JACK Cleveland Casino

Another full day of action occurred during Day 1B the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event with 15 full levels coming to completion.

The second of three flights drew 339 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 565 and with that number, the $500K GTD has already been surpassed with one flight remaining.

Of those 339 entries, 40 players remained when chips went into bags and Joe Costa found himself atop the counts with a stack of 623,000.

He was the only player above 600,000, with Shawn Knuckle (511,000), Dionta James (431,000), Jeff Wells (373,000), and John Amoia (366,000) rounding out the top five.

Much like Day 1a, the final level of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as Ryan Lichtenstein and MSPT champ Chris Moon among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the five remaining tables in the final level of play that led to a lot of players riding roller coasters with their stack sizes before becoming official for the evening.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. Mike Iacovone (338,000), William Nguyen (274,000), MSPT champ Chan Pelton (269,000), and two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime (195,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 26 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those not as lucky at the felt included MSPT Hall of Famer's Pat Steele & Josh Reichard, along with MSPT champ's Chris Meyers, Gerald Cunniff, and Greg Himmelbrand, with at least a few if not all of them likely to be seen back in action for the final flight.

The final starting flight for the Main Event is tomorrow starting at 12:15 p.m. EST.

Everyone who makes Day 2 will return on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. to play for the MSPT $1,110 Main Event Title at Jack Cleveland Casino.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2.

We will be back tomorrow for coverage of Day 1C of the Mid-States Poker Tour here on MSPTPoker.com from Cleveland, Ohio!

Ryan Lichtenstein was all in on the final hand of the night for his last 80,000 and was called by William Nguyen.

Ryan Lichtenstein:
William Nguyen:

Lichtenstein was behind needing help but didn’t get any from the runout as he was one of the final eliminations of the night.

William Nguyen - 250,000
Ryan Lichtenstein - 0

The tournament dealer has just announced the final three hands of the evening with 42 players remining at the moment.

A series of preflop raises led to Chad Stone getting his 93,000 stack in the middle from the small blind and was called by Ryan Lichtenstein from the cutoff.

Chad Stone:
Ryan Lichtenstein:

Stone was out in front holding the best possible made hand and didn’t have a sweat as the clean runout secured his double-up.

Chad Stone - 190,000
Ryan Lichtenstein - 75,000

After the hijack limped-in, Mike Iacovone raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Mary Anderson three-bet to 34,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on the initial limper who called only to have Iacovone four-bet jam having both players covered.

Anderson quickly called off her 150,000 stack while the hijack folded, and the two players tabled their hands.

Mike Iacovone:
Mary Anderson:

Anderon’s hot day came to a screeching halt after seeing Iacovone roll over a pair of aces and the runout ended her Day 1B run.

Mike Iacovone - 480,000
Mary Anderson - 0

After denying his table a free round of drinks in a previous elimination, Joe Costa raised to 8,000 from late position and then called a 20,000 three-bet Grigor Hakobyan made from the cutoff.

The flop was checked by both players to the turn where Costa tossed out an uncontested 18,000 to win another pot, bringing his chip stack to a cool half-milly.

Joe Costa - 500,000
Grigor Hakobyan - 40,000