Day 1c of the MSPT Season 17 $1,110 Ameristar Poker Open Main Event attracted 238 runners, which, along with the 248 from the previous two flights, brought the total field up to 486 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The massive field generated a $469,920 prize pool, and the top 54 players will get paid a minimum of $2,112, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $100,901 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 17 Main Event title!

At the end of the third and final flight, players bagged and tagged, with Charlie Reichard bagging the chip lead after he started catching steam in the final levels to put a whopping 716,000 in his bag, good enough for the second overall stack heading into Day 2.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was Dylan Crawford, who was able to run up an impressive 511,000 stack, while WSOP Circuit king Maurice Hawkins (475,000), Hal Kilgore (455,000), and Austin Schaal (387,000) rounded out the top five.

They were joined by Andros Ioakimides (384,000), William McCracken (304,000), Dalton Jones (283,000), MSPT Champ Chris Audrain (245,000), and Mark Lafata (195,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1c included defending Champ Mike Estes, fellow MSPT Champ Justin Lynch, James Grimes, MSPT Champ Brian Landon, Justin Coliny, and MSPT Hall of Famer Keith Heine, just to name a few.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 54 (8 from Day 1a, 19 from 1b, and 27 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, September 6^th, to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 17 Ameristar Poker Open Remaining Schedule