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SEASON 7 PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE HEATING UP

BY CHAD HOLLOWAY By the time this issue hits the stands, just six events will remain on the Mid- Vol. 1/No. 6 States Poker Tour (MSPT) Season 7 schedule. As usual, our Player of the Year race is an exciting one. If history is any indication, the race will come down to the wire, President and Publisher meaning the last stop of the season at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. Bryan Mileski As of this writing, Iowa State Poker champ John Sun leads the way with 3,300 [email protected] points, while TJ Thondup, who had deep runs in both the MSPT Golden Gates and Editor-in-Chief Venetian Main Events, sits second with 2,400 points. Not too far behind is MSPT Chad Holloway Potawatomi champ Travis Lauson with 2,117 points. Interestingly, Sun and Lauson, [email protected] who both hail from Wisconsin, have been posting playful messages on each other’s Facebook wall. Event Manager Eric Anderson “What you REALLY mean is you can’t wait to see me spank John Sun at another final table,” Lauson joked, referring to Sun’s third-place finish in the MSPT Art Director Potawatomi. Sun simply responded by posting a picture of the current POY Carolyn Borgen rankings. Touché. [email protected] The point we’re trying to make is the MSPT POY is fun! Those with points not Advertising Information only get to see their name in print right here in , they also get to MSPT Magazine [email protected] compete against their peers for a great prize package, not to mention the chance of etching their name in poker history. Story Ideas Mark our words, this is going to be a tight contest as both Sun and Lauson plan to [email protected] make a big push in the last quarter of the year. It won’t be easy though as players Our Mission like Aaron Massey (1,800 points), Matt Alexander (1,684 points), and Keith Heine MSPT Magazine is a monthly (1,650 points) are well within striking distance. magazine dedicated to serving poker players and gaming facilities Bryan Mileski Chad Holloway through MSPT news, results, tour- MSPT Founder MSPT Magazine Editor-In-Chief nament schedules, player profiles and professional tips. Coupled with our website, msptpoker.com, we are the Nation's #1 Poker Tour.

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he Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, Iowa—which is just outside Sioux Falls, TSouth Dakota—attracted 187 runners (87 Day 1a; 100 Day 1b). That surpassed the advertised $150,00 guarantee by creating an $187,000 total prize pool. After two days, including one of the wildest hands in MSPT history, professional walleye angler Ted Takasaki, a 2010 inductee of the Freshwater Fish Hall of Fame, emerged victorious to capture a $52,360 first-place prize. The 58-year-old and father of three from Sioux Falls had been playing poker "semi seriously" for six years, and as soon as the final river card fell it was apparent how much the win meant to him. "Poker's a hobby for me, fishing is my profession," he said. "I get a big high every single time I win a . This is the biggest win I've ever had by far. I play online a lot, come out to the casino quite a bit. This is equivalent to the first $100,000 fishing tournament I won. I was jumping up and down. It was exciting. It was exactly how I envisioned being a professional fisherman would be like back when. This win is exactly the same euphoria, the same kind of emotion. It's like the culmination of all the work I've done." While many poker players resort to fishing for their break from the grind, Takasaki has flipped the script. "My work is my fishing business, so in the winter I'm doing seminars and attending sports shows," he explained. "During the summer I'm fishing tournaments or shooting tournaments [for tv]. Everybody asks why I'm not fishing the weekends; I say why would a plumber fix a toilet on the weekend? I love fishing, but poker is my hobby. To take a hobby and win a tournament like this is incredible." Day 2 began with 49 players returning to action, but with only 18 places being paid, 31 of them left empty handed. They included 2014 MSPT Grand Falls runner-up Jeff Bryan, start- of-Day 2 chip leader Wesley Ismay, and Wisconsin's Brett Reichard, who busted as bubble boy in 19th place. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jon Maras (17th - $2,805), Keith Doering (14th - $3,460), and Terry Williams ($4,301), just to name a few. After the eliminations of Robbin Green (10th - $4,301), Johnny McGriff (9th - $5,423), and Charles "Doc" Hanson (8th - $6,545) is when one of the wildest hands in tour history went down. Ted Takasaki

