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JACK Cleveland Casino

February 1 - 4, 2024

 
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Grigor Hakobyan Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2
Created (2/4/2024 12:09:14 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event attracted another 539 runners, which, along with 1a's 237 and 1b’s 380, brought the field total up to 1,157 entries.

The 1,175 total tally was able to re-claim the top spot for most entries in a Major poker tournament in a Ohio casino, and the $1,119,820 prize pool that was generated went down in the history books as well.

At the end of the final flight, just 68 players bagged and tagged with Grigor Hakobyan bagging the top stack of 785,000, leading the charge into Day 2.

Following hot on Hakobyan’s tail were Kevin Kerchenski (715,000), & Matthew Eng (702,000), while MSPT champ Curtis Vierstraete (610,000), and Steven Caran (604,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

They were joined by MSPT Season 14 Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (461,000), MSPT champ’s Abdul Amer (432,000), & Richard Bai (331,000), AJ Rudolph (318,000), and Chad Stone (234,000).

Among previous MSPT Main Event champs who fell short one Day 1c included Dan Bekavac, Gerald Cunniff, and Ben Pettinger.

Ben Pettinger
Ben Pettinger

Day 2 will get underway at 11:15 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 146 players (30 from Day 1a, 48 from 1b, and 68 from 1c) returning to the felt.

The top 117 finishers will get paid at least $2,127, with the eventual winner walking away with a $204,427 first-place prize.

Congratulations to everyone who advance to Day 2, and we’ll see you at 11:15 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at JACK Cleveland Casino!

MSPT Season 15 JACK Cleveland Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels
4-Feb 11:15 AM $1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - 40 Minutes
4-Feb 3:15 PM $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 Handed 25,000 30 Minutes
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
End Day 1C Chip Counts
Created (2/3/2024 11:58:41 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Grigor Hakobyan 785,000 333,000
Kevin Kerchenski 715,000 618,000
Matthew Eng 702,000 600,000
Curtis Vierstraete 610,000 714,000
Stevan Caran 604,000 500,000
Umut Ozturk 461,000 370,000
Abdul Amer 432,000 330,000
Manuel Rodriguez 425,000 285,000
Kristopher Darros 413,000 100,000
Justin Gutierrez 387,000 320,000
Derek McGrath 370,000 100,000
Justin Jordan 356,000 100,000
Richard Bai 331,000 220,000
Joseph Hanna 326,000 200,000
Dominic Conte 324,000 300,000
Anna Rudolph 318,000 250,000
Mario Brescilli 301,000 100,000
Joseph Reddick 282,000 100,000
Caleb King 273,000 130,000
Zinoviy Pelekh 263,000 100,000
Joseph Makdessi 255,000 100,000
Maros Lechman 254,000 100,000
Adam Asadoorian 254,000 183,000
Odeh Wahden 235,000 204,000
Chad Stone 234,000 186,000
Richard Ali 232,000 125,000
William Dopico 232,000 100,000
Neil Coughlin 226,000 120,000
Matthew Schurter 219,000 100,000
Raghavendra Dronavalli 218,000 100,000
Gregory Miller 213,000 100,000
Richard Kollarik 211,000 100,000
Joseph Frei 208,000 208,000
Joseph Vucic 206,000 100,000
Neal Aulica 205,000 100,000
Justin Kipfer 196,000 100,000
Harry Stansell Jr 192,000 100,000
Daniel Murray 192,000 100,000
Casey Yontz 176,000 100,000
Cheng Xu 154,000 100,000
Sultan Ahmed 148,000 100,000
Steve Zimmerman 147,000 100,000
Georgie Zedan 147,000 100,000
Michael Ondo 140,000 115,000
Douglas Cowell 140,000 100,000
Sherry Hammers 140,000 140,000
Timothy McGuigan 138,000 100,000
Jameson Selvaggio 136,000 279,000
Michael Palivoda 134,000 230,000
Joseph Paris 134,000 100,000
Bobby Noel 133,000 157,000
Brian Opyrchal 131,000 100,000
Lee Rzentkowski 131,000 140,000
Derrek Hodges 129,000 170,000
Farhad Guyuron 125,000 100,000
Eric Landy 123,000 100,000
James Stewart (OH) 118,000 100,000
John Wertz 118,000 100,000
Ryan Zickefoose 111,000 90,000
Ronnie Lamb 103,000 42,000
Anthony Carbone 99,000 100,000
Mark Hughes 97,000 100,000
Randy K 89,000 100,000
Yohen Sal 81,000 100,000
Jason Kilby 72,000 100,000
Dhimitri Lleshi 67,000 100,000
Greg Harris 37,000 71,000
Lynn Rainey 34,000 180,000
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Final Four Hands
Created (2/3/2024 11:30:02 PM by Anthony Thompson)

