Ameristar East Chicago

Day 1b of the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at the Ameristar Hotel Casino in East Chicago is set to get underway at Noon local time and is the second of three starting flights.

Yesterday's starting flight drew 63 total entries with seven players punching their way into Sunday's Day 2 when the hard stop was reached with 2:11 remaining in Level 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000).

Ivan Delvalle got off to a hot start, bagging the chip lead after the first flight with a stack of 632,000, blasting past Nino Papava (386,000) and J Peterson (270,000) by a wide margin for the top spot thus far.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Jamie Payne (225,000) and Brendan Shiller (220,000), while Saad Ghanem (83,000) and Steve Downey (75,000) were the only others to punch their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2

Day 1B Schedule

Today’s second starting flight will be identical to the first, with each player starting with a 30,000 stack and blinds at 100/200/200.

Levels increase every 40 minutes throughout each starting flight, and players receive a 10-minute break after completing every three levels (two hours of play).

Players will get a 40-minute dinner break after Level 9 (roughly 6:20 p.m.), and registration/re-entry will remain open until the beginning of Level 13 (approximately 9:10 p.m. local time).

All Day 1 flights will play until 11% of the field (rounded up) remains, meaning all players who advance to Day 2 will be in the money.

This is a best-stack forward event: If a player qualifies for Day 2 more than once, they may only play the higher chip stack; any lower stack(s) will be removed from play at the start of Day 2 and receive the lowest Day 2 payout.

Player of the Year points will only be awarded for the higher stack. Players will only receive credit for a single MSPT Main Event cash finish.

Those unable to find a bag at the end of today will have one final opportunity tomorrow, Saturday, April 25^th, for Day 1c starting at Noon.

All surviving players from the three starting flights will reconvene on Sunday, April 26^th, at 11:00 a.m. and will play to a winner.

A new addition to this season is that each Main Event winner will be awarded a $3,500 seat into the ROCK ‘N’ ROLL POKER OPEN MSPT Championship at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL, while the top 64 World Ranked MSPT Players as of December 2, 2026 will compete in a HEADS UP FREEROLL tournament at the 2026 MSPT Winter Poker Classic at Running Aces Poker Tournaments for $20,000!

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