We’ve just completed an exciting Day 1B here at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN for Season 3, Event 1 of the BLUFF Mid-States Poker Tour.

 

127 players turned out for Day 1A, another 184 entered Day 1B creating a 311 player field and $311,000 prize pool. 42 players survived Day 1A, 64 players advanced through Day 1B leaving us 106 who will be combined on Day 2. Play will resume at 10:00AM Sunday morning, we will play until a champion is crowned.

 

36 places will get paid, first place is $79,185! Tony Swanson leads the charge, Erick Wright & Ken Johnson are close behind. Three past BLUFF MSPT champs are still in the field, Kou Vang, Tom Stambaugh and Jeremy Dresch.

 

The final table will be broadcast LIVE using RFID technology on www.bluffmagazine.com at approximately 7:00PM CST Sunday evening.

 

Here are the chip counts entering Day 2, Level 10 blinds will be 1,000/2,000 w/200 ante.

 

Name	Chip Count
Tony Swanson	191,400
Erick Wright	186,500
Ken Johnson	182,200
Tracy Blackwell	161,900
Kevin Reichel	149,200
Kou Vang	146,700
Chris Keller	128,300
Sam Hanson	110,800
Leo Fussy	106,700
Brenden Sandy	105,100
Mitch Ackerman	104,800
Jason Corrigan	102,100
Derek Knisley	96,600
Chris Wallace	95,800
Scott Johnson	92,900
Ryan Arnold	92,200
Steve Johnson Jr.	91,000
Brian Soja	90,100
Matt Leshovsky	89,000
Tara Dunn	88,300
Aaron Madison	88,300
Derek Hendrickson	87,900
William Records	87,100
Hank Mlekody	85,100
Josh Olen	83,600
John Hayes	78,800
Rene Berube	78,300
Richard Davidson	77,600
Jesse Balsimo	77,200
Matthew Jenkin	73,100
Jeffrey Grobe	71,800
Peter Miller	71,600
Ryan Hartmann	71,300
John Farrell	69,800
John Marlowe	68,600
Rich Cockrell	66,600
Dennis Stevermer	65,600
John Ellenbecker	60,500
Anthony Dunne	60,100
Graydon Orr	60,000
Eswaramoorthy Kaliappan	59,900
Jason Bednar	59,600
Jon Pieper	58,900
David Bashel	57,700
William Sather	57,000
Jason Aartwig	56,500
Jeremy Dresch	56,300
Dan Favreau	56,100
Jerry Sorrells	55,600
Joe Barnard	53,200
Robby Westrom	53,000
Tom Westbrook	52,800
Nathan Reich	50,100
Dan Kraft	50,000
Adam Laskey	50,000
Richard Innes	48,600
Todd Melander	48,200
Mike Lovelace	47,800
Jocelyn Bendijo	47,400
Peter Basting	45,200
Chris Korent	45,100
Chris Schrom	44,700
Chad Felix	44,600
Kurt Freese	43,400
Matt Alexander	43,100
Tom Stambaugh	41,400
Paul Schroeder	41,200
Reg Powell	39,200
Shane Coen	38,600
Jeff Petronack	38,000
Dave Westrum	37,900
Patrick Jones	37,400
Howard Dion	37,300
Shawn Aabers	35,800
Ron Spain	35,300
Chris Clasen	33,500
Leroy Martin	33,000
Nate Kirton	31,900
Rodger Johnson	31,800
Derek Crooks	31,000
Dan Holthaus	30,600
Greg Huset	29,500
Greg Rahn	28,900
Tim Fisher	28,100
Larry Laudon	26,600
Greg Anda	26,500
Yer Vang	25,700
Brian Zupancich	25,200
Cory Rennington	24,600
Larry Barbetta	23,500
James Godfrey	23,300
Elias Monette	22,800
Alan Thompson	20,500
Tom Feriancek	19,800
Richard Stoeckmann	19,800
Eric Grave	19,700
Greg Lessard	19,000
Kevin McNeely	15,900
Mark Sandness	15,800
Leslie Haagenson	13,600
Troy Clark	11,200
Mark Hodge	10,900
Darrell Windingstad	9,600
Jordan Moan	8,300
Mark Wadekamper	8,100
Bruce Widmer	1,900