A lengthy day of 16 levels has wrapped up during the annual MSPT Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Running Aces Casino, as Day 1b drew 305 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 524, already surpassing the $500k guarantee with tomorrow’s final starting flight still to go.
Once the hard stop of 34 players was reached, it was MSPT champ Jeff Copeland leading the bunch by a wide margin as he put a healthy 667,000 on his slip to end the night, good enough for the second overall top stack thus far.
Michael Aman
Sitting behind Copeland was Ariel Pressman, who went on a late-night heater and burst the bubble to put 477,000 on his bag to end the night, while Michael Aman (453,000), Robert O’Connell (448,000), and Chris Potenza (445,000) were tightly bunched to round out the top five stacks of the second starting flight.
Back-to-Back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk
Back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk was able to clip the 400k mark as well, as he will take 407,000 into Day 2 with him in hopes of adding some serious POY points to his name, while Rob Urbatsch (369,000), MSPT champ’s Joe Matheson (259,000), Marc Harrell (214,000), and Curtis Vierstraete (114,000) all punched their tickets into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.
MSPT Champ Jon Kim
Among those not as lucky at the felt included fellow MSPT champ Jon Kim, Cody Mondeau, Theresa Brown, Erick Wright, and MSPT champ Mike Estes, just to name a few.
MSPT Champ Mike Estes
Those players, as well as any newcomers, will have one final opportunity to earn a Day 2 berth tomorrow, Saturday, December 6th, for Day 1c, which starts at noon. local time.
The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7th, to play down to a winner.
MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule
| Date |
Time |
Tournament |
Chips |
Blind Levels |
Gold Card Event |
| 6-Dec |
9:00 AM |
$265 Ironman Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD |
20,000 |
15 Minutes |
|
| 6-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) |
30,000 |
40 Minutes |
5C |
| 6-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
6 |
| 7-Dec |
11:00 AM |
$1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1A (2-Day Event) |
- |
40 Minutes |
5 |
| 7-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Black Chip Bounty Bounty Ultimate Stack NLH |
40,000 |
30 Minutes |
7 |
| 7-Dec |
5:00 PM |
$200 Ladies Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
8 |
| 7-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
9 |
| 8-Dec |
10:00 AM |
$80 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 8-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Seniors (50+) Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
10 |
| 8-Dec |
5:00 PM |
$300 Mixed PLO/NLH Monster Stack |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
11 |
| 8-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
12 |
| 9-Dec |
10:00 AM |
$80 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 9-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Epic Stack NLH |
50,000 |
30 Minutes |
13 |
| 9-Dec |
4:00 PM |
$135 Thousandaire - 1 in 10 Receive $1,000 |
15,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 9-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
14 |
| 10-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$100 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 10-Dec |
3:00 PM |
$400 Mini Main NLH Day 1A |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
15A |
| 10-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$100 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
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