The tournament director has just announced the final four hands of the evening with 68 players remaining.

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Prize Pool Information
Created (2/3/2024 11:27:16 PM by Anthony Thompson)

MSPT 246 at JACK Cleveland Casino
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 1,156
Prize Pool: $1,119,820

Place Prize POY
1 $204,427 1,900
2 $125,419 1,700
3 $93,057 1,600
4 $70,660 1,500
5 $52,631 1,400
6 $40,313 1,300
7 $31,354 1,200
8 $24,636 1,100
9 $20,156 1,000
10-12 $15,677 900
13-15 $12,318 800
16-18 $10,974 700
19-21 $9,070 600
22-24 $7,614 550
25-27 $6,382 500
28-36 $4,815 450
37-45 $3,695 400
46-54 $3,359 350
55-63 $3,023 300
64-72 $2,911 250
73-81 $2,799 200
82-90 $2,687 150
91-99 $2,463 100
100-108 $2,239 75
109-117 $2,127 50
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Late Night Counts & Bust Outs
Created (2/3/2024 11:16:39 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Curtis Vierstraete 714,000 305,000
Kevin Kerchenski 618,000 297,000
Matthew Eng 600,000 233,000
Umut Ozturk 370,000 268,000
Grigor Hakobyan 333,000 180,000
Justin Gutierrez 320,000 143,000
Anna Rudolph 250,000 322,000
CJ Peake 240,000 124,000
Lynn Rainey 180,000 473,000
Derrek Hodges 170,000 50,000
Sherry Hammers 140,000 65,000
Caleb King 130,000 60,000
Richard Ali 125,000 210,000
Ryan Zickefoose 90,000 390,000
Greg Harris 71,000 35,000
David Cornelson 49,000 0
Arthur Demmerley 0 225,000
Michael Bruno 0 130,000
Thomas Carlin 0 60,000
Ray Ezzie 0 44,000
Rory Linton 0 175,000
Robert Long 0 55,000
Joseph Makdessi 0 171,000
Mike Iacovone 0 80,000
Angela Jordison 0 229,000
Josh Smith (IA) 0 165,000
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Top Bagged Stacks Thus Far
Created (2/3/2024 11:05:19 PM by Anthony Thompson)

So far, 78 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and a final group of hopefuls will look to add their names to that list today.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, February 24h, at 11:15 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Nazim Temiz 705,000
2 Carter Kline 685,000
3 Ashish Keshri 558,000
4 Vinh Ho 544,000
5 Brian Patterson 541,000
6 Joseph Curcio 538,000
7 Dominic Choma 476,000
8 Danny Doolan 457,000
9 Penny Banhidy 422,000
10 Alex Cruz 396,000
  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Farhad Guyuron Walks Away Top Senior
Created (2/3/2024 10:55:57 PM by Anthony Thompson)

The Mid States Poker Tour (MSPT) returned to JACK Cleveland Casino and hosted a $300 NLH Seniors Event that saw 33 entries build a $84,252 prize pool that paid out to the top 36 seniors.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Leonid Shuster (10th Place - $1,370), Jeff Wilson (13th Place - $1,095), and Christina Armeni (16th Place - $930).

