Grand Falls Casino

William Chao Leads 27 Survivors After Final Starting Flight of Main Event

The second and final starting flight of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Grand Falls $1,110 buy-in, $200K GTD is in the books.

Day 1b attracted 215 runners during Saturday's action, bringing the grand total to 373 entries (158 from Day 1a; 215 from 1b), generating a $360,310 prize pool.

Another full day of action was played to completion with William Chao able to extend his chip lead to 654,000, leading the 26 advancing players from this flight and good enough for second overall.

Following behind Chao was Bill Romer who was able to end the night with 459,000 while Jay Chaudhary (421,000), Jacob Brouse (407,000), and Scott Sisler (394,000) round out the top five stacks.

Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff (377,000), Rob Urbatsch (285,000), Loki Abboud (256,000), Phil Mader (225,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup (159,000).

Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with players returning to the felt so make sure to come back and find out who walks away the new MSPT Grand Falls Main Event Champion!

MSPT Grand Falls Remaining Schedule

End of Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
William Chao	654,000	560,000
Bill Romer	459,000	140,000
Jay Chaudhary	421,000	390,000
Jacob Brouse	407,000	300,000
Scott Sisler	394,000	358,000
Gerald Cunniff	377,000	318,000
Tigh Johnson	324,000	300,000
Kelly Cortum	292,000	300,000
Robert Urbatsch	285,000	264,000
Joshua Thomas	266,000	106,000
Dennis Stevermer	263,000	230,000
Loki Abboud	256,000	350,000
Aaron Raap	233,000	100,000
Phil Mader	225,000	233,000
James Girouard	199,000	95,000
Cyrus Khorram	195,000	100,000
Lawrence Vigil	188,000	135,000
Robbin Green	163,000	100,000
Jacob Long	160,000	145,000
Richard Alsup	159,000	145,000
Keerat Bawa	137,000	120,000
Tyler Klumb	110,000	100,000
James Klosterbuer	87,000	30,000
Howard Dion	85,000	161,000
Siphonh Tram	48,000	30,000
Jessica Anderson	29,000	191,000
Josh Gulseth	21,000	30,000

Final Five Hands

The tournament director has just announced the final five hands of the evening.

Prize Pool Information

MSPT 251 at Grand Falls Casino
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 373
Prize Pool: $360,310

Day 2 Roster Thus Far

So far, 19 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and a final group of hopefuls will look to add their names to that list today.

All who make it through until the end of play will return Sunday, April 7th, at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from both starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Scarborough Loses Race to Chao

Action on the table quickly folded to Anthony Scarborough who raised all in for 41,000 from the cutoff and William Chao looked him up from the small blind.

Anthony Scarborough:
William Chao:

Scarborough was behind looking to connect with either of his two over cards, but neither came on the runout ending hid Main Event.

William Caho - 560,000
Anthony Scarborough - Eliminated

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
William Chao	560,000	555,000
Jordan Gass	377,000	104,000
Gerald Cunniff	318,000	171,000
Dennis Stevermer	230,000	163,000
Jesse Green	150,000	206,000
Jacob Long	145,000	45,000
Richard Alsup	145,000	57,000
Loki Abboud	144,000	363,000
Lawrence Vigil	135,000	180,000
Jay Chaudhary	130,000	270,000
Keerat Bawa	120,000	110,000
James Girouard	95,000	145,000
John Pierce	89,000	87,000
Matt Alexander	79,000	42,000
Henry Gingerich	0	47,000
Terence Reid	0	94,000
Anthony Scarborough	0	34,000
Aaron Johnson	0	110,000

Alsup Sets Up a Triple While Chao Cools Off Abboud for a Double

MSPT hall of Famer Rich Alsup open-jammed 48,000 from early position and Loki Abboud went over the top for 400,000 next to act.

Action folded around to William Chao who decided to call off his 262,000 stack from the small blind, and all three players tabled their hands.

Rich Alsup:
William Chao:
Loki Abboud:

Abboud was ahead holding a pair of kings but a six appeared in the window on the flop with an ace lying underneath.

The turn and river were bricks for Abboud as he sent Chao over the massive double while Alsup collected a healthy triple-up for himself.

William Chao - 555,000
Rich Alsup - 145,000
Loki Abboud - 140,000

Reid Takes from Mader

Terence Reid raised from the hijack and Phil Mader defended his big blind to see a flop.

Mader check-raised to 25,000 after Reid fired out a 7,000 continuation bet and was called.

The was quickly turned and action was checked to the river.

Mader checked his option one last time only to fold to a 48,000 bet from Reid.

Phil Mader - 218,000
Terence Reid - 160,000

The MSPT Heads Back to JACK Cleveland May 7th - 12th!

For the second time this season, the MSPT (Mid States Poker Tour) is headed to JACK Cleveland Casino, May 7th - 12th!

A $250 No-Limit Hold'em Ladies Event will award the first trophy of the series starting at 12:15 on Tuesday, May 7th, followed by Event #2: $300 NLH Seniors on Wednesday, May 8th at 11:15 a.m.

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT254 Main Event, which requires players to be 21+ to play.

The Main Event, which will offer a $500K GTD, will offer three starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 9th.

Day 1b will follow at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, May 10th, with the final starting flight beginning at the same time on Saturday, May 11th.

The surviving players from all starting flights will return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 12th, and play down until a winner is crowned.

Also held that Sunday will be a $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament beginning at 3:15 p.m.

For a complete list of the series and structures, click here.