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May 7 - 12, 2024

 
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Maros Lechman Bags Top Stack After 27 Players Survive Day 1C
Created (5/11/2024 11:28:27 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event attracted another 239 runners, which, along with 1a's 165 and 1b’s 198, brought the field total up to 602 entries.

After a double elimination, the hard was reached with 34:30 remaining in the final level and just players 27 survived the final flight with Maros Lechman bagging the top stack of 630,000.

Following hot on Lechman’s tail was Mitch Milheimi who ended with 590,000 while Richard Roberts Jr (489,000), Satoshi Tanaka (464,000), and Atif Chaudry (424,000) were the last to break the 400k mark and rounded out the top five stacks.

They were joined by MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (351,000), MSPT Season 14 Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (336,000), MSPT champ Chris Moon (241,000), BrianXXX Patterson (212,000), and Thomas Carlin (174,000).

Among previous MSPT Main Event champs who fell short one Day 1c included Mike O’Neill, Satish Thakur, and Jon Kim.

MSPT Champ Mike O’Neill

Day 2 will get underway at 11:15 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 69 players (19 from Day 1a, 23 from 1b, and 27 from 1c) returning to the felt.

The top 63 finishers will get paid at least $2,213, with the eventual winner walking away with a $122,345 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 Trophy Event
12-May 11:15 AM $1,110 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - 40 Minutes *
12-May 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 (5/11/2024 11:17:44 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Maros Lechman 630,000 330,000
Mitchell Milheim 590,000 656,000
Richard Roberts Jr 489,000 330,000
Satoshi Tanaka 464,000 308,000
Atif Chaudry 424,000 391,000
Mark Kaganovsky 387,000 475,000
Andrew Manchen 359,000 275,000
Josh Reichard 351,000 370,000
Jacob Phelps 340,000 100,000
Umut Ozturk 336,000 330,000
Andi Sulovari 335,000 224,000
Chris Moon 245,000 170,000
Grigor Hakobyan 241,000 360,000
Geoffrey Ferenc 213,000 100,000
BrianXXX Patterson 'James' 212,000 142,000
Tim Flattery 210,000 280,000
Matt Park 185,000 100,000
Michael Ritz (OH) 185,000 100,000
Thomas Carlin 174,000 250,000
Buck Bucceri 145,000 118,000
Matt Twarogowski 138,000 100,000
Daniel Weaver 132,000 100,000
Giovanni Ciaylaipllo 130,000 100,000
Casey Yontz 97,000 130,000
Eric Ladny 88,000 100,000
Kenneth Rutledge 43,000 100,000
Kyle Gross 42,000 32,000
  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Top Bagged Stacks Thus Far
Created (5/11/2024 11:09:46 PM by Anthony Thompson)

So far, 42 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the 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, May 12th 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 Main Event Titles Chip Count
1 Martun Minasyan 0 724,000
2 Thomas Volpe 0 653,000
3 Dionta James 0 646,000
4 Brian Hall 0 575,000
5 Michael Michels 0 552,000
6 John Lanese 0 501,000
7 Billy Kopp 0 488,000
8 Jacob Turkall 0 488,000
9 Ken Wasik 0 420,000
10 Mike Iacovone 0 389,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Prize Pool Information
Created (5/11/2024 11:06:18 PM by Anthony Thompson)

MSPT 254 at JACK Cleveland Casino
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 602
Prize Pool: $582,440

Place Prize POY
1 $122,345 1,700
2 $75,134 1,500
3 $54,749 1,400
4 $40,770 1,300
5 $30,869 1,200
6 $23,297 1,100
7 $18,055 1,000
8 $13,978 900
9 $11,066 800
10-12 $8,736 700
13-15 $6,989 600
16-18 $5,824 500
19-21 $5,125 400
22-24 $4,251 300
25-27 $3,611 200
28-36 $2,795 150
37-45 $2,504 100
46-54 $2,329 75
55-63 $2,213 50

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Reichard Cracks Bucceri's Cowboys for Double
Created (5/11/2024 10:54:58 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Action folded to the hijack who raised to 7,000 only to have Buck Bucceri three-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff, and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard four-bet jam for 184,000 from the button.

Both the blinds quickly got out of the way and the initial raiser followed suit before Bucceri tossed out a call.

Josh Reichard:
Buck Bucceri:

Bucceri was ahead holding a made hand of kings until a flop rolled out putting Reichard out in front.

Both the turn and river were safe cards for MSPT champ, as he secured the late-night double.

