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May 15 - 18, 2025

 
  • Level: 17
  • Blinds: 5000 / 1000
  • Ante: 1000
 
 
Buck Bucceri Leads the Final 141 Players After a Record Setting Day 1C
Created 5/18/2025 1:26:18 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Michigan Poker State Championship attracted an astonishing 1,294 runners, which along with 1a's 612 and 1b’s 1,134, brought the total field up to 3,040 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at FireKeepers Casino!

At the end of the third and final flight, only 141 players bagged with Buck Bucceri finding himself atop the chip counts with 832,000, edging out Scott Bohlman (812,000) for the top stack of the flight.

Melissa Bartelme

Others to bag big stacks this flight where Corey Wick (758,000), Tim Flattery (622,000), Roger Khoury (579,000), and Melissa Bartelme (664,000).

Dave Bashel

They were joined by David Bashel (532,000), Jose Montes (503,000), 2023 Michigan Poker State Champion Travis Young (496,000), two-time MSPT champ John Sun (475,000), and back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (440,000).

MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz

Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's Rob WazWaz & Aaron Massey, along with former MSPT champs Satish Thakur, Abdul Amer, George Janssen, and Matthew Eng.

MSPT Champ Matthew Eng

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 334 (68 from Day 1a, 125 from 1b, and 141 from 1c) – will return at 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 18th and to play down to a winner.

Action will begin at the start of Level 16 with 13:09 remaining where blinds are 4,000/8,000/8,000 and 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!

  • Level: 17
  • Blinds: 5000 / 10000
  • Ante: 10000
 
 
End Day 1C Chip Counts
Created 5/18/2025 1:15:47 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Buck Bucceri 832,000 0
Scott Bohlman 812,000 812,000
Corey Wick 758,000 0
Beau LaBrecque 672,000 672,000
Tim Flattery 622,000 0
Roger Khoury 579,000 579,000
Ravee Sundar 573,000 573,000
Josh Wilson 571,000 571,000
Melissa Bartelme 554,000 0
John Schroeder 544,000 544,000
David Bashel 532,000 0
Patrick Coughlin 524,000 0
Nikolay Terziev 516,000 516,000
Blake Ondricko 511,000 511,000
Jose Montes 503,000 0
Travis Young 496,000 0
David Kowal 490,000 490,000
Daniel Schill 485,000 0
Jacob Bylinowski 476,000 476,000
John Sun 475,000 0
Jeff Pursey 469,000 469,000
Chueyee Yang 457,000 457,000
Jingwu Cai 449,000 449,000
Ricky Manjo 447,000 447,000
Tim Wilson 441,000 441,000
Umut Ozturk 440,000 0
Sami Saad El-Dein 417,000 417,000
Robert Fisher Jr 416,000 416,000
Nick Lanzi 403,000 0
Arlo Strozewski 402,000 0
Jarrett Mullins 397,000 397,000
Jacob Wyscaver 396,000 396,000
Cory Cove 396,000 0
Kris Bradshaw 395,000 395,000
Roger Teska 392,000 392,000
Andy Rogowski 390,000 0
Patrick Steele 389,000 0
Robert Burgstahler 389,000 389,000
Zbigniew Grad 383,000 383,000
Bee (Nao) Yang 378,000 0
Kevin Oneil 370,000 370,000
James Kramer 'Jamey' 364,000 0
Mario Launi 363,000 363,000
Jennifer Mandel 357,000 0
Bill Ogden 350,000 350,000
Zal Irani 345,000 345,000
Bryan Corrigan 345,000 345,000
Lenard Adams 342,000 342,000
Anton Perkovic 339,000 339,000
Keith Heine 317,000 0
Clarence Philipnery 308,000 308,000
Basim Habib 301,000 301,000
Alexsander Lucaj 300,000 300,000
Danny Hannawa 296,000 296,000
David Anderson 296,000 296,000
Ronnie Abro 295,000 295,000
Travis Hermiz 294,000 294,000
Scott Culey 284,000 284,000
Christopher Najor 281,000 281,000
Dash Dudley 280,000 0
Marten Manser 273,000 273,000
Steven Clark 271,000 271,000
Matt Miller 268,000 268,000
Matthew Moffit 267,000 267,000
Nicola DiTrapani 263,000 0
Matthew Radcliffe 262,000 262,000
Santhosh-Kumar Gattagoni 256,000 256,000
David Berman 255,000 0
Anthony Scarborough 225,000 0
Steven Fleming 224,000 224,000
Chris Morgan 223,000 0
Jesse Cohen 214,000 214,000
James Hull 213,000 213,000
Daniel Kusnerak 210,000 210,000
John Rose 209,000 209,000
Duane Anderson 208,000 0
Sherry Hammers 205,000 0
Dustin Hoffmann 203,000 0
Eric Thick 201,000 201,000
Sean Hinton 198,000 0
Peter Skinsacos 196,000 196,000
Luke Stewart 196,000 196,000
Aiden York 192,000 192,000
Jacob Kobicz 191,000 191,000
George Dietz 186,000 0
Rob Mancini 185,000 185,000
Josh Smith (IA) 181,000 0
John Mcnee 180,000 0
Brian Wierciocap 179,000 179,000
Katie Kopp 176,000 0
Michael Williams (IN) 175,000 175,000
John Marcoux 172,000 172,000
Derek Palmer 172,000 172,000
Kip De Loria 172,000 172,000
Steve Anderson (MI) 172,000 172,000
Bill Brown 168,000 168,000
Kyle West 166,000 166,000
Seth Veltema 161,000 161,000
Justin Heilman 153,000 153,000
Mike Pastein 152,000 152,000
Eduardo Paz 151,000 151,000
Anton Vucinaj 151,000 151,000
Ben Krauss 139,000 139,000
Fatbardh Elmazaj 138,000 138,000
Michael Ferrarotti 138,000 138,000
Henry Paniccia 136,000 136,000
Jeffrey Gunnip 134,000 134,000
Paul Cross 128,000 0
Quang Pham 127,000 127,000
Thomas Bowls 126,000 126,000
Derek Fitzgerald 123,000 123,000
Zack Allen 122,000 122,000
Ryan Scully 121,000 0
Mitchell Milheim 120,000 120,000
Garry Kalmanovich 119,000 119,000
Ronald Dunn 118,000 118,000
Brayden Smiley 117,000 117,000
Ting Luo 114,000 114,000
Miles Reinhard 111,000 111,000
Timothy Heasley 107,000 107,000
Vafa Kamali 105,000 105,000
Anthony Johnson 104,000 104,000
Rezart Shehaj 104,000 104,000
Nathan Ma 103,000 103,000
Tim Lenk 101,000 101,000
Phil Mader 95,000 0
Kristofor Karpuzi 91,000 91,000
DJ Buckley 89,000 0
Scott Gunaca 84,000 84,000
Michael Bowman 81,000 81,000
Michael Bruno 72,000 72,000
Tom Gliva 68,000 68,000
Kevin Ruscitti 63,000 63,000
Jordan Flowers 56,000 56,000
Ryan Riess 45,000 0
Marta Hilworth 43,000 43,000
Robert Councell 43,000 43,000
Mike Shafer 38,000 38,000
Mousa Haddad 36,000 36,000
Daniel Hughes 31,000 31,000
Benjamin Teston 6,000 0
  • Level: 17
  • Blinds: 5000 / 10000
  • Ante: 10000
 
