MN at 2019 WSOP - Event 3 $500 Big 40

63 players from Minnesota cashed in BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em (Event #3).  David Rasmussen of Maplewood, Minnesota made the final table, finishing ninth.

This brings MN earnings for the series to $291,059 after three events.

#	Player	Earnings	City	State	# Cashes
9	David Rasmussen	$       109,922	Maplewood	MN	1
54	Andrew Johnson	$         22,383	Afton	MN	1
78	Carter Jones	$         12,335	Shoreview	MN	1
81	Henry Mlekoday	$         12,335	Minneapolis	MN	1
83	Trevor Hills	$         10,233	Inver Grove Heights	MN	1
160	William Criego	$           7,169	Prior Lake	MN	1
167	Joel Smith	$           7,169	Perham	MN	1
171	David Gonia	$           7,169	White Bear Lake	MN	1
226	Ryan Hohenstein	$           6,054	Eden Prairie	MN	1
236	Barbara Blechinger	$           6,054	Lake Elmo	MN	1
291	Archie Vaughn	$           6,054	Oak Grove	MN	1
423	Ahmed Taleb	$           4,397	Moorhead	MN	1
516	John Newstrom	$           3,782	Onl Signup-No City	MN	1
531	John Hayes	$           3,782	Saint Paul	MN	1
570	John Reading	$           3,782	Rochester	MN	1
574	Mark Hodge	$           3,782	Osseo	MN	1
588	Blake Bohn	$           3,782	Shakopee	MN	1
631	Michael Williams	$           3,273	Mound	MN	1
785	Paul Kelly	$           2,850	Albert Lea	MN	1
807	Chongtal Kim	$           2,497	Shoreview	MN	1
834	Vladimir Revniaga	$           2,497	Burnsville	MN	1
1065	Edo Walker	$           1,953	Minneapolis	MN	1
1110	Levi Espeseth	$           1,953	Merrifield	MN	1
1144	Robert Radman	$           1,953	South Saint Paul	MN	1
1146	Brent Egan	$           1,953	Sauk Centre	MN	1
1187	Derek Crooks	$           1,953	Morton	MN	1
1328	Daniel Moravec	$           1,744	Circle Pines	MN	1
1429	Andrew Foss	$           1,600	Saint Paul	MN	1
1495	Kou Vang	$           1,600	Brooklyn Park	MN	1
1551	Molly Mossey	$           1,600	Clearwater	MN	1
1813	Max Havlish	$           1,364	Coon Rapids	MN	1
1888	Tyler Kolness	$           1,361	Hendrum	MN	1
1928	Lizhen Chen	$           1,311	Saint Cloud	MN	1
1959	Aaron Tilsen	$           1,311	Shakopee	MN	1
2027	Robert Berg	$           1,220	Shakopee	MN	1
2062	Thomas Herman	$           1,220	Ham Lake	MN	1
2301	Marc Schubbe	$           1,102	Mound	MN	1
2403	Erik Glenister	$           1,087	Lakeville	MN	1
2623	John Pierce	$           1,002	Rochester	MN	1
2650	DJ Buckley	$           1,001	Eden Prairie	MN	1
2701	Rajesh Mehta	$           1,001	Minneapolis	MN	1
2732	Stephen Webb	$           1,001	Minneapolis	MN	1
2733	Brad Wheeler	$           1,001	Onl Signup-No City	MN	1
2749	Nathan Fair	$               935	Champlin	MN	1
2823	Jason Jukulen	$               930	Bloomington	MN	1
2871	Justton Welter	$               930	Crookston	MN	1
2881	Richard Alsup	$               921	Plymouth	MN	1
2931	Shane Nelson	$               921	Saint Paul	MN	1
3011	Robert Rollins	$               919	Scandia	MN	1
3154	Jonathan Hanner	$               861	Minneapolis	MN	1
3178	Shawn Nelson	$               861	Cloquet	MN	1
3184	Vic Peppe	$               861	Corcoran	MN	1
3198	Riley Stahley	$               861	Woodbury	MN	1
3436	Aaron Johnson	$               821	Red Wing	MN	1
3440	Jordan Larson	$               821	Big Lake	MN	1
3458	Thao Pham	$               821	Minneapolis	MN	1
3488	Tristan Ziemann	$               821	New Brighton	MN	1
3697	Mathew Doll	$               796	Morris	MN	1
3712	Jeffrey Jones	$               796	Shoreview	MN	1
3729	John Marlowe	$               796	Saint Paul	MN	1
3904	Adam Christie	$               750	Brooklyn Park	MN	1
3961	Jonathan Goetze	$               750	Minneapolis	MN	1
4094	David Rutledge	$               750	No. Mankato	MN	1

MN at 2019 WSOP - Event 2 $10K Super Turbo Bounty

No Minnesota players cashed in $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty (Event #2).

MN earnings for the series remain at $1,545.

MN at 2019 WSOP - Event 1 $500 Casino Employees

It's that time again.  The WSOP has begun and I will be reporting on Minnesota players progress at the series.  NOTE:  I will actually be out at the series for a while in June, so some of my posts may be delayed.