Coming out the top was Farhad Guyuron who took home the MSPT trophy and $16,000 top prize!

Final Table Results
Place Name Prize
1 Farhad Guyuron $ 16,000*
2 Michael Mendoza $ 11,495*
3 Michael Valore $ 11,192*
4 Herbert Harsar $6,175
5 Mike Iacovone $4,630
6 Richard Buxman $3,575
7 Carlo Donatelli $2,760
8 Donald Mcelhaney $2,190
9 Randy Klingensmith $1,695

*denotes chop

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Zickefoose Wins Race to Drop Dowdy
Created (2/3/2024 10:42:52 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Ryan Zickefoose raised from middle position and found one caller before Ronnie Dowdy squeezed for 121,000 from the hijack.

Action folded back to Zickefoose who went over the top giving him isolation.

Ronnie Dowdy:
Ryan Zickefoose:

Dowdy was racing for his tournament life but couldn’t take the lead as the runout ended his Main Event.

Ryan Zickefoose - 390,000
Ronnie Dowdy - Eliminated

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Sultan Rivers Straight to Stay Alivve
Created (2/3/2024 10:35:11 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Robert Long raised from the hijack and was called by Greg Harris from the small blind before Ahmed Sultan squeezed his 41,000 stack in the middle from the big blind.

Only Long called, and the two players tabled their hands.

Ahmed Sultan:
Robert Long:

Sultan was at risk needing help and found some after the flop gave him an open-ended straight draw.

The turn wasn’t a card Sultan wanted to see but the river was as it completed his straight and secured his double-up.

Ahmed Sultan - 97,000
Robert Long - 55,000
Greg Harris - 45,000

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
The MSPT Heads to Riverside Casino March 14th - 17th!
Created (2/3/2024 10:25:05 PM by Anthony Thompson)

For the first time this season, the MSPT is headed to Riverside Casino in Riverside, IA from March 14th - 17th!

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT250 Main Event, which requires players be 21+ to play.

The tournament, which boasts a $300K GTD, will offer three starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14th.

Day 1b will take place at the same time on Friday, March 15th, with Day 1c following suit on Saturday, March 16th.

The surviving players from all starting flights will return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 17th, to play down to a winner.

Also, on that Sunday, there will be a $360 NLH Last Chance Showdown Event beginning at Noon.

 
 
Legend:  #  - Main event champ   #  - POY champ  H  - HOF champ
 
Player Name
Chips
Progress
 
City
State
Country
785,000  
452,000 
 
OH 
715,000  
97,000 
 
OH 
Matthew Eng
11x Main Event Champion
702,000  
102,000 
 
IL 
Curtis Vierstraete
11x Main Event Champion
610,000  
104,000 
 
ND 
604,000  
104,000 
 
PA 
Umut Ozturk
11x Main Event Champion
11x Player Of The Year
HMSPT Hall Of Fame
461,000  
91,000 
 
MN 
Abdul Amer
11x Main Event Champion
432,000  
102,000 
 
OH 
425,000  
140,000 
 
OH 
387,000  
67,000 
 
IL 
370,000  
270,000 
 
OH 
356,000  
256,000 
 
OH 
Richard Bai
11x Main Event Champion
331,000  
111,000 
 
IL 
326,000  
126,000 
 
Mentor 
OH 
324,000  
24,000 
 
OH 
318,000  
68,000 
 
IL 
301,000  
201,000 
 
OH 
282,000  
182,000 
 
Bronx 
NY 
273,000  
143,000 
 
OH 
263,000  
163,000 
 
MI 
255,000  
155,000 
 
Solon 
OH 
254,000  
154,000 
 
OH 
254,000  
71,000 
 
MI 
235,000  
31,000 
 
OH 
234,000  
48,000 
 
OH 
232,000  
132,000 
 
PA 
232,000  
107,000 
 
PA 
226,000  
106,000 
 
OH 
219,000  
119,000 
 
IL 
218,000  
118,000 
 
AZ 
213,000  
113,000 
 
NY 
211,000  
111,000 
 
Oregon 
OH 
208,000  
  
 
 