 
Play Has Ended After a Quadruple Elimination
Created 5/18/2025 12:59:48 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

Before the hand-for-hand process could begin with 145 players remaining, a quadruple elimination happened at two different tables meaning 141 final players will be advancing to Day 2.

  • Level: 17
  • Blinds: 5000 / 10000
  • Ante: 1000
 
 
Day 2 Top Stacks
Created 5/18/2025 12:42:26 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

So far, 193 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 143 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, May 18th at 10:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Rank Player Main Event Titles Chip Count
1 Cooper Wanty 0 1,225,000
2 Justin Lee 0 936,000
3 Gregory Blucher 0 703,000
4 Brian Opyrchal 0 700,000
5 Andrew Borman 0 697,000
6 Riva Arthur 0 684,000
7 Jason Kilby 0 655,000
8 Jeffrey Hill 0 639,000
9 Brian Batt 0 636,000
10 Brandon Baxter 0 624,000
11 Tom Danko 0 607,000
12 Frederick Smyser 0 600,000
13 Matthew Kennedy 0 586,000
14 Zinoviy Pelekh 0 555,000
15 Clint Wolcyn 0 519,000
16 Tanner Pray 0 514,000
17 Matthew Ploof 0 505,000
18 Calvin Whitaker 0 503,000
19 Kyle Cannarile 0 501,000
20 Terry Taieb 0 487,000
21 Travis McCullough 0 486,000
22 Steve Fall 0 479,000
23 Adam Lamphere 0 475,000
24 Brek Schutten 0 471,000
25 Edward Overstreet 0 469,000
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
 
 
Late Night Counts & Bust Outs
Created 5/18/2025 12:25:13 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Corey Wick 795,000 110,000
Buck Bucceri 700,000 320,000
Patrick Coughlin 455,000 465,000
Travis Young 422,000 280,000
Bee (Nao) Yang 410,000 65,000
Jose Montes 410,000 380,000
Jennifer Mandel 330,000 255,000
David Bashel 300,000 220,000
George Dietz 260,000 245,000
Keith Heine 260,000 150,000
David Berman 250,000 160,000
Melissa Bartelme 245,000 120,000
John Sun 245,000 45,000
Sherry Hammers 240,000 150,000
Daniel Schill 235,000 220,000
Josh Smith (IA) 230,000 150,000
Dustin Hoffmann 230,000 105,000
Dash Dudley 205,000 225,000
Ryan Scully 200,000 78,000
Nicola DiTrapani 190,000 245,000
John Mcnee 180,000 190,000
Sean Hinton 165,000 145,000
Benjamin Teston 160,000 93,000
Duane Anderson 105,000 30,000
Ryan Riess 100,000 120,000
Katie Kopp 62,000 113,000
Bobby Noel 60,000 170,000
Brett Reichard 0 100,000
Satish Thakur 0 95,000
Angelo Tsilibiris 0 45,000
Varun Uppal 0 100,000
Chris Staats 0 25,000
Matthew Stammen 0 100,000
Nikolas Stone 0 90,000
Keerat Bawa 0 95,000
Matt Kirby 0 99,000
Ray Ezzie 0 120,000
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
 
