Bally's Black Hawk Casino

There were a total of 184 entries during Flight A at the MSPT Black Hawk Main Event on Thursday at the Bally’s Black Hawk Casino. By the end of play just 22 advanced to Day 2 on Sunday, January 29. The chip leader at the end of play is David Reed with a stack of 556,000.

Rounding out the top three chip stacks were Sundiata DeVore, and Renato Spahiu with 340,000 (who was seated directly to the right of Reed).Other notables that bagged up chips on the day were former MSPT champion Max Havlish (227,000), and Jonatan Dull (189,000), who has a close to $1 million in career tournament earnings.

Notables that busted out of play today, but still have a chance to re-enter tomorrow included Ben Keeline, Hill Kerby, Jason Blount, Brian Battistone, Ranae Rodriguez, Phil Gioia, and 2022 MSPT Player of the Year Josh Reichard, who busted on the final hand. Registration is open for re-entry until the start of Level 13 on Friday until 9:10 pm.

Flight B begins tomorrow at Noon, and the field will play down to 12% of the remaining players from the total entries.

Here is a look at the full official chip counts at the end of play:

2022 MSPT Player of the Year Josh Reichards was eliminated with the clock reading 39:20 remaining in Level 15 to bring Flight A to a close. Stay tuned for a recap of the day along with official chip counts for the 22 players that advanced.

Level 15 begins with blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. There are now 23 players remaining from the 184 original entries. The field will play down to the final 22 players before the end of play tonight.

The cutoff was all in preflop for 18,000, and both Max Havlish (hijack) and Michael Elock (button) had him covered.

The flop was dealt , Elock bet 30,000, and Havlish folded. The remaining two players then revealed their cards.

Elock:
Cutoff:

Turn and River:

Elock eliminated his opponent, and he stacked up 265,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Elock - 265,000 (66 bb)

All the cards were out on the table, and Mike Rankins had his opponent’s covered with in his hand.

The final board read , and Rankins eliminated his opponent to stack up 168,000 after collecting the pot.

Mike Rankins - 168,000 (42 bb)

Jason Blount was all in with in the hole under the gun, and Vincent Moscati had him covered holding on the small blind.

The final board read , and Blount was eliminated on the hand. Moscati stacked up 205,000 after collecting the pot.

Vincent Moscati - 205,000 (51 bb)
Jason Blount - Eliminated

Level 14 begins with blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000. There are now 25 players remaining from the 184 original entries. The field will play down to the final 22 players before the end of play tonight.

All the cards were out on the table when Michael Elock was all in for 122,000 holding , and Jonathan Dull had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Elock won the hand to double up to 259,000. Another player said that they folded a queen, so Dull was down to 39,000 after the one-outer didn’t go his way.

Michael Elock - 259,000 (86 bb)
Jonathan Dull - 39,000 (13 bb)

Level 13 begins with blinds of 2,000-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. There are now 34 players remaining from the 184 original entries. The field will play down to the final 22 players before the end of play tonight.

The players are taking another 10-minute break. Registration for Day 1A will close when they return at 9:10 pm.