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Day 1a of the second-ever MSPT 100 GRAND STACK $1,110 Main Event has come to an end at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino with the opening flight tallying 314 entries to kick things off.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost full 17 levels were needed to hit that mark with the hard stop being reached with 18:20 remaining at 20,000/30,000/30,000.

When chips finally went into bags, it was Wisconsin native Corey Wick who found himself atop the chip counts leading the 34 advancing players after putting a respectable 2,705,000 on his slip to end the night, edging out Kirby Rogers (2,195,000), and Jeremy Zullo (2,145,000) as they were the only other to clip the two-milly mark.

Ronald Bauer (1,805,000) & Nerijus Kvedaras (1,700,000) round out the top five stacks of the flight while 2021 MSPT Player of the Year Kyna England (1,510,000), Darcy Dalen (1,040,000), and Christie Yau (1,035,000) all passed the milly marker for Day 2.

Coming in just under a million was WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway (970,000), Umesh Babusukomar (880,000), and Stephen Smith (875,000) all punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT Hall of Famer Chris Moon, WSOP bracelet winner Brad Jansen, Melissa Bartelme, David Gutfreund, and MSPT champ Curtis Vierstraete, 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 noon 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 Potawatomi Hotel & Casino!

MSPT Season 16 Potawatomi 100 GRAND STACK Festival Remaining Schedule

Nicholas Gustafson moved his 300,000 stack in the middle and action folded to Ed Rohloff who called from the big blind.

Nicholas Gustafson:
Ed Rohloff:

Rohloff rolled over the better premium hand and the runout eliminated Gustafson on the bubble ending play for the night.

Ed Rohloff - 795,000
Nicholas Gustafson - 0

Imran Sajwani raised all in for 350,000 and was called by the cutoff.

Imran Sajwani:
Opponent:

Sajwani was ahead holding a made hand of sixes and improved after the flop gave him top set.

The fell on the turn bringing possible chop outs, but the completed the board on the river and kept Sajwani’s Main Event hopes alive.

During this hand there was a double elimination at another table, bringing the field down to 35 players starting the hand-for-hand process.

Imran Sajwani - 700,000

For the first time this season, the MSPT is headed to JACK Cleveland, February 11th - 17th for the 2025 Ohio State Poker Championship!

A $400 No-Limit Hold'em Tag Team Event will award the first trophy of the series starting at 4:15 on Tuesday, February 11th, followed by Event #2: $300 NLH Seniors on Wednesday, February 12th at 11:15 a.m.

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in Ohio State Poker Championship, which requires players to be 21+ to play.

The Main Event, which will offer a $500K GTD, will offer three starting flights with Day 1A beginning at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 13th.

Day 1B will follow at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, February 14th with the final starting flight beginning at the same time on Saturday, February 15th.

The surviving players from all starting flights will then return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 16th to play down to a winner.

Closing out the trophy series will be a $350 President's Day Monster Stack NLH beginning at 2:15 p.m.

In addition, the entire Main Event will be live reported in the MSPT live blog.
Click here for a look at the full schedule.

Nerijus Kvedaras raised from the hijack and then called Darcy Dalen’s 560,000 three-bet jam from the button.

Darcy Dalen:
Nerijus Kvedaras:

Dalen was ahead holding a premium hand of jacks and dodged the runout to stay alive.

Darcy Dalen - 1,170,000
Nerijus Kvedaras - 1,000,000

Corey Wick opened for 45,000 from middle position and then called the hijack’s three-bet jam.

Opponent:
Corey Wick:

It was a classic race with a super sweat coming after the flop fell giving Wicks opponent the nut flush draw.

Things didn’t get any easier for Wick after the dealer turned the taking away his outs, but they followed with the on teh river to secure him the elimination.

Corey Wick - 980,000

A series of preflop raises led to Nerijus Kvedaras getting his 1,037,000 stack in the middle from late position and Tim Peterson called from under the gun holding 1,029,000.

Tim Peterson:
Nerijus Kvedaras:

It was a cooler situation for Peterson and things got worse after the flop gave Kvedaras top set.

The did fall on the turn giving Peterson a glimmer of hope with one out, but the completed the board on the river and secured Kvedaras the biggest pot of the night thus far.

Nerijus Kvedaras - 2,140,000
Tim Peterson - 0

Kirby Rogers raised from middle position and then called the big blinds 129,000 three-bet jam.

Opponent:
Kirby Rogers:

Rogers held live cards to put his opponent at risk and the runout gave him two-pair for the elimination.

Kirby Rogers - 1,500,000