Riverside Casino

Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Riverside $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 84 total entries tallied by night's end.

After a hard stop was reached in Level 14 with 22:03 remaining, it was none other than MSPT champ and bracelet winner Derek McMaster who climbed to the top to put a respectable 602,000 into his bag to end the night, leading the 10 advancing players by a large margin.

McMaster started the day on a downward spiral but stuck to his game and went on a late-night elimination spree to bag the top stack.

Bagging second in chips is the defending champ Ben Pettinger who put 365,000 on his slip to end the night while Rich Wagner came in a close third with 333,000.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Colden Carlson (250,000), and Caleb Chamber (249,000), while MSPT champ Steve Federspiel (200,000), and Mike Estes (73,000) both punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2.

All players unable to find a Day 2 berth will have two more opportunities with Day 1b will getting underway at 3.00 p.m. tomorrow Friday, November 3rd.

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Brian Weipert raised all in and was called by Luke Mccory.

Brian Weipert:
Luke Mccory:

Weipert was racing for his tournament life but fell behind as the runout paired Mccory’s ace and made Weipert the final elimination of the evening as the hard stop of 10 players was reached.

Luke Mccory - 185,000
Brian Weipert - 0

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Bill Perpich raised all in for 60,000 from the cutoff and MSPT champ Steve Federspiel looked him up from the big blind.

Bill Perpich:
Steve Federspiel:

Federspiel was ahead and the runout paired his ace to eliminate Perpich.

Steve Federspiel - 280,000
Bill Perpich - 0

MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard moved all in for 30,000 from middle position and the button went over the top.

Only MSPT champ Ben Pettinger called from the small blind and all three players tabled their hands.

Josh Reichard:
Button:
Ben Pettinger:

Pettinger was ahead and the flop paired his nine but also gave Reichard and open-ended straight draw.

Luckily for Pettinger, the paired the board on the turn and the river secured him the double elimination.

Ben Pettinger - 195,000
Josh Reichard - 0

MSPT Hall of Famer Matt Kirby was all in from the hijack and was called by Colden Carlson from the cutoff.

Matt Kirby:
Colden Carlson:

Kirby was behind needing help, but none came on the runout as his night came to an end.

Colden Carlson - 215,000
Matt Kirby - 0

Registration for Day 1a is officially closed with 84 entrants tallied for the first flight.

The plan is to play through Level 15 unless 12% of the field (10 players) is reached first, the tournament clock reads 19 players remaining.

Tim Garles got his remaining stack in the middle on a board from the cutoff and was called by MSPT champ Derek McMaster from under the gun.

Tim Garles:
Derek McMaster:

Garles was ahead after flopping a set of sixes, but the river gave McMaster the nuts, sending Garles to the rail.

Derek McMaster - 181,500
Tim Garles - 0