Aaron Massey was all in for around 2,150,000 and Jared Jaffee was the one to go for the knockout. The board showed and Massey had to double up with a straight. Jaffee had for the losing pair of kings.
Season 13 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues into the winter months and will stop at Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minnesota from Dec. 1-11 for the Winter Poker Classic.
The MSPT Winter Poker Classic will feature 11 trophy events with over $770,000 in guarantees, including the $1,110 buy-in Main Event with a $300,000 guarantee Dec. 8-11.
The MSPT Winter Poker Classic will kick off on Dec 2 with a $360 Mystery Bounty event, a two-day tournament with a $100,000 guarantee.
After that, a $250 Sunday Feast tournament will play out on Dec. 4 as a two-day $185 Deepstack event with a $20,000 guarantee gets underway later in the evening.
Other events that will play out in the following days include a $250 Seniors event, a $250 Pot-Limit Omaha event, a $300 Tag Team Championship and a $2,500 MSPT Hall of Fame High Roller, which will run for two days beginning Dec. 7.
The $1,110 guaranteed Main Event will feature three starting flights, the first of which will get underway on Dec. 8. Players will begin with a starting stack of 25,000 chips with blinds of 100/100/100 and levels lasting 40 minutes in duration.
Day 2 of the event will play out on Dec. 11 and will play to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The full schedule for the MSPT Winter Poker open is available in the table below.
Action was heads up with 900,000 in the middle and on the board when CJ Peake checked and Connor Stuewe bet 550,000. Peake raised to 1,500,000 and Stuewe called. The river was .
Peake bet 1,000,000 and Stuewe went into the tank for a few moments before he put out a stack of chips to call.
"Nice call," said Peake as he showed .
Stuewe turned over to take the pot with queens and tens.
Nick Pupillo raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and Connor Stuewe called from the small blind before Jared Strauss shoved from the big blind for 1,450,000. Pupillo got out of the way and Stuewe called to put Strauss at risk.
Jared Strauss:
Connor Stuewe:
The board ran out and Stuewe turned a king to make nines full to eliminate Strauss in eighth place for $24,079.