Josh Reichard - 380,000
Buck Bucceri - 118,000

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Late Night Counts & Bust Outs
Created (5/11/2024 10:36:33 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Mark Kaganovsky 475,000 305,000
Mitchell Milheim 443,000 370,000
Atif Chaudry 391,000 390,000
Josh Reichard 370,000 185,000
Grigor Hakobyan 360,000 371,000
Satoshi Tanaka 308,000 235,000
Tim Flattery 280,000 292,000
Andrew Manchen 275,000 220,000
Thomas Carlin 250,000 215,000
Umut Ozturk 240,000 150,000
Andi Sulovari 224,000 100,000
Chris Moon 170,000 222,000
BrianXXX Patterson 'James' 142,000 270,000
David Hanna 140,000 200,000
Casey Yontz 130,000 155,000
Buck Bucceri 118,000 230,000
Thomas Scott 90,000 100,000
Kyle Gross 32,000 69,000
Mark Ader 0 89,500
Joe Daddario 0 70,000
David Evans 0 84,000
Chris Meyers (NY) 0 50,000
Odeh Wahden 0 190,000
Chauncey Walls 0 119,000
  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
MSPT Bringing Two Major Events to Las Vegas' Venetian
Created (5/11/2024 10:29:36 PM by Anthony Thompson)

The MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) is heading back to The Venetian Las Vegas for not one, but two events, both with massive, guaranteed prize pools up for grabs.

Starting May 20th, The Venetian Las Vegas will hold its Deepstack Championship Poker Series, and the $14 million guaranteed series will host two Mid-States Poker Tour events opening weekend.

The MSPT live reporting team will be on-site to provide frequent updates from start to finish during both events, starting with the $1,100 Main Event, which runs May 25th - 28th.

That $500,000 guaranteed event will be followed by the $1,600 MSPT Main Event at Venetian June 3rd - 5th, and this one promises at least $750,000 in prize money to be awarded.

Each MSPT Main Event features two Day 1 starting flights beginning at 11:10 a.m.

Players can register for both sessions if they don't bag a stack on Day 1a, with each tournament playing down to a winner on Day 2.

Tournament structures are as follows: 25,000 starting chips and 40-minute blind levels in the $1,100 tournament and 30,000 starting chips with 40-minute blind levels in the $1,600 tournament.

MSPT Venetian winners this season include Sean Berman ($42,305 + Bounties), and Terry Fleischer ($98,101).

Who will be next to add their names to the list of aforementioned Poker Bowl champions?

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on hand to provide live updates as the answer to that question is determined.

  • Level: 13
  • Blinds: 2000 / 4000
  • Ante: 4000
 
 
Cowboys Hold Strong for Ozturk to Double Through Stone
Created (5/11/2024 10:14:09 PM by Anthony Thompson)

MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk was all in for 75,000 from under the gun and was called by Chad Stone from the big blind.

Umut Ozturk:
Chad Stone:

Ozturk’s cowboys were out in front and the sweaty runout secured Ozturk his double-up.

After the hand, Stone was left short and ran it up before eliminated a few orbits later.

Umut Ozturk - 150,000
Chad Stone - Eliminated

  • Level: 13
  • Blinds: 2000 / 4000
  • Ante: 4000
 
 
Meyers Doubles Through Milheim with Cowboys
Created (5/11/2024 10:09:26 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Mitch Milheim raised from the hijack and then called MSPT champ Chris Meyer’s 24,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Chris Meyers:
Mitch Milheim:

Meyers was head holding a made hand of kings and the runout kept his Main Event rolling.

Mitch Milheim - 370,000
Chris Meyers - 50,000

  • Level: 13
  • Blinds: 2000 / 4000
  • Ante: 4000
 
 
Updated Counts & Bust Outs
Created (5/11/2024 9:58:55 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Atif Chaudry 390,000 387,000
Grigor Hakobyan 371,000 160,000
Mitchell Milheim 370,000 270,000
Mark Kaganovsky 305,000 355,000
Tim Flattery 292,000 199,000
Satoshi Tanaka 235,000 60,000
Buck Bucceri 230,000 159,000
Chris Moon 222,000 190,000
Andrew Manchen 220,000 150,000
Thomas Carlin 215,000 245,000
David Hanna 200,000 180,000
Odeh Wahden 190,000 200,000
Casey Yontz 155,000 191,000
Umut Ozturk 150,000 96,000
Kyle Gross 69,000 66,000
Chris Meyers (NY) 50,000 30,000
Chad Stone 38,000 89,000
Linas Kasputis 0 95,000
Ryan Ashman 0 190,000
 
 
Legend:  #  - Main event champ   #  - POY champ  H  - HOF champ
 
Player Name
Chips
Progress
 
City
State
Country
630,000  
300,000 
 
OH 
590,000  
66,000 
 
Powell 
OH 
489,000  
  
MI 
464,000  
156,000 
 
OH 
424,000  
33,000 
 
PA 
387,000  
88,000 
 
NJ 
359,000  
84,000 
 
OH 
Josh Reichard
11x Main Event Champion
11x Player Of The Year
HMSPT Hall Of Fame
351,000  
19,000 
 