Andrew Proesch and Brian Mikesh cashed in $500 Casino Employees Event (Event #1).  This is Proesch' second year in a row cashing this event.

This brings Minnesota earnings at the 2019 WSOP to $1,545 after the first event.

#	Player	Earnings	City	State	# Cashes
80	Andrew Proesch	$               794	Maplewood	MN	1
83	Brian Mikesh	$               751	Little Canada	MN	1

June 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

June's article covers Mark Jarolawski's win of MSPT Canterbury Park and the Spring poker classic at Running Aces.  Thai Van Dinh won the main event and Gerald Cunnif won the optimum.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/June_2019.pdf#page=32

MSPT winner
Mark Jarolawski

SPC Main Event Winner
Thai Van Dinh

SPC Optimum Winner
Gerald Cunniff

May 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

May's article covers Henry Mlekoday winning the Minnesota State Poker Championship at Canterbury Park.  Joshua Hersch won the $350 Monster Stack.  It also covers Emanuel Evegan winning the Pot O' Gold tournament at Running Aces.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/May_2019.pdf#page=32

Henry Mlekoday

Joshua Hersch

Emanuel Evegan

April 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

April's article covers Matt Kirby capturing his third MSPT title at Canterbury Park ass well as Dennis Petronack winning the For the Love of Money event at Running Aces.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/April_2019.pdf#page=34

Matt Kirby

Dennis Petronack

March 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

March's article covers Andrew Foss winning the Big Stack Avalanche at Running Aces as well as Eric Eelkema's win of the Cheap and Deep tournament at Canterbury Park.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/March_2019.pdf#page=36

Andrew Foss

Eric Eelkema

February 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

February's article covers Ante Up Magazine Cruise give-away and David Gonia's win of the Cold Hard Cash event at Running Aces Casino,  Andy Rubinberg's record setting win of the MSPT Canterbury Park, Rob Maier's win of the $450 Monster Stack at Canterbury Park and Aaron Johnson winning the player of the year in both the MSPT and HPT in the 2018 season.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/February_2019.pdf#page=30

David Gonia

Andy Rubinberg

Rob Maier

Aaron Johnson

January 2019 Ante Up Magazine Article

January's article cover's Blake Bohn's win of the Big Turkey Tournament at Running Aces.

Also of note: Steve Fredlund has expanded the RecPoker Podcast brand to include some training offerings in conjunction with experts like Solve for Why Academy, Jonathan Little and Alex Fitzgerald at an affordable price.  Check out RecPokerTraining.com for more information.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/January_2019.pdf#page=36

Blake Bohn

December Ante Up Magazine Article

December's article covers the Fall Poker Classic which highlights Nghia Le's win of the $1,100 Main Event and Justin Thurlow's win of the $3,500 high roller.  It also covers Shawn Libersky's win of the Hallow Scream tournament.

Also included are the tournament results from October that were accidentally omitted.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/December_2018.pdf#page=34

Nghia Le
FPC $1,100 Main Event

Justin Thurlow
FPC $3,500 High Roller

Shawn Libersky
Hallow Scream

November Ante Up Magazine Article

November's article covers Blake Bohn's win of the MSPT Canterbury, Gerald Cunniff winning the Midwest Poker Classic Main Event and Charles Wiggins chipping the Optimum.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/November_2018.pdf#page=42

Blake Bohn

Gerald Cunniff

Charles Wiggins

October Ante Up Magazine Issue

So this is a strange one.  Because of an accidental editing mistake the September info for Minnesota was repeated in the October issue.  Below is what should have been published:

UPDATE: A shortened version of the results was published in the December issue.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/rw/issues/pdf/December_2018.pdf#page=34

Canterbury Park: Saad Ghanem of Bloomington, Minn. earned the top spot in Mid-States Poker Tour regional event after a three-way chop.  Ghanem held a small chip lead when he agreed to a chop with Alan Thompson and Paul Cross for $39,540 each.  Cross was the defending champion from the 2017 MSPT regional event at Canterbury Park.  This is Ghanems’s second largest live cash and brings his career earnings on Hendon Mob over $400K.  The event had a $350 buy-in, drew 1,065 entries and generated a $308,915 prize pool.

Running Aces: Ramsey Stovall of Rosville, Minn. took home $33,169 after winning the inaugural Great MN Poker Tournament.  This is the biggest career cash for Stovall, a poker dealer at Running Aces Casino.  The event had a $150 buy-in for 10K in chips with an optional staff appreciation add-on for another 10K in chips.  Additionally, an optional $50 stack builder add-on for an additional 20K in chips.  (For a maximum $210 buy-in). The stack builder add-on could be used at any time during the buy-in period.  If a player that had not already used purchased this add-on busted, they had one last option to purchase the add-on to continue play prior to the beginning of the next hand.  From my observation most players opted to purchase the stack builder add-on almost immediately.  The event drew 817 entrants and generated a prize pool of $133,365.

Saad Ghanem

Ramsey Stovall