206,000  
106,000 
 
OH 
205,000  
105,000 
 
WV 
196,000  
96,000 
 
Attica 
NY 
192,000  
92,000 
 
PA 
192,000  
92,000 
 
MI 
176,000  
76,000 
 
OH 
154,000  
54,000 
 
DE 
148,000  
48,000 
 
WI 
147,000  
47,000 
 
NY 
147,000  
47,000 
 
MI 
140,000  
40,000 
 
OH 
140,000  
25,000 
 
OH 
140,000  
  
MN 
138,000  
38,000 
 
Lorain 
OH 
136,000  
143,000 
 
OH 
134,000  
34,000 
 
MI 
134,000  
96,000 
 
OH 
Bobby Noel
22x Main Event Champion
133,000  
24,000 
 
PA 
131,000  
31,000 
 
Troy 
MI 
Lee Rzentkowski
11x Main Event Champion
131,000  
9,000 
 
WI 
129,000  
41,000 
 
OH 
125,000  
25,000 
 
OH 
118,000  
18,000 
 
OH 
118,000  
18,000 
 
OH 
111,000  
21,000 
 
Canton 
OH 
103,000  
61,000 
 
Denver 
CO 
99,000  
1,000 
 
NY 
97,000  
3,000 
 
Kent 
OH 
89,000  
11,000 
 
 
 
81,000  
19,000 
 
OH 
72,000  
28,000 
 
OH 
67,000  
33,000 
 
MI 
37,000  
34,000 
 
OH 
34,000  
146,000 
 
Oswego 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
Elburn 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
  
Geneva 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
MS 
0  
Busted 
  
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Derby 
NY 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Macomb 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
SD 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Mentor 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Solon 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
  
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
Gerald Cunniff
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
Isaac (Ben) Pettinger
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
GA 
0  
Busted 
 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Elmira 
NY 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
NC 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
Daniel Bekavac
44x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
 
