Hollywood Casino St. Louis

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 15 $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino has come to a close after seeing 133 entrants kick things off.

Almost a full day of action was played to completion with the hard stop of 14 players being reached with 2:44 remaining in Level 14.

The final levels were full of eliminations which and even after Matt Foster lost a big pot at the end of the night, he was still able to bag the chip lead with 472,000, edging out Brett Hagopian (425,000), and Mark Koeln (411,000) as they were the only other players to eclipse the 400k mark.

Two-time MSPT champ Chris Meyers was one of the last entries to sit down before registration closed, but he still managed to bag a top five stack with 389,000, while Mark Latafa (346,000), and Yang Xu (340,000) were the only others to find a Day 2 berth with over 300k.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT Hall of Famer’s Aaron Johnson & Josh Reichard, two-time MSPT champ Bobby Noel, along with MSPT champ’s Steve Federspiel & Lee Rzentkowski just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action. Day 1b will kick off at 2:00 p.m. local time Friday, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor at Hollywood Casino!

MSPT Season 15 Hollywood Casino Remaining Schedule

Adam Thomas limped-in under the gun and Andrew Bakota followed suit next to act before Donald Havener tossed his last 20,000 in from middle position.

Both Thomas and Bakota called, checking down the flop.

Donald Havener:
Andrew Bakota:
Adam Thomas:

Bakota was ahead the whole way and rolled over top pair to eliminate Havener on the bubble.

Andrew Bakota - 290,000
Adam Thomas - 280,000
Donald Havener - 0

Matt Foster raised the button, and then called Chris Audrain’s 118,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Chris Audrain:
Matt Foster:

Audrain was ahead holding a dominating ace, and the runout secured his double-up.

Matt Foster - 413,000
Chris Audrain - 244,000

With 15 players remaining, the hand-for-hand process has begun as only 14 players will put chips in bags for Day 2.

MSPT champ Charlie Dawson raised to 10,000 from the hijack and then called fellow MSPT champ Steve Federspiel’s 33,000 three-bet jam from the cutoff.

Steve Federspiel:
Charlie Dawson:

Federspiel was ahead holding a made hand of threes until a six appeared in the window on the flop pairing Dawson.

The turn left Federspiel needing to find a set on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and ended his night.

Charlie Dawson - 186,000
Steve Federspiel - 0

For the second time season, the MSPT made its way to St. Louis, MO and players have been duking it out over the past week inside the Hollywood Casino for its nine-trophy event series!

In Event #4: $300 No-Limit Seniors, 286 walkers strolled to the tables and created a $70,070 prize pool that was reserved for the top 36 seniors.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Shawn Erickson (10th Place - $1,208), Todd Bartlett (18th Place - $822), James Grimes (19th Place - $822) Lori Lindley (27th Place - $522), and Lawrence Kalolis (28th Place - $501).

Strolling away the top senior was Brady Schlueter who took down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Final Table Results

A player from middle position open-jammed 20,000 and Adam Thomas looked them up from the big blind.

Opponent:
Adam Thomas:

Thomas was dominated until a lucky seven appeared in the window on the flop.

The turn left Thomas’ opponent needing some lady luck on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and sent them on their way.

Adam Thomas - 222,000

Registration for Day 1a is officially closed with 133 entrants tallied for the first flight.

The plan is to play until 11% of the field (14 players) is reached with the tournament clock reading 27 players remaining.