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JACK Cleveland Casino

August 13 - 18, 2024
Main Event: 896 Entrants
Winner: Anthony Hancovsky
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EVENT RECAP

The MSPT returned to JACK Cleveland Casino for the third and final time this season, hosting a four-event series which was headlined the $1,110 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event.

A total of 896 entries (219 from Day 1a; 316 from 1b; 361 from 1c) were tallied and on Sunday, 106 players returned to Day 2 action to take their stab at the $867,620 prize pool.

Of those 106 players, 12 were past champs on their quest for another Main Event title and after 12 hours of play, hometown hero Anthony Hancovsky denied them all as he navigated his way through the tough field to claim the $103,928 first place prize along with his first MSPT title!

A 20-year vet in the game who decided to take a break from the bad beats in cash games, never had a doubt in his mind that he wasn’t bringing the MSPT title back home to Cleveland.

“I’ve been telling everyone for the last few months that I was going to be bringing this title back home to Cleveland and no one believed me, so it feels good to prove them wrong”, Hancovsky said after his win.

Hancovsky was able to silence the doubters and walked away with his first career six-figure payday in the process.

Day 2 Action

The final day came back with 106 players already in the money, so action kicked right into gear with one of the 12 MSPT champ’s hitting the rail early as Sherman Wu ended up being the elimination of the day while fellow champ and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Massey caught an early double with a pair of aces.

After Massey’s double, a flurry of “payouts” could be heard throughout the room, as handfuls of players were walking to the payout table which included the likes of Brad Sailor (81st Place – $2,264), two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime (78th Place - $2,264), WSOP bracelet winner Billy Kopp (71st Place – $2,348), and Season 15 POY points leader Chris Meyers (52nd Place - $2,684).

Both Meyers and Biame were able to inch their way closer into the coveted MSPT Hall of fame while DJ Buckley was able to notch another cash in the record book with his 44th place finish ($3,019).

Defending champ Bobby Noel wasn’t able to claim back-to-back titles here at JACK Cleveland, but his 42nd place exit took his career MSPT earnings over the half milly mark as he now sits in 13th place on the leaderboard.

Former champs continued to fall by the wayside as Massey (39th Place - $3,019), Jon Kim (37th Place - $3,019), Richard Bai (36th Place - $3,690), Umut Ozturk (34th Place - $3,690), and Jon Lewis (32nd Place - $3,690) all hit the rail in quick succession, leaving only former champ remaining in the field.

Final Table Action

Once the final table was set, the lone surviving former champ Chris Moon sat atop the chip counts while Hancovsky sat in second, and they got to work early.

Hancovsky started the final table domino by showing his opponent’s he had no mercy by outkicking his good friend Val Bencivenni to become the first final table elimination.

Shortly after, Hancovsky would continue with the elimination of Ron Kaleal, as he sent him home on a pair of rockets in eighth place while Brian Springman followed him to the payout table in seventh place.

Next on the chopping block was Michael Spagnolo who got his chips in good holding a dominating ace-king to John Rasch’s ace-queen, only to have a queen come on the runout ending his run sixth place for $31,875.

With his final table mates putting in work, Moon decided it was time for him take a turn as he called Joe Makdessi’s all in bet holding a suited ace. Makedssi was holding a suited queen-nine and flopped an open-ender only to come up short to take a fifth place exit for $41,941.

With four players remaining, the chips between them started shuffling around as they were tossing around double-ups like they were playing hot potato.

Luckily for Hancovsky, he was able to catch the last double-up which ultimately led to him taking the chip lead before an ICM chop was discussed and agreed upon, which saw him take the title back home to Cleveland for a six-figure payday!

This wraps up our coverage of another eventful tournament, so make sure you join us when we make our way to The Ameristar in East Chicago August 22nd - September 2nd, to host a 10-trophy event series and as always, the MSPT live reporting team will be on hand providing updates for the $300K GTD $1,110 Main Event so make sure to come back!

