Day 1A of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 161 total entries tallied by night's end.
A full 13 levels were played to completion but a hard stop with 18 players saw the night end with 38:40 remaining in Level 14.
Jon Hanner (525,000) leads the pack by after finishing the night with an exclamation mark, earning knockouts on the penultimate hand of the evening, edging out Joe Barnard (432,000), and 2014 MSPT Running Aces champ Mark Sandness (424,000) for the top spot.
The top five is rounded out by two other players who finished the day north of 300,000: Marc Harrell (375,00), and Thai Dinh (313,000).
The action hit a new gear in the final levels of the evening, which saw the remaining players in the field ultimately drop from 28 down to 18.
Others to survive the first starting flight were Kitkat Klassen (265,000), Derek Normand (198,000), Matt Alexander (151,000) and MSPT champ Brian Soja (87,000).
Day 1B will get underway at Noon on Friday, March 31st. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).
Our live reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.
MSPT Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
| Date |
Time (CDT) |
Tournament |
Chips |
| 31-Mar |
10:00 AM |
$265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD Day 1B or 1C |
15,000 |
| 31-Mar |
Noon |
$1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 1B (2-Day Event) |
25,000 |
| 31-Mar |
7:00 PM |
$265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD |
15,000 |
| 1-Apr |
9:00 AM |
$265 Turbo Ironman Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD |
15,000 |
| 1-Apr |
Noon |
$1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) |
25,000 |
| 1-Apr |
7:00 PM |
$135 Nightly NLH |
12,000 |
| 2-Apr |
11:00 AM |
$1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 2 |
- |
| 2-Apr |
Noon |
$265 Black Chip Bounty NLH |
15,000 |
| 2-Apr |
3:00 PM |
$135 Last Chance NLH |
12,000 |