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The hand began when Nebraska farmer Phil Mader moved all in for 110,000 and Chris Burke, who had been Grand Falls Casino crippled the hand before, called off for just 10,000. Keith Buy-in: $1,100 ♣ 187 Entrants Ehlers then three-bet all in for 178,000 from the small and four-time Circuit ring winner Place Name City, State Prize Mark Fink, who had them all covered, called from the big. 1 Ted Takasaki Sioux Falls, SD $52,360 2 Mark Fink Sioux Falls, SD $31,323 Mader: A♥10♦ 3 Joseph Barnard St. Paul, MN $19,074 Burke: K Q ♠ ♦ 4 Mark Hodge Corcoran, MN $14,025 Fink: 8♥8♦ 5 Keith Ehlers Kimball, SD $10,470 Ehlers: A♠K♦ 6 Phil Mader Grand Island, NE $8,602 Fink actually had the best hand, and he didn’t give the 7 Chris Burke Corsica, SD $7,480 other players much of a sweat when the flop came down 8 Charles Hanson Sioux Falls, SD $6,545 8♠7♣7♥ to give him a full house. The 6♣ turn left the other 9 Johnny McGriff Quinn, SD $5,423 three drawing dead, and they all hit the rail after the 6 ♠ 10 Robbin Green Groton, SD $4,301 completed the board on the river. From there, MSPT Season 6 Player of the Year Mark Hodge busted in fourth place, and Joe Barnard followed "I think I'm going to start a poker bankroll," Takasaki him out the door in third. That set up a heads-up match replied when asked what he'll do with the prize money. "I'll between Fink and Takasaki. use that money to fund my hobby and see where it goes. I'm Fink began the match with a 2-1 chip lead, but most hands not one to spend over my means, but I would love to play a went Takasaki's way until he pulled out front. In the final few more MSPTs and travel a little bit. My dream right now hand, Takasaki shoved holding pocket threes and held after is to win Angler of the Year on one of the big fishing circuits, Fink called off with ace-eight. and another dream is to fish the WSOP."

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BY MSPT POKER STAFF or the second time in Season 7, the Mid-States Poker will then combine for Day 2 on Sunday, November 6. Tour (MSPT) is headed back to Black Hawk, Colorado The weekend after November’s Regional Event, the highly- Ffor both a $360 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Regional anticipated Main Event will kick off! That event will feature Event and $1,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed Main Event. three starting flights beginning with Day 1a at Noon local From November 3-13, Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, time on Thursday, November 10. Days 1b and 1c will then be which is about an hour west of Denver, will play host to a held at the same time on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, series of satellites as well as two headliner events. The first, November 12 respectively. The remaining players from each the MSPT Golden Gates Regional, will feature three starting flight will combine on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. and play flights at Noon each day from Thursday, November 3 through until a champion is crowned. Saturday, November 5. The surviving players from each flight Here's a look at the MSPT Golden Gates schedule:

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or the last time in Season 7, the Mid-States Poker Tour For them, there's no bigger priority than offering quality (MSPT) is headed back to Iowa. From October 29 – customer service, which is reflected in their tournaments.” FNovember 6, Meskwaki Casino in Tama will play host The stop will hold its Main Event from Friday, November to a series of satellites, bonus events, and a capstone $1,100 4 through Sunday, November 6. Day 1a will kick off Friday buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Main Event. evening with Day 1a at 4 p.m. with the plan of playing 14 levels. "Meskwaki Casino has been a popular stop on our schedule dating back to 2012," said MSPT President Bryan Mileski. Day 1b will then take place at the same time on Saturday. The "Players tend to flock there not only because of the $300K remaining players from each flight will combine on Sunday guarantee, but because Meskwaki knows how to treat players. morning at 11:00 a.m. and play until a champion is crowned.

