Grand Falls Casino

Late Night Surge Sees Ian Pearson Lead 19 Survivors After Day 1A of Main Event

Day 1a of the MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) Grand Falls $1,110 Main Event drew 158 entries to kick things off, almost surpassing the tournament's $200,000 guaranteed prize pool with one flight still to go.

Plenty of players made their way to Grand Falls Casino, creating a room full of MSPT champs and Hall of Famers.

With chips flying and players dropping throughout the day, play tightened up after the final break and a full 15 levels were played until completion.

Once players put their chips into the bags, it was Ian Pearson who ended up leading the pack of 19 with an impressive 734,000.

Pearson started the final two levels just above the chip average before catching some steam at the end of the night while others falling out of contention as he continued to add to his stack until play concluded for the night.

MSPT regular Jon Hanner was able to find the second spot on the leaderboard, also due to a late-night heater as well. After coming back from the final break with a below average chip stack, Hanner was able to get hot at the right time and spun-up a 385,000 stack in the final the final levels of the evening.

Daryl Oppelt held his steam throughout the day and finished in a close third with 361,000, while Keith Doering (355,000), and John Cap (344,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others that advanced included Josh Matti (309,000), MSPT champ Mo Nuwwarah (286,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk (265,000), and John McNee (221,000).

All who did not bag will have one more flight to try and do so, with that being held tomorrow Saturday, April 6th at 3:00 p.m. local time.

As usual, the live reporting team will be back at it then, so be sure to come back and see who else adds their name to Sunday's Day 2 roster.

MSPT Grand Falls Remaining Schedule

End Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Ian Pearson	734,000	555,000
Jon Hanner	385,000	401,000
Daryl Oppelt	361,000	337,000
Keith Doering	355,000	83,000
John Cap	344,000	340,000
Josh Matti	309,000	215,000
Mo Nuwwarah	286,000	257,000
Umut Ozturk	265,000	225,000
Gary Ewald	250,000	200,000
John Mcnee	221,000	215,000
Alex Wheeler	191,000	118,000
Jeremy Frost	188,000	456,000
Tyler Westra	187,000	110,000
Zachary Pierce	186,000	100,000
Dave Ledemon	154,000	200,000
Brian Swanson	127,000	100,000
Heidi Roggenkamp	105,000	387,000
Boyd Brandsrud	49,000	165,000
Duster Ellis	43,000	116,000

Final Three Hands

The tournament director has just announced the final three hands of this flight.

Hanner Sets Up a KO

Jon Hanner raised under the gun and action folded to the big blind who defended to see a flop.

Hanner’s opponent check-jammed for 110,000 after he continued for 16,000 and was snap-called.

Opponent:
Jon Hanner:

Both players connected with the flop with Hanner out in front with top set but had a sweat after the turn put an open-ended straight draw on the board bringing possible chop possibilities.

Luckily for Hanner, the that fell didn’t change a thing and he eliminated his opponent.

Jon Hanner - 401,000

The MSPT Heads Back to JACK Cleveland May 7th - 12th!

For the second time this season, the MSPT (Mid States Poker Tour) is headed to JACK Cleveland Casino, May 7th - 12th!

A $250 No-Limit Hold'em Ladies Event will award the first trophy of the series starting at 12:15 on Tuesday, May 7th, followed by Event #2: $300 NLH Seniors on Wednesday, May 8th at 11:15 a.m.

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT254 Main Event, which requires players to be 21+ to play.

The Main Event, which will offer a $500K GTD, will offer three starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 9th.

Day 1b will follow at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, May 10th, with the final starting flight beginning at the same time on Saturday, May 11th.

The surviving players from all starting flights will return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 12th, and play down until a winner is crowned.

Also held that Sunday will be a $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament beginning at 3:15 p.m.

For a complete list of the series and structures, click here.

Frost Delivers KO Blow to Bonnstetter

Action on the table folded to Mark Bonnstetter who raised all in for 48,000 from the button and Jeremy Frost looked him up from the small blind.

Mark Bonnstetter:
Jeremy Frost:

Bonnstetter was behind holding live cards and nothing changed after the flop hit the felt.

Unfortunately for Bonnstetter, the was turned giving Frost top pair, and was left drawing dead to the river.

Jeremy Frost - 457,000
Mark Bonnstetter - 0

McNee Makes His Move on Westra

John McNee raised to 12,000 from the hijack and then called a 32,000 three-bet Tyler Westra made from the big blind.

The flop fell and Westra check-called a 33,000 bet from McNee bringing about the turn.

Westra checked his option once again only to release his hand into the muck after McNee moved all-in.

John McNee - 215,000
Tyler Westra - 110,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jeremy Frost	456,000	290,000
John Cap	340,000	241,000
Jon Hanner	299,000	211,000
Heidi Roggenkamp	260,000	145,000
Daryl Oppelt	235,000	215,000
Umut Ozturk	225,000	240,000
Josh Matti	215,000	101,000
John Mcnee	215,000	275,000
Gerald Cunniff	143,000	173,000
Mo Nuwwarah	121,000	30,000
Alex Wheeler	118,000	150,000
Duster Ellis	116,000	60,000
Tyler Westra	110,000	191,000
Chad Boehnke	103,000	110,000
Michael Estes	100,000	60,000
Anthony Scarborough	90,000	130,000
Keith Doering	83,000	193,000
Mark Bonnstetter	0	79,000
Jessica Anderson	0	96,000
Terence Reid	0	62,000

Lady Luck Appears in the Window to Secure Cunniff a Triple Up

MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff open-jammed 56,000 from late position and was called by Jeremy Frost from the cutoff before the small blind went over the top for 106,000.

Action folded back to Frost who called putting both of his opponents at risk, and all three players tabled their hands.

Gerlad Cunniff:
Small Blind:
Jeremy Frost:

Frost was ahead holding a made hand of threes, that was until a lady appeared on the window on the flop putting Cunniff out in front with top pair.

The turn didn’t change a thing as it paired the board, and the river secured Cunniff his triple-up while Frost collected the side pot.

Jeremy Frost - 290,000
Gerlad Cunniff - 173,000

Assorted Chip Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Umut Ozturk	240,000	215,000
Daryl Oppelt	215,000	140,000
Jon Hanner	211,000	177,000
Keith Doering	193,000	85,000
Tyler Westra	191,000	101,000
Boyd Brandsrud	165,000	60,000
Alex Wheeler	150,000	160,000
Heidi Roggenkamp	145,000	90,000
Anthony Scarborough	130,000	170,000
Chad Boehnke	110,000	234,000
Josh Matti	101,000	155,000
Jessica Anderson	96,000	122,000
Mark Bonnstetter	79,000	103,000
Gerald Cunniff	79,000	111,000
Terence Reid	62,000	120,000
Duster Ellis	60,000	95,000
Michael Estes	60,000	72,000
Kevin Berthelsen	0	113,000
Graham Beynon	0	56,000