 
The Venetian Las Vegas to Host First Ever MSPT MAJOR!!
Created 5/18/2025 12:09:42 AM CST by Anthony Thompson

1ST MAJOR THIS JUNE❗️

📍: The Venetian Poker Room - Las Vegas, NV

⭐️ MAJOR ⭐️
🗓️: June 4-8
💰: $1,600 / $1.5M GTD
🏆: Heart Poker Championship / New MAJOR Award / 🃏 Event
1.5X POY Multiplier
Live Stream FT

🗓️: June 8-12
💰: $1,100 / $1M GTD
🏆: 🃏 Event / 🦁🏆
Live Stream FT

MSPT Senior Tour (1 Day)
🗓️: June 14
💰: 1,100 / $250K GTD
🏆: 🃏 Event / 🦁🏆

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Bucceri Sets Up a Massive Double
Created 5/17/2025 11:55:21 PM CST by Anthony Thompson

Buck Bucceri opened under the gun for 15,000, only to have the hijack three-bet 50,000 three-bet, and the cutoff four-bet jammed for 340,000.

Action quickly folded back to Bucceri who called off his 320,000 stack while the hijack released into the muck.

Buck Bucceri:
Opponent:

Bucceri woke-up with aces act the perfect time and liked seeing the flop which improved him to top set.

The turn and river were irrelevant as Bucceri collected the largest pot of the night thus far.

Buck Bucceri - 700,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Dudley Out Kicks Opponent Out the Door
Created 5/17/2025 11:39:58 PM CST by Anthony Thompson

The hijack raised all in for 10,000 and was called by the button before three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dash Dudley three-bet jammed over the top giving them isolation.

Opponent:
Dash Dudley:

Dudley rolled over a dominating ace and the runout secured him the elimination.

Dash Dudley - 225,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
 
 
Chip Adjusters
Created 5/17/2025 11:20:39 PM CST by Anthony Thompson

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Patrick Coughlin 465,000 300,000
James Kramer 'Jamey' 345,000 86,000
Travis Young 280,000 160,000
Paul Cross 235,000 330,000
Dash Dudley 225,000 403,000
David Bashel 220,000 160,000
Sean Hinton 145,000 83,500
Katie Kopp 113,000 30,000
Corey Wick 110,000 50,400
Benjamin Teston 93,000 47,000
Ryan Scully 78,000 125,000
Anthony Sedlak 0 89,000
Scott Sisler 0 122,000
David To 0 20,000
Frank Lagodich 0 20,000
Ben Luber 0 57,400
John Ro 0 132,400
George Janssen 0 45,500
Dejuante Alexander 0 60,000
Paul Ewen 0 80,000
  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
 
 
Hammers Straightens Out Lagodich for a Double
Created 5/17/2025 11:03:15 PM CST by Anthony Thompson

There was four-way action with a board showing when the small blind led out for 15,000 into a 55,000 pot.

The big blind tossed out a call only to have Frank Lagodich raise to 36,000 from the hijack, and Sherry Hammers three-bet jam for 60,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back to Lagodich who reluctantly tossed out a call.

Sherry Hammers:
Frank Lagodich:

Hammers pulled ahead after turning the straight, and the river secured her the pot.

Sherry Hammers - 210,000
Frank Lagodich - 20,000

 
 
LEVEL INFO
Level
17
Blinds
5000 / 10000
Ante
10000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
1294
Players Remaining
141
Average Chip Stack
275,319
Total Chips
38,820,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
1 
Buck Bucceri
832,000
2 
Scott Bohlman
812,000
3 
Corey Wick
758,000
4 
Beau LaBrecque
672,000
5 
Tim Flattery
622,000
6 
Roger Khoury
579,000
7 
Ravee Sundar
573,000
8 
Josh Wilson
571,000
9 
Melissa Bartelme
554,000
10 
John Schroeder
544,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
POINTS
1 
Anthony Scarborough
3,892
2 
Ryan Eamon
3,700
3 
Umut Ozturk
3,367
4 
Carl Carodenuto
3,000
5 
Jacob Long
2,966
6 
DJ Buckley
2,958
7 
Timothy Thorp
2,542
8 
Clint Wolcyn
2,433
9 
Corey Wick
2,400
10 
Harrison Genson
2,300