pool of $364,720, and all returning players have their eyes set on the top prize of $80,241.

Day 1a chip leader Jeff Petronack enters the day atop the counts with a massive stack of 377,500. His stack was unmatched by anybody from Day 1b, though 11 players from that flight come into the day ahead of Day 1a’s second-place finisher Rob Wazwaz (168,500).

Of those 11, Steven Belland (243,000) bagged the top stack from Day 1b. Others to enter the day with above 200,000 in chips include Cody Jaeschke (226,500), Justin Thurlow (217,500), and Kou Vang (211,500).

Just 45 places will be paid, meaning everybody still has work to do before locking up a first-level payout of $2,006. Plenty of formidable opponents still remain throughout the entire leader board, including former champions Brad Berman (88,500), Scotter Clark (61,000), and Nghia “3 Putts” Le (38,500).

Cards fly at 12:30 p.m. local time with 40 minute levels for the duration of the tournament, beginning at with Level 15 (2,000/4,000/4,000). They will escalate as necessary until a winner has been determined, with the big-blind ante being cut in half when four players remain.

Who will be the next Main Event champion of this long-running series? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.

Tags: Brad BermanCody JaeschkeJeff PetronackJustin ThurlowKou VangRob WazwazScotter ClarkSteven Belland

Day 2 Seating Assignments

TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
11John Sorenson40,00010
12Nick Marsh57,50014
13Yao Yin173,00043
14Mike Nelson97,50024
15Sam Hanson44,50011
16Jeff Petronack377,50094
17Andrew Johnson174,50044
18Nghia Le38,50010
19Blake Bohn118,50030
     
21Stuart Luhm189,50047
22Bobby Cassioppi162,00041
23James Gibson86,00022
24Sam Chase73,00018
25Trent Wilt146,50037
26Jesse Rockowitz107,00027
27Rob Wazwaz168,50042
28Aaron Curti149,00037
29Gennady Shimelfarb143,50036
     
31Rich Stevens85,00021
32Rich Alsup150,50038
33Ian Matakis91,50023
34Jason Sell138,00035
35Zeph Baer54,50014
36Jeff Taylor128,50032
37Leo Fussy34,5009
38Vic Peppe95,00024
39Matt Williams67,00017
     
41Cody Jaeschke226,50057
42Robert Galinson60,00015
43Jake Schumacher49,50012
44Kou Vang211,50053
45Steve Bertsch45,00011
46Sammy Whammy121,00030
47Jason Seitz190,50048
48Everett Carlton56,00014
49James Lawrence83,00021
     
51Jerry Hanson159,00040
52Jeremy Dresch109,00027
53Tyler Kolness111,00028
54Bob Van Syckle106,50027
55Mario Hudson189,00047
56Robert Mitchell142,50036
57Scotter Clark61,00015
58Stephen Webb119,50030
59Matt Alexander106,50027
     
61Gary Loeffler143,50036
62Eric Torgerson96,50024
63Steven Belland243,00061
64Erick Wright150,50038
65Justin Thurlow217,50054
66Tyree Johnson182,50046
67Brad Berman88,50022
68John Olson27,0007
69Paul Kelly105,50026
     
71Jay Melancon115,00029
72Bill Perpich82,50021
73Steve Meirink106,00027
74Alex Winter106,50027
75Greg Rahn126,00032
76Paul Hickerson175,00044
77Jeffrey Radigan43,50011
78Saad Ghanem124,50031

$1,100 Main Event

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