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October 10 - 13, 2024

 
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard All Smiles Bagging Overall Chip Lead After 132 Players Survive Day 1C
Created (10/13/2024 1:35:23 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 15 Michigan Poker State Championship attracted a massive 1,207 runners, which along with 1a's 600 and 1b’s 1,012, brought the total field up to 2,819 entries, putting it just behind the record 2,883 field set last year here at FireKeepers Casino!

At the end of the third and final flight, only 132 players bagged with another player clipping the milly mark and that was none other than MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard who put 1,063,000 on his slip to end the night, edging out four-time champ Dan Bekavac (1,019,000) for the overall chip lead heading into Day 2.

Others to bag big stacks this flight where Chuck Kersey (827,000), David Kim (728,000), Tim Mulroy (707,000), and MPST Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (664,000).

They were joined by two-time MSPT champ John Sun (654,000), Brett "Pops" Reichard (554,000), MSPT champ's Angela Jordison (448,000), Craig Trost (439,000), and Max Havlish (404,000).

Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's Mark Hodge & Aaron Massey, along with former MSPT champs Gerald Cunniff, Bobby Noel, Jonathan Kim, and Chris Meyers,

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 309 (66 from Day 1a, 111 from 1b, and 132 from 1c) – will return at 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, October 13th and to play down to a winner.