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ay back in Season 1 of the MSPT, which was then known as the Minnesota State Poker Tour, 42-year- Running Aces Casino Wold Jeremy Dresch won the tour’s second stop Buy-in: $1,100 ♣ 344 Entrants and first-ever at Grand Casino Mille Lacs. In the years that followed, Dresch racked up 10 MSPT cashes for $172,258 and Place Name City, State Prize seven final table appearances. 1 Jeremy Dresch Fridley, MN $83,045 In mid-September, he became the eighth player to win 2 Vic Peppe Corcoran, MN $49,827 two MSPT titles while tying Everett Carlton for most final 3 Jim Boone Lakeville, MN $32,321 tables (8) in tour history. Five months after finishing sixth in 4 Brian Friesen Winnipeg,Canada $22,588 the same event, Dresch topped a field of 344 entries (159 on 5 Bradley Demotts Lino Lakes, MN $16,941 Day 1a; 185 1b) to win the MSPT Running Aces Main Event for $83,045, which surpassed his previous best live cash of 6 Richard Alsup New Hope, MN $13,287 $71,705. 7 Reg Powell Elk River MN $11,294 The win brought Dresch’s live tournament earnings up to 8 Kraig Komrosky Moorhead, MN $9,301 $659,057 and saw him leapfrog four players into 22nd place 9 Andy Beberg Stillwater, MN $7,974 on Minnesota’s all-time money list. He’s also a three-time 10 Christopher Korent Hudson, WI $6,311 champ (the first to go back-to-back on that tour). “Long time coming,” Dresch said of the win. “I never look The final table beyond the weekend; I’ll decide what to play on Wednesdays. began with Dresch I didn’t even know this tournament was going on, I had no holding the chip lead, idea. My buddy told me earlier in the week so I played it.” and it didn’t take long Dresch, who said he plans to use the money wisely and pay for the action to heat his mortgage, late registered the tournament on Day 1a. He up. Chris Korent was only fired one bullet and bagged 160,500, which put him 18th the first to go after among the 59 players returning for Day 2. flopping a flush only to The tournament, which surpassed the advertised $200,000 guarantee by creating a $344,000 total prize pool, paid 36 have Vic Peppe catch spots, which meant 23 players left empty handed on Sunday up by rivering an ace- including MSPT Pro Matt Kirby; MSPT Potawatomi champ high flush, and then Travis Lauson; and bubble boy Mike Juszczak. Andy Beberg followed Among the players to cash the event were Running Aces him out the door in Season 2 champ Jason Seitz (34th - $2,093), two-time MSPT ninth place. Beberg’s champ Peixin Liu (28th - $2,093), the original MSPT Running finish was especially Aces winner Joe Matheson (18th - $3,322), Minnesota Poker impressive as he had Hall of Famer Mike Schneider (15th - $4,651), and MSPT Pro finished eighth in the Blake Bohn (13th - $4,651). same event back in Vic Peppe

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April. Friesen exited in fourth place after flopping top pair against Kraig Komrosky, who was a month removed from topping a Peppe’s set of tens. Boone’s third-place finish was his best yet field of 458 entrants to win the MSPT Regional Grand Casino on the tour, and he earned a career-high score of $32,321. Mille Lacs, exited in eighth after his aces were cracked by Heads-up play began with Peppe holding a little lead over Jim Boone’s king-queen of hearts. Short stacks Reg Powell Dresch, and it turned into quite the battle. Dresch used his and former MSPT champ Rich Alsup soon joined him on the vast experience to slowly chip away at Peppe. After an hour, rail in seventh and sixth place respectively. he held a significant chip lead and was just waiting for the After Bradley Demotts bowed out in fifth, the result of his right spot to finish off his foe. Eventually he got it in with pocket kings falling to Dresch’s Big Slick, Canada’s Brian pocket fives against Peppe’s jack-six and faded the overs.

