Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The MSPT Hall of Fame, established in 2017, is proud to recognize those individuals who have shown superior skill and achieved specific long-term accomplishments.
The criteria to earn a spot on the MSPT Hall of Fame is as follows:
To see which players are close to achieving HOF status, refer to the comprehensive MSPT Stats page.
As of today, seven players are currently enshrined in the MSPT Hall of Fame.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Luke Blindert |
395,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
Darlo Vansurksum
|
340,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
||
Todd Melander |
300,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
Josh Thomas |
210,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Maxx Holland |
205,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Nicola DiTrapani |
200,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Tyler Kolness |
190,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Jason Crews |
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
George Tokarczyk |
132,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Rob Wazwaz |
120,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
Brad Cohan
|
100,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Bob Van Syckle | 100,000 | |
James Pupillo |
85,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Frank Kapaun
|
65,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Dale Hackney |
60,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
Justin Draayer
|
Busted | |
Pat Nikolai
|
Busted | |
DJ Buckley | Busted | |
Shanda Myers
|
Busted | |
Drew Woodke | Busted | |
Gerald Cunniff | Busted | |
|
A player from late position raised to 55,000 and only Anthony Scarborough called from the small blind.
After the flop appeared, Scarborough check-called his 43,000 stack after his opponent continued for 60,000.
Opponent:
Anthony Scarborough:
Scarborough held the better made hand but the turn gave him a sweat as it gave his opponent the club flush draw.
Luckily for Scarborough, the river was a brick and secured his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Scarborough |
190,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, 11 years on they have one of the best player databases in the industry.
On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.
Here's a look at the top ten MSPT Main Event final table in a single season:
Player | Hometown | Season | Final Tables |
---|---|---|---|
Patrick Steele | Chelsea, Michigan | 4 | 4 |
Brett Kuznia | Stephen, Minnesota | 4 | 4 |
Dan Sun | Cedar Rapids. Iowa | 3 | 3 |
Christian Pham | St. Paul, Minnesota | 4 | 3 |
Everett Carlton | St. Paul, Minnesota | 1 | 3 |
Kou Vang | Maplewood, Minnesota | 5 | 3 |
Michael Deis | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 5 | 3 |
Nick Pupillo | Addison, Illinois | 5 | 3 |
Mark Hodge | Fernandina Beach, Florida | 6 | 3 |
DJ Buckley | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | 6 | 3 |
Graham Buynon raised to 12,000 from under the gun and then called the 48,000 three-bet jam Rob Wazwaz made from the hijack.
Rob Wazwaz:
Graham Buynon:
Wazwaz was behind holding two overs but couldn't find either on the runout and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Graham Beynon
|
360,000 | |
Rob Wazwaz | Busted | |
|
With 23:36 remaining in the level, the hard stop has been reached with 26 players remaining. End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darlo Vansurksum
|
420,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Todd Melander |
397,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
Nicholas Smith
|
395,000
85,500
|
85,500 |
Luke Blindert |
391,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Graham Beynon
|
376,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Jason Crews |
349,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
Jordan Gass
|
278,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
Joe Osterbauer
|
255,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Justin Saathoff
|
237,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
Joe Matheson |
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Greg Asche
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
Nicola DiTrapani |
207,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Anthony Scarborough |
189,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Elizabeth Ethridge |
181,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
Tyler Kolness |
180,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Ken Lybeck
|
167,000 | |
George Tokarczyk |
165,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Maxx Holland |
159,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
Frank Kapaun
|
146,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Josh Thomas |
138,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
James Pupillo |
134,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Alex Wheeler |
131,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Alexander Hill |
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
Brian Weipert |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
William Reynolds |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Day 1a of the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Grand Falls Main Event is officially in the books with a whopping 224 total entries tallied by night's end. Those who entered came to play and the action at the tables proved to be eventful from start to finish.
Almost a full 15 levels were played to their completion but action came to a hard stop with 26 players finding a bag at night's end with 23:36 remaining in the final level.
The final levels of the night saw players dropping fast and it was a race to see who would end up taking the chip lead. Claiming the top stack was Darlo Vansurksum, who gathered enough chips in the final hand to take the number one spot with 420,000. The battle for the chip lead was close, as five other players finished the day north of 300,000: Todd Melander (397,000), Nicholas Smith (395,000), Luke Blindert (391,000), Graham Beynon (376,00), and Jason Crews (349,000) round out the top stacks.
The action hit a new gear on the final two level's of the evening, which saw the remaining players in the field ultimately drop from 39 down to 26. Chips flew across the room and stacks fluctuated accordingly. Others to advance included Joe Matheson (225,000), Nicola DiTrapani (242,000), Anthony Scarborough (189,000), James Pupillo (134,000), and Alex Wheeler (131,000).
Many players were not as fortunate as Season 12 Point Leader Cy Church, MSPT Hall of Famer's Aaron Johnson and Jason Seitz, along with defending champ Chad Bjorkman were just a few who took their shot at a bag on Day 1a only to come up short. All who have yet to advance will have another shot at finding a bag in tomorrow's final starting flight.
PokerNews will be on hand for the rest of the weekend to bring you all of the action, so be sure to come back for Saturday's Day 1b at 3 p.m. local time.