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JACK Cleveland Casino: August 31 - September 3, 2023

Derrick Brown Takes Overall Chip Lead into Day 2 After 50 Players Advance from Day 1C

Created (9/2/2023 10:41:33 PM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event attracted another 424 runners, which, along with 1a's 224 and 1b’s 336, brought the field total up to 960 entries.

At the end of the third and final flight, 50 players bagged and tagged with Michigan’s Derrick Brown bagging the top stack with 694,000, good enough for the overall chip lead.

Others to bag big stacks where Alex Jagodik (580,000), Steve Zimmerman (577,000), Filippos Stavrakis (554,000), and Yousef Zeibaq (542,000), who round out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT champ’s that include Veerab Zakarian (537,000), Umut Ozturk (485,000), Gerald Cunniff (267,00), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (234,000).

Among previous MSPT Main Event Hall of Famer’s who fell short one Day 1c included Rich Alsup, Matt Kirby, and Josh Reichard.

Day 2 will get underway at 11:15 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 113 players (25 from Day 1a, 38 from 1b, and 50 from 1c) returning to the felt.

Congratulations to everyone who advance to Day 2 and we’ll see you at 11:15 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at JACK Cleveland Casino!

MSPT JACK Cleveland Remaining Schedule
Date Time (EST) Tournament Chips Location
3-Sep 11:15 AM $1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - Poker Room
3-Sep 3:15 PM $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 Handed 25,000 Poker Room
4-Sep 12:15 PM $400 Labor Day Last Chance NLHE 25,000 Poker Room