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JACK Cleveland Casino

February 16 - 19, 2023
Main Event: 1041 Entrants
Winner: Anthony Cico
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EVENT RECAP

MSPT returned to JACK Cleveland Casino for the Ohio Poker State Championship and the turnout didn't disappoint.

The $1,110 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event was one to remember as a total of 1,041 entries blasted passed the venue’s previous best field of 991 last May and the $1,008,270 prize pool was the first million dollar prize pool in an Ohio casino.

After 12 hours of play, it was Anthony Cico who navigated his way through to the finish line was for a $140,771 first place prize along with his first MSPT title.

“It feels great to be honest,” Cico continued, “I haven’t really played poker in a few years, and this was my first MSPT event ever so it feels really awesome.”

The six-figure score was definitely a milestone for Cico as he doesn’t have much to his name in live earnings but all you need is a little luck according to him as he ended by saying,

“It was all because of the lucky French fry.”

2023 MSPT JACK Cleveland Final Table Results

Place Player Hometown Prize POY
1 Anthony Cico $140,771 1,500
2 Brent Ballentine Riverview, MI $106,890 1,500
3 Dionta James Cleveland, OH $102,278 1,500
4 Andrew Shields $100,804 1,500
5 Nathan Early Lakewood, OH $48,396 1,400
6 Mike Iacovone Mentor, OH $37,305 1,300
7 Ali Berry $29,239 1,200
8 Van Tran Battle Creek, MI $22,181 1,100
9 Thomas Scott Charlotte, NC $18,148 1,000

With 108 slated to get paid, a handful of players needed to exit before players reached the money. Among those to leave empty-handed were Brad Sailor, Katie Kopp, DJ MacKinnon, and Matt Park, to name a few.

Only one level needed to pass before the hand-for-hand process began and Godson Wright lost back-to-back hands to be eliminated on the money bubble.

After the bubble burst, the march to the final table began. Among those to fall along the way, albeit with a payday were, MSPT Season 14 POY points leader Jared Ingles (11th - $14,115), Frank Lagodich (16th - $9,881), MSPT champ Chan Pelton (29th - $4,436), MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (62nd - $2,823), and MSPT champ Chance Kornuth (108th - $2,117).

MSPT JACK Cleveland Main Event Final Table

Final Table Action

Once players took their seats at the final table, it didn't take long for action to kick into gear as short stack Thomas Scott got his chips in the middle with Big Slick against Andrew Shields holding a suited queen-eight.

It was a rough start for Scott after the flop gave Sheilds trip queens to take a massive lead. Scott did pick up a Broadway draw but he was unable to complete it as he was the first final table elimination.

Shortly after, Van Tran got his chip stack in the middle on the button with a made hand of fours only to have Brent Ballentine wake up with a pair of eights in the big blind.

Unfortunately for Tran, he was unable to improve his hand and he made his exit in eighth place.

Next up was Ali Berry, whose crazy roller coaster day ended after he jammed king-ten into Dionta James' pocket kings.

Mike Iacovone waited patiently and finally found a hand to roll with as he called off his stack with a made hand of eights against Andrew Shields holding a ten-five suited.

Shields was trying to make a move, and in the end, it paid off as he rivered a flush to eliminate Iacovone in sixth place for $37,305.

The final table misfortune continued as Nathan Early’s freeroll came to an and after his pocket jacks were cracked by Shields suited ace-five.

That hand left Early short and after receiving a double, he was outkicked by Cico to take home $48,396 for his fifth place finish.

After Early’s departure, it didn’t take long for an ICM chop discussion to take place and after the numbers were calculated, a deal was agreed upon with Anthony Cico taking home the title along lion’s share for the record-breaking prize pool.

This wraps up our coverage of yet another record-breaking tournament.

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
OH 
$140,771
1,500
2
MI 
$106,890
1,500
3
OH 
$102,278
1,500
4
Parma 
OH 
$100,804
1,500
5
OH 
$48,396
1,400
6
Mentor 
OH 
$37,305
1,300
7
MI 
$29,239
1,200
8
MI 
$22,181
1,100
9
OH 
$18,148
1,000
10
NY 
$14,115
900
11
LA 
$14,115
900
12
MI 
$14,115
900
13
OH 
$12,099
800
14
NC 
$12,099
800
15
NY 
$12,099
800
16
Canton 
OH 
$9,881
700
17
OH 
$9,881
700
18
Oregon 
OH 
$9,881
700
19
NC 
$8,267
600
20
MI 
$8,267
600
21
IL 
$8,267
600
22
PA 
$6,856
500
23
Troy 
MI 
$6,856
500
24
PA 
$6,856
500
26
OH 
$5,747
450
27
OH 
$5,747
450
28
OH 
$4,436
400
29
TX 
$4,436
400
30
OH 
$4,436
400
31
PA 
$4,436
400
32
NE 
$4,436
400
33
OH 
$4,436
400
34
PA 
$4,436
400
35
OH 
$4,436
400
36
MI 
$4,436
400
37
MA 
$3,428
350
38
OH 
$3,428
350
39
PA 
$3,428
350
40
OH 
$3,428
350
41
MI 
$3,428
350
42
Canton 
OH 
$3,428
350
43
Verona 
PA 
$3,428
350
44
OH 
$3,428
350
45
OH 
$3,428
350
46
Mentor 
OH 
$3,125
300
47
NY 
$3,125
300
48
NY 
$3,125
300
49
MI 
$3,125
300
50
OH 
$3,125
300
51
Erie 
PA 
$3,125
300
52
OH 
$3,125
300
53
TX 
$3,125
300
54
OH 
$3,125
300
55
MI 
$2,823
250
56
NY 
$2,823
250
57
OH 
$2,823
250
58
OH 
$2,823
250
59
Akron 
OH 
$2,823
250
60
Akron 
OH 
$2,823
250
61
MI 
$2,823
250
62
WI 
$2,823
250
63
Green 
OH 
$2,823
250
64
OH 
$2,621
200
65
OH 
$2,621
200
66
OH 
$2,621
200
67
OH 
$2,621
200
68
Elyria 
OH 
$2,621
200
69
Lodi 
OH 
$2,621
200
70
IL 
$2,621
200
71
PA 
$2,621
200
72
OH 
$2,621
200
73
NY 
$2,520
150
74
NY 
$2,520
150
75
Macomb 
MI 
$2,520
150
76
OH 
$2,520
150
77
OH 
$2,520
150
78
OH 
$2,520
150
79
 
$2,520
150
80
PA 
$2,520
150
81
PA 
$2,520
150
82
Presto 
PA 
$2,419
100
83
Toledo 
OH 
$2,419
100
84
Akron 
OH 
$2,419
100
85
NY 
$2,419
100
86
Mars 
PA 
$2,419
100
87
MI 
$2,419
100
88
PA 
$2,419
100
89
PA 
$2,419
100
90
OH 
$2,419
100
91
OH 
$2,218
75
92
OH 
$2,218
75
93
OH 
$2,218
75
94
Akron 
OH 
$2,218
75
95
OH 
$2,218
75
96
OH 
$2,218
75
97
NY 
$2,218
75
98
OH 
$2,218
75
99
IL 
$2,218
75
100
OH 
$2,117
50
101
OH 
$2,117
50
102
PA 
$2,117
50
103
Toledo 
OH 
$2,117
50
104
MI 
$2,117
50
105
NY 
$2,117
50
106
OH 
$2,117
50
107
OH 
$2,117
50
108
NV 
$2,117
50