Action will begin at the start of Level 16 where blinds are 4,000/8,000/8,000 and the MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
End Day 1C Chip Counts
Created (10/13/2024 1:00:00 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Josh Reichard 1,063,000 0
Chuck Kersey 827,000 0
David Kim 728,000 728,000
Tim Mulroy 707,000 707,000
Rob WazWaz 664,000 0
John Sun 654,000 0
Jeremy Eyer 649,000 649,000
Bijay Rai 639,000 639,000
Michael Estes (IL) 636,000 0
Kevin Kejbou 600,000 600,000
Dennis Zollo 573,000 573,000
Bradley Butcher 567,000 0
Brett Reichard 554,000 0
David Berman 543,000 0
Janae Magnuson 520,000 0
Bradley Ashton 496,000 496,000
Brad Oliver 496,000 496,000
Acbert Asciutto 495,000 495,000
Bohdan Pelekh 493,000 493,000
Elliott Hebden 469,000 0
Nicola DiTrapani 462,000 0
Laurance Essak 461,000 461,000
Angela Jordison 448,000 0
Brek Schutten 446,000 0
Craig Trost 439,000 0
Carmino Argiero 438,000 438,000
Vance Essak 428,000 428,000
Michael Williams (MN) 410,000 410,000
Max Havlish 404,000 0
Andrew Riebel 403,000 403,000
Matthew Higgins 395,000 0
Brock Veenhuis 372,000 372,000
James Wilson 371,000 0
Bill Ogden 369,000 369,000
Amir Kamari 369,000 369,000
Austin Thibaudeau 364,000 364,000
Rex McCullough 338,000 338,000
Robert Villasenor 336,000 0
Marwan Haba 333,000 333,000
Casey Bogus 333,000 333,000
James Cunninham 329,000 329,000
Shawn Combs 326,000 326,000
Bill Romer 324,000 0
Dapreesch Scates 319,000 319,000
Michael Welsh 319,000 319,000
Jeffrey Hill 318,000 318,000
Kyle Gross 316,000 0
Michael Puccio 316,000 0
Steven Stout 310,000 310,000
Varun Uppal 308,000 308,000
Zbigniew Grad 306,000 306,000
Travis Young 304,000 0
Rodger Johnson 299,000 0
John Franciosi 292,000 292,000
Tracy Sibson 291,000 291,000
Marc Steingold 288,000 288,000
David Eliason 288,000 288,000
David Peterson 276,000 276,000
Aaron Johnson 273,000 0
Steven Richardson 269,000 269,000
DJ Buckley 264,000 0
Brad Coultas 257,000 257,000
Dale Roesel 251,000 251,000
Chad Stone 238,000 0
Kyle Hrova 238,000 238,000
Andrew Philips 237,000 0
Aaron Oas 235,000 235,000
Thomas Grutsch 233,000 233,000
Alexey Ermolenko 233,000 233,000
Mikiyo Aoki 232,000 0
Patrick Coughlin 224,000 0
Cliff Hodgman 219,000 219,000
Tim Capretta 218,000 218,000
Christopher Underwood 216,000 0
Sean Larson 213,000 213,000
Tamar Hudson 210,000 210,000
Bledar Shaholli 210,000 210,000
Tom Esch 207,000 207,000
Dustin Ethridge 207,000 207,000
Daniel Dombrowski 203,000 0
Jugal Advani 199,000 199,000
Frank Bonacci 198,000 198,000
David Gonia 195,000 0
Robert Willems 195,000 195,000
Neil Griffith 194,000 194,000
Gary Ewald 192,000 0
Lee Rzentkowski 175,000 0
Gabriel Woodruff 172,000 172,000
Chris Barton 165,000 165,000
Bob Greene 165,000 165,000
Justin Lee 164,000 164,000
Christopher Stephan 164,000 164,000
Kirby Rogers 160,000 0
Mike Apelian 132,000 132,000
Randy Perkins 131,000 0
Justin Ouimette 130,000 130,000
Derrick Neely 127,000 127,000
Conor Cauhey 120,000 120,000
John Dimitriou 120,000 120,000
Greg Wilson 119,000 119,000
Nick Ahmadi 118,000 118,000
Mark Pluer 116,000 116,000
Jeff Pursey 116,000 116,000
Joshua Swimm 115,000 115,000
Antonio Ndoja 115,000 115,000
Larry Baxter 106,000 106,000
Sherry Hammers 105,000 0
Brent Burrows 102,000 102,000
Andy Hammell 96,000 96,000
George Pappas 95,000 0
Casey Temper 92,000 0
Delmar Wieschowski 91,000 91,000
Michael Lu 89,000 89,000
Todd Neveau 82,000 82,000
Ross Bryant 78,000 78,000
Michael Martin 74,000 74,000
Kanat Ozturk 66,000 0
Jason Zarlenga 62,000 62,000
Bryan Heikkila 60,000 60,000
Stephen Wangler 58,000 58,000
Jacob Kolbicz 56,000 56,000
Kenneth Smith 53,000 53,000
Satish Thakur 47,000 0
Bruce Swart 44,000 0
Bob Heffner 44,000 0
Frank Zheng 43,000 43,000
Alan Waller 37,000 37,000
Steven Clark 34,000 34,000
Katie Kopp 29,000 0
Ben Smith 28,000 28,000
Michael Dorsey 15,000 15,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
Justin Lee Burst the Bubble, Play Has Ended
Created (10/13/2024 12:48:57 AM by Anthony Thompson)

The hijack raised all in and Justin Lee looked them up from the small blind.

Opponent:
Justin Lee:

Lee was behind but found a king on the runout to burst the bubble and end play for the evening.

Justin Lee - 164,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
Stammen Out Kicked by Hebden
Created (10/13/2024 12:37:29 AM by Anthony Thompson)

WSOP bracelet winner Keven Stammen was all in preflop from middle position and was called by Elliott Hebden from the cutoff.

Keven Stammen:
Elliott Hebden:

Stammen rolled over a dominated hand but didn’t mind the flop that gave him the diamond flush draw.

The turn gave Stammen more outs but the river was a brick ending his tournament one away from the bubble.

