Riverside Casino

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 15 Riverside $1,110 Main Event attracted 303 runners, which along with 1a’s 63 and 1b’s 225, brought the total field up to 591 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The field generated a $583,590 prize pool, which will pay a minimum of $2,173, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $120,072 first-place prize, along with the Main Event trophy.

At the end of the third and final flight, just 33 players bagged and tagged with three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto bagging the flight's chip lead with 604,000.

Carotenuto went on a late-night heater to jump Ronald Moore (585,000), MSPT champ Steve Federspiel (516,000), Rashad Ibrahim (510,000), and fellow MSPT champ Matthew Eng (507,000) for the top spot as they rounded out the top five stacks.

They were joined by two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale (407,000), Mark Lafata (400,000), Dennis Stevermer (321,000), DJ Buckley (260,000), Nicola DiTrapani (260,000), March’s Riverside champ Jake Wilding (168,000), and defending Phirom Peterschmidt (158,000).

Of course, not everyone was so lucky as the likes of Jonathan Kim, Kenneth Baime, William Chao, David Gonia, Joe Matheson, and Travis Young all fell short of clinching a Day 2 berth.

All surviving players from the starting flights – of which there are 63 (6 from Day 1a, 24 from 1b, and 33 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 3rd 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 Festival at Riverside Casino Remaining Schedule

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale raised to 18,000 from middle position and then called Kirby Rogers’ 58,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Kirby Rogers:
Nick Barksdale:

It was a classic race with Barksdale able to take the lead after and ace appeared in the window in the flop.

The turn left Rogers needing an eight in the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and made him the final elimination of the evening.

Nick Barksdale - 335,000
Kirby Rogers - Eliminated

Action on the table folded around to Sammy “Whammy” DeSilva who raised all in on the button and Jess Anderson folded her small blind taking action to Nic DiTrapani in the big blind.

“Do I care about the $2,200,” DiTrapani said out loud while glaring at DeSilva.

“You look like a guy who would play ace deuce”, DiTrapani said to DeSilva and added, “I have a pair.”

DiTrapani continued to ponder as he repeated, “Do I care about the $2,200,” Do I care about the $2,200.. NOPE” and made the call risking his 109,000 stack.

Nic DiTrapani:
Sammy “Whammy” DeSilva:

“Nice call,” DeSilva said to DiTrapnai as he rolled over the said hand that was called out and the runout secured him the double.

Sammy “Whammy” DeSilva - 336,000
Nic DiTrapani - 225,000

Action on the table quickly folded to John Pierce who raised to 18,000 from the small blind and the big blind defended to see a flop.

Pierce led out with a 10,000 continuation bet and then called a 25,000 raise from his opponent bringing about the turn.

This time, Pierce check-jammed for 64,000 after his opponent made a 40,000 bet and was called.

John Pierce:
Opponent:

Pierce rolled over top set and didn’t have a sweat as the river secured his double-up.

John Pierce - 196,000

So far, 30 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 33 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, November 3^rd 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.

With 34 players remaining, the hand-for-hand process has begun as only 33 of them will be making it to Day 2.

A Series of preflop raises led to Nic DiTrapani getting his 133,000 stack in the middle from the cutoff and he was quickly called by the button.

Nic DiTrapani:
Opponent:

DiTrapani rolled over the better made hand but the flop came with a sweat as it gave his opponent more outs with a gutshot straight draw.

Luckily for DiTrapani, the turn kept him out in front and the river secured his double-up.

Nic DiTrapani - 270,000

For the first time ever, the MSPT is headed to Columbus, Ohio to host the Winter Poker Classic at The Hollywood Casino from December 5th - 15th for the Season 15 finale!

Our $400 Monster Stack NLH $100k GTD will be kicking off the 20-event series and will offer three starting flights beginning at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, December 5th.

The following two flights will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, December 6th, and Saturday, December 7th, with Day 2 starting at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, December 8th.

The series will run into its headlined $1,110 Main Event (500K GTD) which offers three starting flights.

Day 1a will get started at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, December 12th, with Day 1b & Day 1c being held on Friday, December 8th, and Saturday, December 9th, with a 12:15 p.m. start time.

The combined fields from all three flights will then return to action on Sunday, December 15th at 11:15 a.m. to compete for the MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic title.

For the complete schedule click here.