Canada 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
Angela Jordison
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
OR 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Country
Amount
Points
1
IL 
$168,903 
1,600 
2
Avon 
OH 
$127,000 
1,600 
3
ND 
$127,000 
1,600 
4
PA 
$70,660 
1,500 
5
Canton 
OH 
$52,631 
1,400 
6
PA 
$40,313 
1,300 
7
WV 
$31,354 
1,200 
8
NY 
$24,636 
1,100 
9
OH 
$20,156 
1,000 
10
Parma 
OH 
$15,677 
900 
11
IL 
$15,677 
900 
12
MI 
$15,677 
900 
13
OH 
$12,318 
800 
14
OH 
$12,318 
800 
15
NJ 
$12,318 
800 
16
Kent 
OH 
$10,974 
700 
17
IL 
$10,974 
700 
18
PA 
$10,974 
700 
19
PA 
$9,070 
600 
20
NY 
$9,070 
600 
21
OH 
$9,070 
600 
22
Vinh Ho  
MI 
$7,614 
550 
23
OH 
$7,614 
550 
24
TX 
$7,614 
550 
25
OH 
$6,382 
500 
26
OH 
$6,382 
500 
27
OH 
$6,382 
500 
28
PA 
$4,815 
450 
29
NY 
$4,815 
450 
30
OH 
$4,815 
450 
31
PA 
$4,815 
450 
32
MI 
$4,815 
450 
33
OH 
$4,815 
450 
34
OH 
$4,815 
450 
35
MN 
$4,815 
450 
36
MI 
$4,815 
450 
37
OH 
$3,695 
400 
38
OH 
$3,695 
400 
39
NY 
$3,695 
400 
40
Oregon 
OH 
$3,695 
400 
41
OH 
$3,695 
400 
42
MI 
$3,695 
400 
43
OH 
$3,695 
400 
44
Euclid 
OH 
$3,695 
400 
45
PA 
$3,695 
400 
46
OH 
$3,359 
350 
47
FL 
$3,359 
350 
48
Mentor 
OH 
$3,359 
350 
49
Parma 
OH 
$3,359 
350 
50
MN 
$3,359 
350 
51
IL 
$3,359 
350 
52
MN 
$3,359 
350 
53
OH 
$3,359 
350 
54
Solon 
OH 
$3,359 
350 
55
MI 
$3,023 
300 
56
IL 
$3,023 
300 
57
Stow 
OH 
$3,023 
300 
58
OH 
$3,023 
300 
59
OH 
$3,023 
300 
60
DE 
$3,023 
300 
61
OH 
$3,023 
300 
62
MI 
$3,023 
300 
63
OH 
$3,023 
300 
64
Dublin 
OH 
$2,911 
250 
65
Hung Le  
Dayton 
OH 
$2,911 
250 
66
OH 
$2,911 
250 
67
OH 
$2,911 
250 
68
OH 
$2,911 
250 
69
NY 
$2,911 
250 
70
OH 
$2,911 
250 
71
Novi 
MI 
$2,911 
250 
72
OH 
$2,911 
250 
73
Mentor 
OH 
$2,799 
200 
74
OH 
$2,799 
200 
75
OH 
$2,799 
200 
76
MN 
$2,799 
200 
77
MI 
$2,799 
200 
78
Lemont 
IL 
$2,799 
200 
79
TN 
$2,799 
200 
80
OH 
$2,799 
200 
81
MI 
$2,799 
200 
82
OH 
$2,687 
150 
83
MI 
$2,687 
150 
84
MI 
$2,687 
150 
85
WV 
$2,687 
150 
86
Canton 
OH 
$2,687 
150 
87
OH 
$2,687 
150 
88
Attica 
NY 
$2,687 
150 
89
MI 
$2,687 
150 
90
OH 
$2,687 
150 
91
Hudson 
OH 
$2,463 
100 
92
OH 
$2,463 
100 
93
PA 
$2,463 
100 
94
MA 
$2,463 
100 
95
Medina 
OH 
$2,463 
100 
96
Powell 
OH 
$2,463 
100 
97
IA 
$2,463 
100 
98
IL 
$2,463 
100 
99
OH 
$2,463 
100 
100
OH 
$2,239 
75 
101
MI 
$2,239 
75 
102
PA 
$2,239 
75 
103
OH 
$2,239 
75 
104
 
Canada 
$2,239 
75 
105
Troy 
MI 
$2,239 
75 
106
VA 
$2,239 
75 
107
PA 
$2,239 
75 
108
WI 
$2,239 
75 
109
FL 
$2,127 
50 
110
MI 
$2,127 
50 
111
OH 
$2,127 
50 
112
IL 
$2,127 
50 
113
IL 
$2,127 
50 
114
OH 
$2,127 
50 
115
Mentor 
OH 
$2,127 
50 
116
OH 
$2,127 
50 
117
Troy 
MI 
$2,127 
50 
LEVEL & TOURNAMENT INFO
Level
15
Blinds
3000 / 6000
Ante
6000
Entries
539
Players Remaining
68
Average Chip Stack
237,794
Total Chips
16,170,000
LEVEL INFO
Level
15
Blinds
3000 / 6000
Ante
6000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
539
Players Remaining
68
Average Chip Stack
237,794
Total Chips
16,170,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
785,000
715,000
702,000
610,000
604,000
461,000
432,000
425,000
387,000
10 
370,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
POINTS
5,425
4,825
4,633
4,500
3,550
3,533
3,450
3,450
10 
3,400