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
OH 
$103,928
1,400
2
MI 
$103,927
1,400
3
OH 
$93,514
1,400
4
OH 
$92,425
1,400
5
Solon 
OH 
$41,941
1,300
6
PA 
$31,875
1,200
7
OH 
$24,325
1,100
8
Perry 
OH 
$19,262
1,000
9
OH 
$15,098
900
10
Sumter 
SC 
$11,743
800
11
Lorain 
OH 
$11,743
800
12
MI 
$11,743
800
13
OH 
$10,065
700
14
OH 
$10,065
700
15
PA 
$10,065
700
16
OH 
$8,388
600
17
OH 
$8,388
600
18
OH 
$8,388
600
19
PA 
$7,046
500
20
Erie 
PA 
$7,046
500
21
 
$7,046
500
22
OH 
$5,955
400
23
PA 
$5,955
400
24
OH 
$5,955
400
25
AZ 
$4,865
350
26
Goshen 
IN 
$4,865
350
27
PA 
$4,865
350
28
OH 
$3,690
300
29
OH 
$3,690
300
30
PA 
$3,690
300
31
OH 
$3,690
300
32
MA 
$3,690
300
33
Kent 
OH 
$3,690
300
34
MN 
$3,690
300
35
OH 
$3,690
300
36
IL 
$3,690
300
37
MN 
$3,019
250
38
Kent 
OH 
$3,019
250
39
NV 
$3,019
250
40
OH 
$3,019
250
41
Mars 
PA 
$3,019
250
42
PA 
$3,019
250
43
Lorain 
OH 
$3,019
250
44
MN 
$3,019
250
45
OH 
$3,019
250
46
Hudson 
OH 
$2,684
200
47
OH 
$2,684
200
48
OH 
$2,684
200
49
OH 
$2,684
200
50
MI 
$2,684
200
51
OH 
$2,684
200
52
NY 
$2,684
200
53
Stow 
OH 
$2,684
200
54
Troy 
MI 
$2,684
200
55
OH 
$2,516
150
56
OH 
$2,516
150
57
Canton 
OH 
$2,516
150
58
OH 
$2,516
150
59
Avon 
OH 
$2,516
150
60
Avon 
OH 
$2,516
150
61
MI 
$2,516
150
62
OH 
$2,516
150
63
OH 
$2,516
150
64
PA 
$2,348
100
65
Avon 
OH 
$2,348
100
66
NY 
$2,348
100
67
OH 
$2,348
100
68
OH 
$2,348
100
69
MI 
$2,348
100
70
OH 
$2,348
100
71
FL 
$2,348
100
72
OH 
$2,348
100
73
OH 
$2,264
75
74
OH 
$2,264
75
75
OH 
$2,264
75
76
Aiken 
SC 
$2,264
75
77
OH 
$2,264
75
78
IL 
$2,264
75
79
OH 
$2,264
75
80
OH 
$2,264
75
81
IL 
$2,264
75
82
Medina 
OH 
$2,180
50
83
OH 
$2,180
50
84
OH 
$2,180
50
85
Ladson 
SC 
$2,180
50
86
Marion 
OH 
$2,180
50
87
MI 
$2,180
50
88
Dallas 
TX 
$2,180
50
89
Novi 
MI 
$2,180
50
90
Powell 
OH 
$2,180
50
91
OH 
$1,800
50
93
MN 
$1,800
50
94
OH 
$1,800
50
95
MI 
$1,800
50
96
Tampa 
FL 
$1,800
50
97
PA 
$1,800
50
98
OH 
$1,800
50
99
MI 
$1,800
50
100
MI 
$1,800
50
101
Omaha 
NE 
$1,800
50
102
OH 
$1,800
50
103
NY 
$1,800
50
104
OH 
$1,800
50
105
OH 
$1,800
50
106
CO 
$1,800
50