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op quiz: who has cashed for the most money playing to read, you would think I would buy a poker book. Why would Ptournament poker in Minnesota ? I do that? That would be too easy. I'd rather blow a paycheck That would be poker pro Matt Alexander, who you may figuring out that four of a kind doesn't beat a straight flush. also know as commentator on the Mid-States Poker Tour live Or is it the other way around? I don't get those type of hands streams. He's also part of a triumvirate of MSPT Pros and is anyways so no need to know. For future reference, if I get four "The Face of Minnesota Poker," or at least the "fat face" as of a kind or a straight flush I'm not folding. Ryan Hartmann branded him. I first started playing poker regularly at a pool hall. After Born and raised in Minneapolis, Alexander, the youngest bar tending I would go up there. Coincidentally the game of four children, has amassed $756,595 in live tournament would start as soon as I got there. Nicest thing is everyone earnings including a career-best $69,043 for winning the 2014 would wait for me before they started playing and usually Heartland Poker Tour Altoona Main Event. Other highlights didn't stop until I was done. Nicest guys ever. I was royalty include winning the 2009 Great Minnesota Freezeout Main at that game. Event for $58,768; winning the 2013 Running Aces Tournament What sort of poker games and stakes do you play? of Champions for $50,846; and finishing second in April's Alexander: Living in Minnesota, there are always MSPT Running Aces Main Event for $50,264. tournaments around $1,000. There's no no-limit hold'em here All told Alexander, who currently sits 16th on Minnesota's so people really love tournaments. Obviously I play most of all-time money list, has eight documented tournament the MSPTs. Definitely all the ones within driving distance. I wins including two HPT titles. We recently caught up with play a couple WPTs a year as well, usually at the Borgata. I Alexander, who you'll discover has quite the sense of humor. get lucky there and poker is usually good for me too. MSPT: What did you do before you played poker? The last two years I played the WPT $15,000 at the Borgata. Alexander: Before poker I was a bartender at my dad's bar That's $30,000 I'll never get back, but what fun. I mean, what for many years. All the things I learned from working and else do you do if you have an extra $30,000 sitting around? managing a bar I forgot except the important things like And of course I play the WSOP every summer. It's the most being drunk while nobody has the slightest clue I'm six shots fun (AKA miserable) time of the year! deep in the last hour. To this day I can straighten up and act Have you ever thought of leaving Minnesota to play poker? sober for up to three questions. Maybe even four. Alexander: There was a time I was going to move to the East After that I owned a tobacco store and managed a separate Coast close to the DC area. With the newer casinos and busy liquor store. In both businesses I was ambitious, worked long poker rooms I thought it would be a good fit for me. I like the hours, and was completely moronic. I was working hard but straightforward attitudes of East Coast players. Some non- not smart. Not much has changed except I don't work hard related poker reasons kept me in Minnesota. Maybe someday anymore. in the future I'll go, but for now I'm staying here. Oh, I forgot, sometime in between work and poker I sold shrimp on the side of the road. A couple guys and I got What's the poker community like in Minnesota? thousands of pounds of shrimp from Texas and sold it out of Alexander: The poker community in Minnesota is very coolers. Before you laugh and determine if I have ever been positive and supportive. They love sweating anyone from checked in to a mental hospital, we made money, like $1,000 Minnesota when they go deep in tournaments or have any days. Out of a cooler mind you, on the side of the road. I might other type of poker accomplishments. go back to that. Who are your friends in poker? How did you learn to play poker? Alexander: I have met so many friends and different Alexander: Trial and error is probably not the cheapest way personalities through poker. Blake Bohn, Mark Sandness and to learn poker but it's the route I took. For someone who likes Tony Moses are some of my closest friends in and out of poker

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and I talk to them daily. All three of them see the game a little who can't make a jump shot. differently but are all winning players. Other poker players What do you do for fun outside of poker? who I don't talk to everyday but I consider good friends are Alexander: For some reason, people are always shocked former MSPT winner Luke Arora, Thao "Scratch" Thiem, when I them I read. Yes, books, mostly without pictures. I Gennady Shimelfarb, and Ryan Hartmann. Of course there's see almost every movie that's in the theaters. I try to balance my dad, John Alexander, who plays poker in Minnesota that I eating out and going to the gym. Keyword is "try." Right now I talk to everyday as well. eat out twice a day and only go to the gym once a month. How did you come to be a MSPT Pro and commentate the live If you weren't playing poker, what do you think you'd be doing? streams? Alexander: This is a really good question because I think Alexander: Since there are so many poker tournaments and the MSPT started here in Minnesota, MSPT owner Bryan about this all the time. The honest answer is I have no idea. Is Mileski established a Player of the Year point system. In 2013, "stay-at-home dad" a thing? Do you need kids for that? Maybe I had a really good year in Minnesota poker tournaments and I'd be a food critic. The problem with that is I literally enjoy became the Minnesota Player of the Year. Blake Bohn was every meal. I would recommend everything. The truth is I like already an MSPT Pro so I made a good fit to the team. poker. I like the freedom. I don't set an alarm and choose my When it came to commentating, I was already playing most hours. Then there's that feeling winning a tournament, that of the MSPTs so it just made sense. If you ever played with me sense of accomplishment and validation. Why do anything then it might not seem like I know what I'm doing. Do as I say, else? not as I do. I'm that championship winning basketball coach Follow MSPT Pro Matt Alexander on Twitter @mattwhoibe.

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