MSPT Black Hawk
Jonathan Bagwell open-jammed for 455,000 in the hijack and was called by Clayton Ruff in the big blind.
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Bagwell flopped top pair and scored the easy double as the board ran out ![]()
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Patrick Suzuki open-jammed in the cutoff and received action from Frank Wright in the small blind. Wright had the better hand the whole way and sent Suzuki out in 24th.
Moments later, Buckley open-jammed under the gun with ![]()
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of Victor Shumway, who was on the button. He, too, was unable to improve and fell in 23rd.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
After wrapping up in Black Hawk, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be heading to Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, Iowa for another $1,100, $200K Guaranteed Main Event from August 20-22.
A week's worth of $70 and $260 satellites will lead up to the Main Event, which will have two starting flights on Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21, each at 3 p.m. local time before the field returns on Sunday, August 22 to play down to a winner.
Grand Falls has long been a staple on the MSPT schedule since its first stop there in 2012, and has recently seen record-setting turnouts of 488 and 518 during its last two stops in January 2021 and August 2020, the latter of which awarded a top prize of $107,709 to Mark Collins for his victory.
PokerNews will be offering live updates at the upcoming MSPT Grand Falls.
Frank Wise opened in early position and saw both Brian Menefee and Cy Church commit all of their chips from the hijack and small blind, respectively. He called for the chance at a double knockout.
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runout came in Church's favor and he scooped both pots and a knockout to go along with it, bringing him over 1.3 million and eliminating Menefee in 25th place.
Marc Rutt opened to 140,000 in middle position and action folded to Jordan Walker, who re-jammed in the small blind. Rutt called his stack of just over 500K and both hands were tabled.
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, keeping Walker out in front. "Sweat," said another player at the table as the turn
gave Collins flush outs to go along with it. However, the river
fell cleanly in Walker's favor, eliminating Rutt in 26th place, just after the short-stacked Bruce Carter fell in 27th.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Jeff Heiberg |
| 6 | 2 | Victor Shumway |
| 6 | 3 | Clayton Ruff |
| 6 | 4 | James Callanan |
| 6 | 5 | Adrian Buckley |
| 6 | 6 | Ari Beck |
| 6 | 7 | Bruce Carter |
| 6 | 8 | Jonathan Bagwell |
| 6 | 9 | Ben Keeline |
| 9 | 1 | Vincent Moscati |
| 9 | 2 | Colin McGuire |
| 9 | 3 | Jordan Walker |
| 9 | 4 | Steve Wilkie |
| 9 | 5 | Barb Visher |
| 9 | 6 | Brian Beck |
| 9 | 7 | Juan Perez |
| 9 | 8 | Marc Rutt |
| 9 | 9 | Alex Kotliarsky |
| 15 | 1 | Matthew Ludiker |
| 15 | 2 | Brian Menefee |
| 15 | 3 | Frederick Rule |
| 15 | 4 | Jerry Morrell |
| 15 | 5 | Cy Church |
| 15 | 6 | Joseph Gunn |
| 15 | 7 | Patrick Suzuki |
| 15 | 8 | Christopher Collins |
| 15 | 9 | Frank Wise |