A lengthy day of 15 levels has wrapped up during Day 1a the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at Ameristar Casino Hotel with 7 of 61 entries making it through to Day 2.

Once the hard stop was reached in the last level, only 28:14 remained when Andrew Ernstein put 589,000 in his bag to edge out Daniel Yoshiba (421,000) for the top spot to lead the seven advancing players.

Others to survive included Dejan Petrovic (241,000), Jeff Halcomb (191,000), Blake Borden (172,000), George Gallagher (145,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (86,000) as they are the first players to punch their ticket into Monday’s Day 2.

Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to make it through the night. Among those to fire and fall in Thursday’s flight were MSPT champ Dan Goepel, Brad Sailor, Dan Meyers, Greg Baird, and Hannah Richardson.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have three more starting flights to jump back into action as Day 1b will be held tomorrow Friday May 23^rd, Day 1c on Saturday, May 24^th, and Day 1d on Sunday May 25^th with all flights starting at Noon.

All surviving players from the starting flights will then reconvene on Memorial Monday, May 26^th at 11:00 a.m. and will play to a winner.

MSPT Season 16 Ameristar East Chicago Remaining Schedule

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor of Ameristar Casino!