Matt Hyland wins Minnesota Freeze Out

12:08 a.m. Update:  Matt Hyland does it again by winning the Minnesota Freeze Out and $41K!  This is Hyland’s 2nd major title in 2 months.  He recently took down the MSPT – Hinckley in late November for $39K.

1/30/2011

121 Entrants

$17,370 Prize Pool     

1st Place                      Matt Hyland                           $41,080

2nd Place                    Erick Wright                            $23,474

3rd Place                     Derek McMaster                     $14,671

4th Place                     Saeed Ghasemimehr               $11,737

5th Place                     Justin Thurlow                        $8,803

6th Place                     Michael Wilmes                      $6,455

7th Place                     Ronald Spain                          $4,695

8th Place                     Mark Sandness                        $3,521

9th Place                     Judd Greenagel                       $2,934

8:55 p.m. Update: We’re down to 10 players here at Canterbury. Judd Greenagel, Justin Thurlow, Mark Sandness and Matt Hyland are among those remaining.  First place is $41K.

Jason Senti was knocked out by Greenagel with approximately 30 players remaining.

Seat 1: Saeed Ghasemimehr

Seat 2: Matt Hyland

Seat 3: Judd Greenagel

Seat 4: Timothy Speck

Seat 5: Erick Wright

Seat 6: Ron Spain

Seat 7: Mark Sandness

Seat 8: Michael Wilmes

Seat 9: Derek McMasters

Seat 10: Justin Thurlow

5:17 PM Update: Just arriving here at Canterbury Park for the Minnesota Freeze Out.  The buy-in today was $1,000 + $100, there were 121 players who entered for a shot at the big prize.  Only 36 still remain.  The top 9 spots will be paid.  First place is $41,080.

The players are currently on dinner break so its difficult to see who is still in.  I do know that Jason Senti, Rob Waz Waz, Matt Hyland and Todd Melander still have chips.  I will update a better notables list when the players return in 15 minutes.

Bryan Mileski is the President and Publisher of Minnesota Poker Magazine, and also the co-founder of the Mid-States Poker Tour. Contact Bryan at bryan@mnpokermag.com