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Grand Falls Casino: August 6 - 10, 2025

Loki Abboud Leads Final 23 Players After Day 1B

Created (8/10/2025 12:56:00 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

The second and final starting flight of the MSPT Season 16 Grand Falls $1,110 buy-in, $300K GTD is in the books after the hard stop was reached in Level 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) with 8:56 remaining.

Day 1b attracted another 205 runners during Saturday's action, bringing the grand total to 368 entries, generating a $355,460 prize pool.

Of the 205 runners, just 23 of them remained when chips went into bags, with Minnesota’s Loki Abboud leading the charge with 526,000.

Alan Ahmann

Following closely behind Abboud was Alan Ahmann, who was able to end the night with a healthy 505,000, while Darshan Pathak (467,000), Blaise Poupore (457,000), and Siphonh Tran (338,000) round out the top five stacks.

Mark Bloomberg

Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were Mark Bloomberg (305,000), ”Wild” Bill Romer (255,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (224,000), two-time MSPT champ David Gonia (166,000), and MSPT champ Anthony Scarborough (144,000).

MSPT Champ Max Havlish

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT champ Max Havlish, Donald Nimneh, Dave Sanderson, Jessica Anderson, and fellow MSPT champ Jason Sell, to name a few.

2021 Grand Falls Main Event Third Place Finisher Dave Sanderson

Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with players returning to the felt, so make sure to come back and find out who walks away the new MSPT Grand Falls Main Event Champion!

MSPT Season 16 Grand Falls Remaining Schedule
Date Time (CST) Tournament Chips Blind Levels Trophy Event
10-Aug 11:00 AM $1,110 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - 40 Minutes 3
10-Aug Noon $300 Monster Stack NLH 30,000 30 Minutes 5