Video & Photos: Jeremy Dresch wins MSPT Mille Lacs
If a Fall Poker Classic final table followed by back-to-back Heartland Poker Tour victories wasn’t enough back in October and November, Jeremy Dresch went out and took down the Minnesota State Poker Tour Mille Lacs event for $36,084 on Sunday night.
Dresch’s run probably won’t get as much national attention as it deserves, but he truly has emerged as the hottest poker player in Minnesota. Dresch built an enormous chip stack on day two, and he used relentless aggression to accumulate over 1/3 of the chips in play heading into the final table.
Everett Carlton and Bill Sather both made slight charges when play reached four or five-handed, but Dresch’s massive stack and hot streak were too much to overcome. On the first and only hand of heads-up play, Dresch’s AJ came from behind against Sather’s AQ.
Below you’ll see final payouts, along with a short video of the bracelet presentation and a photo gallery.
MSPT Mille Lacs Results: $1,100 buy-in, 124 entrants
| 1 | Jeremy Dresch | Fridley, MN | $36,084 |
| 2 | Bill Sather | Staples, MN | $19,245 |
| 3 | Bev Paulson | Dodge City, MN | $12,028 |
| 4 | Everett Carlton | St. Paul, MN | $9,021 |
| 5 | Ron Imgrund | Brainerd, MN | $7,217 |
| 6 | Steve Buettner | Rogers, MN | $5,413 |
| 7 | Steve Bissett | Brainerd, MN | $4,691 |
| 8 | Andy Sjolund | Bloomington, MN | $4,090 |
| 9 | Mark Dunbar | Champlin, MN | $3,368 |
| 10 | Jody Cluever | Baxter, MN | $2,766 |
| 11 | Adam Dahlin | Maple Grove, MN | $2,766 |
| 12 | Yong Choi | St. Cloud, MN | $2,766 |
| 13 | Jason Banfi | River Falls, WI | $2,045 |
| 14 | Lonny Krych | Pierz, MN | $2,045 |
| 15 | Phil Mackey | Minneapolis, MN | $2,045 |
| 16 | Todd Larson | Ebro, MN | $1,564 |
| 17 | Lynette Kroll | Blaine, MN | $1,564 |
| 18 | Tim Votava | Coon Rapids, MN | $1,564 |
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Congratulations on another great tourney!!! Nice to see that jack huh??
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Congratulations to Jeremy for his impressive win!!
On a different note – My wife and I recently played in some qualifier events at your MSPT Mille Lacs, Grand Casino. I won a seat into the main event but decided to sell my seat because of your payout irregularities. If the main event draws 99 players, 9% of the field will walk away with money. If the main event draws 100, 18% of the field will walk away with money. I was informed the main event would probably have between 120 and 140 entrants. At 120 entrants – 15% get paid. At 130 entrants – 13.9% get paid. And at 140 entrants – 12.8% get paid.
Now I realize that each entrant has the same percentage chance to win money. My problem with the setup is that it is statistically more difficult to end up in the money the more entrants after 100. To put it in a different way, at 100 players, I have to outplay 82 players to make the money. At 130, I have to outplay 112 players to make the money. If I come in 18th place under each scenario, I still only make 1.3%. I realize that the 1.3% paid will be be higher with 130 players rather than 100 players but I don’t believe that the increase in prize money compensates me adequately for having to outplay 30% more players.
(At 100 players, $1000 per head, 1.3% equals $1300 — at 130 players, $1000 per head, 1.3% equals $1690 — a difference of $390 dollars.)
This only gets worse as the number of entrants rises up to approach 199 entrants.
It is my opinion you need to stick with a straight percentage payout to the field no matter the number of entrants. That way, each entrant’s percentage chance of making the money equals the percentage of money paid out.
I suggest a 15%, 17.5% or 20% payout.
Please consider this change – ask other players. Keep up the good work. We’ll see you at Running Aces.
February 22nd, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Thank you for the suggestion on the payout %’s. We’ve actually discussed this very issue with many players prior to launching our first event at Canterbury.
The World Series of Poker has a group of professional players and other experts that review their payout structure every single year. You may have read on the internet or elsewhere that they felt in 2009 they had come close to perfecting it after many years of tweaking.
So we decided to follow the experts. The payout structure for the MSPT is based on the WSOP structure. They specifically suggest the 1-99 entrants and the 100-199 as the next level.
I spoke with several players this past weekend as well, some like to pay the top 30 similar to the HPT, others thought 18 was more than enough. It seems as if the players are 50% on each side of the fence regarding that issue. Thus as of now we’re deferring to the WSOP suggested payouts.
It is something we will continue to discuss going forward though and will probably always be a discussion topic. Thank you for your suggestions, they will be considered.
Bryan
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:03 pm
As for Jeremy, congrats on what is an amazing run! Seems like a great, humble, phenomenal player and I hope his success continues. I’m pretty sure it will!
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Jeremy Dresch is a poker cyborg.
February 24th, 2010 at 12:26 am
It’s safe to say Jer has arrived. Minnesota has never been known as a hold ‘em hotbed. If his run continues, it could increase interest in the sport locally and regionally. C’mon PMac, let’s promote the hell out of this guy… That uncanny demeanor, we could sell him as the midwest version of Phil Ivey.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Another big win Jer! Cool, Calm, Collected under pressure! I agree this should be promoted up the chain to get this guy some publicity!
April 9th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Jeremy,
Way to go Jeremy! We were so happy to hear this great news. We know how much skill it takes for this win so congratulations! May the luck of the Irish be with you in Vegas.
Kurt and Helen