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A lengthy day of 15 Levels has wrapped up during the inaugural MSPT $1,100 Main Event at Parkwest Bicycle Casino as Day 1b drew 158 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 256, with tomorrow’s final two starting flights still to go.

Of those 158 entries, only 20 players remained when chips went into bags, and it was WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia who went on a late-night heater to bag the top stack of 948,000, good enough for the overall top stack thus far.

Sitting behind Garcia was Andrew Ostapchenko whos 800,000 stack is good for the second overall stack heading into Day 2 while Marc Spitaleri (500,000) was the only other player to clip the half milly mark.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Ralph Castaneda (343,000), and Alex Avila (336,000) while MSPT champ Carl Oman (273,000), and Jason Hickey (205,000), were the only other players to bag north of 200k.

Much like Day 1a, the final levels of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk, along with MSPT champ Ron West among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the remaining tables.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. Ty Dobbertin (183,000), Katherine Brandt (162,000), Dennis Stevermer (151,000), Triet Nguyen (80,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (69,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 12 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final two starting flights will get underway tomorrow Saturday, November 9^th with Day 1c getting started bright and early at 10:00 a.m. while Day 1c Turbo will follow at 4:30 p.m.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at Noon on Sunday, November 10^th to play down to a winner.

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MSPT champ Ron West tossed out his last 31,000 from the cutoff and Travis Tachibana looked him up from the big blind.

Ron West:
Travis Tachibana:

West was ahead until the flop fell giving Tachibana the flush off the bat.

The turn left West needing any ace or three on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and eliminated him on the bubble.

Travis Tachibana - 60,000
Ron West - 0

Said Elsanafiri was all in preflop for 25,000 from the hijack and WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia looked him up from the button.

Said Elsanafiri:
Cord Garcia:

Elsanafiri was at risk needing help, but none came on the runout ending his night just before the bubble as the hand-for-hand process has now started.

Cord Garcia - 930,000
Said Elsanafiri - 0

Yesterday’s starting flight saw Jared Griener bag the top stack with 552,000 stack leading the 12 players who advanced from a 98-entry field, and the 20 players who make it through today will join that group on Sunday, November 10^th at Noon to play down to a winner.

Triet Nguyen opened under the gun for 10,000 and then called DJ Buckley’s 62,000 three-bet jam directly to his left.

DJ Buckley:
Triet Nguyen:

It was a flip with Buckley calling the correct end as the runout paired his king to keep his Main Event rolling.

DJ Buckley - 130,000
Triet Nguyen - 80,000

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Liron Cohen opened for 9,000 from middle position and found one caller from the hijack before WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia tossed out a 27,000 three-bet from the big blind.

Both Cohen and the hijack called, taking action three-ways to a flop.

Garcia wasted little time moving a 45,000 continuation bet in the middle and only Cohen called to see the turn.

Action went check-check, and the completed the board on the river.

Garcia glared at Cohen before making a 160,000 bet and the hefty price was too steep for Cohen as he released his hand into the muck.

Cord Garcia - 453,000
Liron Cohen - 200,000