$1,110 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$2,336,730
Entries
2,409
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
836
Players Left
101
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After a record breaking turnout in the first flight of the $1,100 MSPT Main Event At Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek Michigan, the second flight followed suit by seeing a whopping 836 entrants come to play Day 1b. The prize pool guarantee has been now met and sits at $1,422,990 and with one flight still remaining, a near doubling of the prize pool guarantee is nearly certain.
A total of 101 players made Day 2 from this flight and leading the way is Antonio Ndoja who ended the day with 643,000. Ndoja found himself raking in a massive pot at the end of the night when his full house cracked the pocket queens of his opponent. Ndoja is relatively new to the MSPT tournament scene and is looking to make his mark on this massive field.
Top Ten Chip Counts Day 1b
| Rank | Name | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Ndoja | 643,000 |
| 2 | Arturas Astrauskas | 628,000 |
| 3 | KC Vaughan | 533,000 |
| 4 | Justin Pimpedly | 530,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Fahey | 454,000 |
| 6 | Alex Farcas | 450,000 |
| 7 | Larry Wagner | 418,000 |
| 8 | Michael Puccio | 412,000 |
| 9 | Paul Davison | 403,000 |
| 10 | Paul Choi | 383,000 |
Nipping at his heels and the chip leader for most of the day was Arturas Astrauskas who ended the day with 628,000. The Illinois resident is no stranger to deep runs in tournaments, having cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 2018 as well as multiple WSOP cashes throughout the years. He comes into Day 2 as second overall and will look to add to his over $150,000 in lifetime earnings.
Other players that managed to find a bag at the end of the day included HPT champion Michael Puccio (412,000), Rich Alsup (218,000), Josh Reichard (148,000), Aaron Johnson (139,000) and Aaron Massey (77,000). Each one of them will be looking to add their names to this record-breaking prize pool.
This flight was not good to all, as many MSPT legends fell throughout the day like Pat Steele, Sarah Stefan, Ralph Massey, Rob Wazwaz, Angela Jordison, Greg Himmelbrand, and defending champion Dan Bekavac who found no luck on any of his bullets today. Each one of them will have their chance to re-enter in the final flight.
This Day 1b had 836 entrants as compared to the last iteration’s number of 762. Play will continue for these players on Sunday the 14th at 11 a.m. unless they wish to forfeit their stack and play one of the other flights. Tomorrow’s flight begins at 12 p.m., stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the next two flights, the final day and the conclusion of the tournament.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
643,000
643,000
|
643,000 |
|
628,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
533,000
533,000
|
533,000 |
|
530,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
454,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
418,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
412,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
403,000
403,000
|
403,000 |
|
383,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
374,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
362,000
362,000
|
362,000 |
|
351,000
351,000
|
351,000 |
|
|
339,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
334,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
327,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
|
298,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
|
296,000
296,000
|
296,000 |
|
|
293,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
|
293,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
|
287,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
282,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
|
272,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A total of 113 players made it through the flight. Stay tuned to PokerNews for a full recap of the day.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players will play five more hands for the flight before bagging up for the evening.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A player in early position raised to 15,000 and Paul Choi called in the small blind.
The flop of 
checked through to the 
turn that saw Choi bet 15,000 and the opponent folded.
At another table, Daniel Swartz was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Golak raised to 7,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by a player in the big blind.
The flop of 
saw the big blind check and Golak bet 11,000 which was called.
The turn of checked through and the river saw the big blind lead out for 25,000, which Golak called. The big blind turned over 
for a missed flush draw while Golak turned over 
for sevens with a king kicker and he won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A player raised to 11,000 in the hijack and action folded to Arturas Astrauskas who three-bet to 31,000. Action folded back to the initial raiser who moved all in for 145,000 and Astrauskas called.
Opponent: 
Arturas Astrauskas: 
The board ran out as no help to the ace-six and Astrauskas took down a massive pot to become the tournament chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river in a hand between one player out of position and Michael Puccio in position.
On a board reading 
, Puccio had moved all in for 55,000 effective and his opponent was in the tank. After some time he ended up calling and the hands were tabled.
Opponent: 
Michael Puccio: 
The opponent had turned a set of eights, but Puccio ran out a flush to eliminate his opponent and add to his growing chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
312,000
149,000
|
149,000 |