Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
2022 MSPT Running Aces
$1,110 MSPT Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 MSPT Running Aces
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$890,900
Entries
920
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
109
Players Left
1
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The remaining 16 players are on a 10-minute break.
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
There was heads up action between Nicholas Hammarstrom from the hijack and Rocky Wylie from the big blind after a 
flop.
Wylie check-jammed after Hammarstrom tossed out a continuation bet and was snap-called.
Rocky Wylie: 
Nicholas Hammarstrom: 
Wylie paired his ace but was drawing to running cards after seeing Hammarstrom held top two-pair.
Unfortunately for Wylie, the 
turn left him drawing dead and the 
river ended his tournament in 17th place for $8,820.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Action folded to MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele who raised all in for 505,000 from the button and Chan Pelton looked him up from the big blind.
Pat Steele: 
Chan Pelton: 
Steele had Pelton dominated until the 
flop hit the felt pairing Pelton's six.
The 
turn left Steele needing a lucky lady, but the 
completed the board on the river and ended his tournament in 18th place for $8,820.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
A series of preflop raises saw John Pierce get his 630,000 stack into the middle from the cutoff and Josh Reichard called from the hijack.
John Pierce:
Josh Reichard: 
Pierce held the best pocket pair and the 
flop didn't change a thing.
The 
turn did put Reichard in the lead with a set, but the roller-coaster ride wasn't over as the dealer dropped the on the river to keep Pierce's Main Event alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
|
940,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, which you can read about in full here.
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Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $1,100 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past week for the Showdown Series here at Running Aces Casino.
In Event #3: $185 NLH Multi-Day Deep Stack, 443 runners created a $64,235 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Fransisco Ramirez (10th - $1,028), Zack Hayes (14th - $835), Chris Nelson (20th - $604), Matt Wolff (24th - $520), and Brian Soja (38th - $353).
In the end, it was Iowa's Blake Holmes who collected every chip in play to capture the MSPT Trophy, along with a $10,424 payday.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Holmes | $10,424* |
| 2 | Thane Fliginger | $6,749* |
| 3 | Tyler Kolness | $5,897* |
| 4 | James Kangas | $4,998* |
| 5 | Xa Xiong | $4,571* |
| 6 | Alberto Briones | $4,133* |
| 7 | Thai Dinh | $3,966* |
| 8 | Clint Leitheiser | $3,203* |
| 9 | Andrew Henderson | $1,220 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Jeff Grimes limped-in under the gun and action folded to Nate Fair who checked his big blind to see a 
flop.
Action saw Grimes get his 700k stack in the middle and Fair snap-called holding just 25k more in chips.
Jeff Grimes:
Nate Fair: 
Fair flopped a big blind special with trip threes and the turn improved him to a full house.
Grimes needed an ace or ten to stay alive, but the river ended his tournament in 23rd place for $6,147.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
Busted |