We didn't see Smith's mucked cards, but Abramowicz held the 10 ♠ 6 ♣ on a board of 2 ♠ 7 ♦ 8 ♥ 9 ♥ 9 ♠, good for a straight on the turn. Shortly after being moved to chip leader Jason Smith's table, Abramowicz doubled through him in an unknown hand to take the chip lead. 'He plays any two cards, and he wins with any two cards.' 'Unbelievable,' a player at the table muttered.

The 9 ♥ didn't do it, and Abramowicz collected all but his opponent's last 300. The small blind had flopped trips, but he had work to do to catch Abramowicz's flopped boat. Anthony Lazar (140,000), MSPT Player of the Year leader Kou Vang (139,800), Ryan Hohenstein (119,100), MSPT Pro Team member Blake Bohn (111,400), Jovan Sudar (92,300), and 'Minnesota' Jon Hanner (70,500) were among others surviving the grind. The MSPT broke state field-size records in Iowa and Wisconsin in its last two events.Ĭaleb Horkey (227,300), Boz Hanson (217,100), Lenton Phillips (182,800), and Jason Smith (176,200) trail Abramowicz in a relatively tight top five.

Abramowicz is a native Minnesotan, hailing from Sunfish Lake, and about half of his $85,000 in career cashes came in this very casino when he took down the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2010 Twin Cities Poker Open.Īn MSPT Day 1a record 215 entrants bought in today, continuing an impressive streak by the tour. After 14 levels of play on Friday at the Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park, David Abramowicz bagged 259,500 in chips to lead the 40 surviving players here on Day 1a.

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