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Brad Oliver Bags Overall Chip Lead After Day 1B Of MSPT Majestic Star

Day 1B of the $1,100 MSPT Majestic Star Casino Main Event, the second MSPT Main Event of the year, brought in 174 entries, which along with 1A’s 135 created a total field of 309 runners. The top 36 players will get paid a minimum of $2,088, while the eventual winner will walk away with $68,593!

After 15 levels of play, just 28 players remained, with Brad Oliver and his 363,000 chip stack taking the overall chip lead into Day 2, ahead of Day 1A chip leader Barry Schmiess and his 343,000 stack. Oliver, who had an up and down day early, rocketed up the counts late to secure the top spot.

Other players to bag big include John Nelson (295,500), Jeff Brown (248,500), Adam Asbury (210,500), and Jeffrey Rasom (209,500). More players that found a Day 2 ticket include Jeff Minnerly (137,000), Jordan Miller (107,000), Sam DeSilva (75,000), Pat Steele (66,000), and George Dietz (55,000).

Among those who failed to advance to Day 2 included a host of former MSPT champs, including Taylor Howard, Andy Rubinberg, Dan Bekavac, Mike Shanahan, and Ben Wiora. Current MSPT POY leader and last week’s MSPT Cleveland Poker Open champ Sean Munjal made a run, but fell a few levels short of a bag. Former MSPT Majestic Star champ Ken Baime also missed out on a Day 2 bag, as did Colorado’s Ryan Dodson, Chad Holloway, and Cody Brinn.

The surviving 46 players from both flights will then return at 11 am sharp on Sunday to play down to a winner. Once the final table of ten is reached, action will be streamed on Twitch and MSPTpoker.com on a fifteen-minute delay.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations on the way to crowning our second champion of the season here at Majestic Star Casino!

End Of Day 1B Chip Counts

Jeff Rasch Tripled Up Just Before The End Of Day 1

There was a three-way all-in pre-flop.

Jeff Rasch
Middle Position:
Hijack:

On one of the last few hands of the Day 1B flight, there was one three way cooler.

The flop put Rasch in the lead.

The turn brought the and the river was the , sealing Rasch’s triple up right before the end of the night.

Jeff Rasch - 240,000 (80 bb)

Four More Hands

The remaining field will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a recap of tonight’s action.

Daniel Sepiol Wakes Up To AK

Action folded to the hijack who raised to 7,000. The small blind shoved all in, as did Daniel Sepiol in the big blind. The hijack got out of their way.

Sepiol:
Opponent:

The flop paired them both, but Sepiol still need to fade a jack.

The turn brought the .

The river sealed the knockout for Sepiol.

Daniel Sepiol - 171,500 (57 bb)

Henry Zou's Not Out Of This Yet!

Jerry Gumila raised to 6,500 from UTG, and Henry Zou three-bet jammed for 26,900 from the lojack. Sean Munjal called out of the cutoff, and Gumila folded.

Zou:
Munjal:

Munjal spiked an ace on the flop to take a big lead, but Zou turned a little hope when the fell on the turn, giving him a gutshot. The river was gin for Zou, who celebrated with a fist pump as he took down the double.

Sean Munjal - 100,000 (33 bb)
Henry Zou - 66,000 (22 bb)

Chad Holloway Discovers That Disco's Dead, Man

Chad “Lifeguard” Holloway, a moniker Holloway earned by claiming he was going to “save” the game of hold’em, ripped his last 50,000 in from the hijack, and John Nelson looked him up in the cutoff.

Holloway:
Nelson:

Nelson reduced Holloway’s outs to four on a flop, and Nelson’s set held on a turn and river, sending “Disco” Chad Holloway to the rail.

John Nelson - 250,000 (104 bb)
Chad Holloway - Busted

Cruel, Cruel Broadway

Simon Taberham jammed for 24,100 from UTG, Steve Jungmann three-bet shoved for 27,900 total from the small blind, and Dave Kenniston called in the big blind.

Taberham:
Jungmann:
Kenniston:

Taberham leapt in front after the flop delivered him two pair, but Jungmann was still live with a gutshot, while Kenniston was reduced down to a single out. The changed nothing on the turn, but the river caused the table to gasp in shock, as Jungmann rivered Broadway to take out Taberham and take a chunk out of Kenniston.

Dave Kenniston - 90,000 (37.5 bb)
Steve Jungmann - 80,000 (33 bb)

Its Vaden Time

Action folded to the button who raised to 6,000. The small blind called and Eric Vaden shoved all-in for 25,400. The button followed suit and shoved all-in as well, putting Vaden at stake, with the small blind getting out of the way.

Vaden:
Opponent:

The flop came the turn was the and the river was the .

Vaden scored the double up.

Eric Vaden - 58,000 (24 bb)

Payout Information

The final 36 players of the MSPT Majestic Star Main Event will walk home with a piece of the prize pool, with a min-cash being worth $2,088, and first place worth just shy of $70K! Complete payouts and POY points information listed below: