Another full day of action was played to its conclusion at the MSPT Season 17 $1,110 Minnesota Poker State Championship at Running Aces Casino & Racetrack as Day 1b hit its hard stop at the end of Level 15.

The second of three flights drew 316 entries, bringing the two-day total to 483 and ensuring the $500k guarantee will be surpassed with one flight still remaining tomorrow.

Of the 316 entries, only 35 players remained when pens went to slips, with MSPT Champ Lee Rzentkowski (668,000) edging out Yuchen Chen (610,000) for the overall top stack thus far.

Andre Brown secured the final elimination of the night to end the night with 595,000, while two-time MSPT Champ Miike Estes (546,000) and Wild Bill Romer (522,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five which include MSPT champ Wes Cannon (382,000), Jesse Green (365,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer’s Umut Ozturk (337,000),Gerald Cunniff (295,000), Aaron Johnson (124,000), Kou Vang (118,000), and DQ Dan Hendrickson (82,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 19 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included Vic Peppe, Theresa Brown, Greg Asche, Blaise Poupore, Elizabeth Ethridge, and Erick Wright, just to name a few.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at noon. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 17 Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule