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Jon Hanner Leads 18 Survivors After Day 1A of Main Event

Day 1A of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 161 total entries tallied by night's end.

A full 13 levels were played to completion but a hard stop with 18 players saw the night end with 38:40 remaining in Level 14.

Jon Hanner (525,000) leads the pack by after finishing the night with an exclamation mark, earning knockouts on the penultimate hand of the evening, edging out Joe Barnard (432,000), and 2014 MSPT Running Aces champ Mark Sandness (424,000) for the top spot.

The top five is rounded out by two other players who finished the day north of 300,000: Marc Harrell (375,00), and Thai Dinh (313,000).

The action hit a new gear in the final levels of the evening, which saw the remaining players in the field ultimately drop from 28 down to 18.

Others to survive the first starting flight were Kitkat Klassen (265,000), Derek Normand (198,000), Matt Alexander (151,000) and MSPT champ Brian Soja (87,000).

Day 1B will get underway at Noon on Friday, March 31st. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

Our live reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.

MSPT Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule

End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jon Hanner	525,000	478,000
Joseph Barnard	432,000	302,000
Mark Sandness	424,000	350,000
Marc Harrell	375,000	382,000
Thai Dinh	313,000	285,000
Yi Klassen	265,000	220,000
Ali Nabizadehgangaraj	224,000	90,000
Anthony Sedlak	218,000	74,000
Derek Normand	198,000	198,000
Mathew Foucault	176,000	190,000
Joe Listle	167,000	167,000
Matt Alexander	151,000	71,000
Michael Williams (MN)	129,000	129,000
David Lunde	120,000	120,000
Gregory Kukowski	89,000	121,000
Brian Soja	87,000	164,000
Nick Lagos	53,000	52,000
Robert Schoonover	43,000	175,000
Chan Pelton	38,000	140,000

Bohn Prevails in Hall of Fame Battle

Action folded to four-time MSPT champ Blake Bohn who raised all in from the button and fellow MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang called off his stack from the big blind.

Kou Vang:
Blake Bohn:

Vang woke-up with another made hand in the big blind and the flop didn’t change a thing.

The turn was safe for Vang and he was looking good to score a double until the dealer dropped the on the river ended his Day 1A run.

Blake Bohn - 116,000
Kou Vang - 0

More Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jon Hanner	478,000	270,000
Thai Dinh	285,000	167,000
Derek Normand	205,000	200,000
Gregory Kukowski	121,000	70,000
Blake Bohn	116,000	25,000
Ali Nabizadehgangaraj	90,000	200,000
Anthony Sedlak	74,000	55,000
Matt Alexander	71,000	43,000
Nick Lagos	52,000	69,500
John Reading	45,000	70,000
Rory Linton	0	20,000
Bradley Jansen	0	35,000
Kou Vang	0	95,000

Timothy Sharlow Wins Event #5

For the past week, poker players have crowded the Running Aces poker room in Columbus MN, duking it out for the MSPT's Minnesota State Poker Championship!

In Event #5: $250 NLH Turbo Monster Stack, 110 runners were tallied through the registration period, generating a $22,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 12 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Mathew Lenz (10th - $462), Vic Peppe (11h - $462), and Levi Ahrens (12th - $462).

Coming out on top was White Bear lake's own Timothy Sharlow, who had a speedy victory to $4,500 top prize, along with the MSPT trophy.

Event #5 Final Table Results

Round of Counts from After Break

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Marc Harrell	382,000	382,000
Joseph Barnard	302,000	300,000
Mark Sandness	291,000	290,000
Mathew Foucault	190,000	247,000
Robert Schoonover	175,000	170,000
Brian Soja	164,000	100,000
Chan Pelton	140,000	150,000
Yi Klassen	101,000	100,000
Jason Sell	55,000	80,000

Registration Closed

Registration for Day 1A of the MSPT Running Aces $1,110 Main Event is now closed with 161 entries tallied.

The plan is to play through Level 15 unless 12% of the field (19 players) is reached first with the tournament clock reading 28 players remaining.

Vang Wakes Up with Cowboys, Drops Opponent

Action on the table folded to the button who tossed out their 25,000 starting stack and MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang snap-called from the big blind.

Opponent:
Kou Vang:

Vang woke-up with a monster and the flop didn’t change a thing.

The turn did give Vang’s opponent a Broadway draw, but the paired the board on the river and sent his opponent packing.

Kou Vang - 95,000

Barnard Hooks Bohn

Joe Barnard raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and was called by the small blind, along with reigning MSPT Running Aces champ Blake Bohn from the big blind.

Once the flop hit the felt, action was checked to Bohn who moved all-in for 43,500.

Action was on Barnard who isolated after going over the top for roughly 250,000.

Blake Bohn:
Joe Barnard:

Bohn was behind needing help, but neither the turn nor the river improved his hand as Barnard collected the pot.

Joe Barnard - 300,000

Klassen Flushes Foucault for Double

Action folded to Mat Foucault who raised to 5,500 from the small blind before calling the 49,000 three-bet jam Kitkat Klassen made from the big blind.

Kitkat Klassen:
Mat Foucault:

Klassen didn’t like what she saw after the cards were tabled but didn’t mind the flop that gave her the spade flush draw.

The turn paired both players with Klassen needing help on the river to stay alive.

Luckily for Klassen, the dealer answered her prayer and dropped the on the river to secure her double-up with the nuts.

Mat Foucault - 247,000
Kitkat Klassen - 100,000