A non-stop day of action here at the JACK Cleveland Casino in Cleveland, Ohio saw some brutal eliminations, classic battles and Ohio’s finest constantly put to the test. When the dust settled, it was Mark Wahba who claimed the Day 1A chip lead in the $300,000 Guaranteed Main Event at Jack Cleveland Casino.

Wahba bagged 388,000 chips to blow away the Day 1A field. Ben-David Boaz also had an outstanding day finishing second with 277,000. Marco Townsend finished just behind him at 269,500. The top five also included local radio personality Michael Trivisonno with 186,000 chips and past MSPT Jack Cleveland Casino Final Tablist Joel Brink with 181,000. Also making the cut was Ed Mogilnicki with 71,000 who has also made a previous final table in this event.

Notables missing out tonight were MSPT Season 8 Player of the Year Chris Meyers, former MSPT Champion Ben Wiora, past MSPT JACK Cleveland Casino Final Tablist Igor Ioffe, MSPT final tablist Derrick Brown along with Clint Shrewsbury and Lauren Schroeder.

The Day 1A flight hit 12% of the field with 10:00 minutes remaining in Level 15. So each remaining flight will draw for their remaining hands at the 20:00 minute mark of Level 15. 14 players advanced from Day 1A out of 119 entries. There are two more starting flights on Friday and Saturday with both starting at noon. Everyone who advances to Day 2 will return to action at 11 AM on Sunday.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2. We will be back tomorrow at Noon EST for coverage of Day 1B of the Mid-States Poker Tour here on MSPTPoker.com from Cleveland, Ohio!