Bally's Black Hawk Casino

Day 1c of the MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) Season 15 Showdown Series Bally's Black Hawk $1,110 Main Event drew 367 entries, the biggest field of all three starting flights, bringing the overall field up to 822.

The combined fields generated a $795,840 prize pool, and the top 90 players will get paid a minimum of $2,069, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $155,189 first-place prize.

At the end of the third and final flight, players bagged and tagged with Justin Chalfant bagging the overall chip lead with 592,000, edging out Angela Jordison (569,000) for the top stack.

Jordison held one of the top stacks for most of the evening while Chalfant rose to the top in the later levels of the evening, also leaping Jonathan McCray (553,000) & Chad Lousberg (542,000), who were the only other players to bag north of 500k this flight.

They were joined by Shant Marashlian (480,000), Jorge Arriola (401,000), Shane Borrilo (354,000), Loc Nguyen (300,000), and Maddie Robinson (215,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 101 (20 from Day 1a, 32 from 1b, and 49 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, January 28th to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

The MSPT returned to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado for its second stop of the 15th season, and players have been duking it out over the past week inside Bally's Casino for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $250 No-Limit Monster Stack, 181 monster hunters took to the tables and created a $36,200 prize pool which was reserved for the top 21 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Mati Eaton (10th Place - $688), Nicholas Koto (15th Place - $543), Brandon Valera (16th Place - $471), and Hung Mai (20th Place - $434).

In the end, it was Colorado native Nader Wahdan who took down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Monster Stack Final Table Results

* denotes chop

So far, 52 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, January 28th, at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

MSPT Season 15 Showdown Series at Bally’s Black Hawk
Entrants: 822
Prize Pool: $795,840

The player under the gun open-jammed 23,000 and action folded to Matt Langford who looked them up from the big blind.

Opponent:
Matt Langford:

Langford has his opponent dominated and the flop paired his five while also giving him the nut flush draw.

The sweat didn’t last long for Langford’s opponent as the dealer turned the , leaving them drawing dead to the river.

Matt Langford - 220,000

Over the past week, players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out for the MSPT Showdown Series in Black Hawk, Colorado.

In Event #12: $135 No-Limit Hold'em Nightly, a 44-player field took to the felt, and in the end, it was Ben Maidman who walked away the victor for the top prize and Spadey trophy!

Event #13 Results

Hill Kerby opened under the gun and then called the button’s 32,000 three-bet jam.

Opponent:
Hill Kerby:

Kerby was ahead holding a made hand of ladies and took a commanding lead after the flop gave him a set.

The turn did give Kerby’s opponent a wheel draw, but the completed the board on the river and secured him the elimination.

Hill Kerby - 104,000

Mikiyo Aoki was all in from the cutoff and Jonathan McCray called from the button.

Mikiyo Aoki:
Jonathan McCray:

Aoki was behind holding live cards, but the runout gave McCray a ten-high straight and ended her Main Event.

Jonathan McCray - 320,000
Mikiyo Aoki - Eliminated