WI 
340,000  
240,000 
 
Medina 
OH 
Umut Ozturk
11x Main Event Champion
11x Player Of The Year
HMSPT Hall Of Fame
336,000  
6,000 
 
MN 
335,000  
111,000 
 
OH 
Chris Moon
11x Main Event Champion
245,000  
75,000 
 
MI 
241,000  
119,000 
 
OH 
213,000  
113,000 
 
OH 
212,000  
70,000 
 
PA 
210,000  
70,000 
 
MI 
185,000  
85,000 
 
OH 
185,000  
85,000 
 
Lorain 
OH 
174,000  
76,000 
 
OH 
145,000  
27,000 
 
MI 
138,000  
38,000 
 
OH 
132,000  
32,000 
 
Dundee 
OH 
130,000  
30,000 
 
 
 
97,000  
33,000 
 
OH 
88,000  
12,000 
 
VA 
43,000  
57,000 
 
OH 
42,000  
10,000 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
Mentor 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Solon 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
Jonathan Kim (MN)
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
Chris Meyers (NY)
22x Main Event Champion
11x Player Of The Year
0  
Busted 
 
NY 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
Satish Thakur
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
Kenneth Baime
22x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
Keota 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
Derby 
NY 
0  
Busted 
 
Novi 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Avon 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Elburn 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Troy 
MI 
Michael ONeill
11x Main Event Champion
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
Jeddo 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
Elmira 
NY 
0  
Busted 
 
NJ 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
Novi 
MI 
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Country
Amount
Points
1
PA 
$122,345 
1,700 
2
PA 
$75,134 
1,500 
3
OH 
$54,749 
1,400 
4
PA 
$40,770 
1,300 
5
NY 
$30,869 
1,200 
6
OH 
$23,297 
1,100 
7
OH 
$18,055 
1,000 
8
OH 
$13,978 
900 
9
OH 
$11,066 
800 
10
Canton 
OH 
$8,736 
700 
11
NY 
$8,736 
700 
12
OH 
$8,736 
700 
13
FL 
$6,989 
600 
14
OH 
$6,989 
600 
15
OH 
$6,989 
600 
16
OH 
$5,824 
500 
17
OH 
$5,824 
500 
18
Saline 
MI 
$5,824 
500 
19
Mentor 
OH 
$5,125 
400 
20
OH 
$5,125 
400 
21
MI 
$5,125 
400 
22
OH 
$4,251 
300 
23
Powell 
OH 
$4,251 
300 
24
OH 
$4,251 
300 
25
OH 
$3,611 
200 
26
OH 
$3,611 
200 
27
OH 
$3,611 
200 
28
PA 
$2,795 
150 
29
PA 
$2,795 
150 
30
NC 
$2,795 
150 
31
Parma 
OH 
$2,795 
150 
32
Lorain 
OH 
$2,795 
150 
33
RI 
$2,795 
150 
34
Medina 
OH 
$2,795 
150 
35
Aurora 
OH 
$2,795 
150 
36
OH 
$2,795 
150 
37
OH 
$2,504 
100 
38
Dundee 
OH 
$2,504 
100 
39
NV 
$2,504 
100 
40
OH 
$2,504 
100 
41
OH 
$2,504 
100 
42
OH 
$2,504 
100 
43
Stow 
OH 
$2,504 
100 
44
MI 
$2,504 
100 
45
OH 
$2,504 
100 
46
WI 
$2,329 
75 
47
MA 
$2,329 
75 
48
MI 
$2,329 
75 
49
WI 
$2,329 
75 
50
OH 
$2,329 
75 
51
NJ 
$2,329 
75 
52
NY 
$2,329 
75 
53
OH 
$2,329 
75 
54
Berea 
OH 
$2,329 
75 
55
OH 
$2,213 
50 
56
IL 
$2,213 
50 
57
OH 
$2,213 
50 
58
OH 
$2,213 
50 
59
MI 
$2,213 
50 
60
VA 
$2,213 
50 
61
MN 
$2,213 
50 
62
OH 
$2,213 
50 
63
OH 
$2,213 
50 
LEVEL & TOURNAMENT INFO
Level
15
Blinds
3000 / 6000
Ante
6000
Entries
239
Players Remaining
27
Average Chip Stack
265,555
Total Chips
7,170,000
LEVEL INFO
Level
15
Blinds
3000 / 6000
Ante
6000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
239
Players Remaining
27
Average Chip Stack
265,555
Total Chips
7,170,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
630,000
590,000
489,000
464,000
424,000
387,000
359,000
351,000
340,000
10 
336,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
POINTS
3,150
3,000
2,983
2,900
2,450
2,400
2,300
2,200
10 
2,183