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Hollywood Casino St. Louis: August 1 - 6, 2023

Jonathan McCray Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2

Created (8/6/2023 2:15:39 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hollywood Casino $1,110 Main Event attracted a whopping 365 runners, which along with 1a's 114 and 1b’s 255 brought the total field up to 734 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The massive field generated a $710,480 prize pool, and the top 81 players will get paid a minimum of $1,994, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $142,396 first-place prize, along with the first MSPT Hollywood Casino Main Event trophy.

At the end of the third and final flight, 45 players bagged and tagged with Jonathan McCray bagging the overall chip lead with a whopping 942,000.

Coming off a third-place finish at Blackhawk, McCray held the top stack for most of the evening and started running away with the lead in the final levels.

Another player to catch steam at the end of the night was Geroge Harris who was able to take his average chip stack and run it up to 636,000, good enough for second place and third overall.

Others to bag big stacks where Gerald Siemienas (496,000), Thomas Carlin (459,000), and Satar Al-Sadoun (440,000) who round out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (390,000), MSPT champs Jason Sell (372,000), Muneer Ahmed (279,000), & Keith Heine (354,000), along with tree-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto (216,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 87 (12 from Day 1a, 30 from 1b, and 45 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, August 6th to play down to a winner.

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!

MSPT Hollywood Casino's Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels
6-Aug 11:00 AM $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 2 (2-Day Event) - 40 Minutes
6-Aug Noon $250 Last Chance NLH 15,000 20 Minutes