Elliott Hebden - 420,000
Keven Stammen - Eliminated

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
Hand-For-Hand
Created (10/13/2024 12:13:18 AM by Anthony Thompson)

With 134 players remaining, the hand-for-hand process has started as only 132 players will survive the night.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
Late Night Counts & Bust Outs
Created (10/12/2024 11:56:47 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Josh Reichard 820,000 450,000
Chuck Kersey 760,000 645,000
Nicola DiTrapani 610,000 245,000
Brett Reichard 495,000 330,000
Janae Magnuson 450,000 220,000
Bradley Butcher 420,000 336,000
Craig Trost 370,000 380,000
Travis Young 320,000 450,000
Josh Smith (IA) 320,000 200,000
Kyle Gross 320,000 290,000
Angela Jordison 285,000 155,000
Jacob Bazeley 281,000 235,000
Matthew Higgins 280,000 110,000
Kirby Rogers 250,000 320,000
Bill Romer 240,000 165,000
Dale Roesel 240,000 420,000
DJ Buckley 235,000 290,000
Mikiyo Aoki 221,000 190,000
Michael Puccio 220,000 110,000
James Wilson 220,000 160,000
Rodger Johnson 215,000 310,000
Nicholas Davidson 202,000 80,000
Max Havlish 190,000 255,000
Patrick Coughlin 160,000 270,000
Brek Schutten 160,000 295,000
Sherry Hammers 150,000 60,000
Casey Temper 98,000 120,000
Katie Kopp 70,000 135,000
Sarah Stefan 69,000 60,000
Kanat Ozturk 60,000 160,000
Satish Thakur 45,000 60,000
Keven Stammen 40,000 80,000
George Pappas 40,000 220,000
Melissa Bartelme 0 370,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000 / 8000
  • Ante: 8000
Day 2 Top Stacks
Created (10/12/2024 11:40:42 PM by Anthony Thompson)

So far, 177 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 132 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, October 13th at 10:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Daniel Bekavac 1,019,000
2 Bob Buyce 933,000
3 Matthew Stammen 841,000
4 Michael Berk 744,000
5 Huy Dinh 642,000
6 Admon Tomma 641,000
7 Rudy Cervantes 618,000
8 Jake Baumgartner 601,000
9 Gabriel Dvorak 575,000
10 Brian Berthiaume 570,000
11 Trace Henderson 567,000
12 Robert Rice Jr 563,000
13 Steven Hilton 555,000
14 Abbas Haidar 551,000
15 David Gutfreund 536,000
16 Mike Iacovone 534,000
17 Nemeer Zeya 530,000
18 Curtis Vierstraete 529,000
19 Dennis Milko 523,000
20 Andrae Webb 518,000
21 Austin Emerick 517,000
22 Matthew Ploof 511,000
23 Corey Wicke 482,000
24 Ricky Ganari 465,000
25 Benjamin Levy 464,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
"Pops" Drops One with Cowboys
Created (10/12/2024 11:23:39 PM by Anthony Thompson)

The player under the gun open-jammed 100,000 and Brett “Pops” Reichard went over the top from late position giving them isolation.

Opponent:
Brett “Pops” Reichard:

“Pops” was ahead holding a made hand of kings and the runout secured him the knockout.

Brett “Pops” Reichard - 330,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
Round of Counts
Created (10/12/2024 11:09:55 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Rob WazWaz 650,000 350,000
Chuck Kersey 645,000 225,000
Michael Estes (IL) 560,000 405,000
Josh Reichard 450,000 175,000
Travis Young 450,000 230,000
Dale Roesel 420,000 273,000
Craig Trost 380,000 230,000
John Sun 345,000 180,000
Bradley Butcher 336,000 245,000
Brett Reichard 330,000 155,000
Rodger Johnson 310,000 290,000
Kyle Gross 290,000 170,000
DJ Buckley 290,000 100,000
Max Havlish 255,000 180,000
Nicola DiTrapani 245,000 155,000
Jacob Bazeley 235,000 140,000
Austin Thieleman 235,000 120,000
George Pappas 220,000 111,000
Lee Rzentkowski 170,000 90,000
Quang Pham 165,000 110,000
Kanat Ozturk 160,000 290,000
Bruce Swart 100,000 130,000
Keven Stammen 80,000 109,000
Sherry Hammers 60,000 55,000

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
Pappas Flushes a Double
Created (10/12/2024 10:55:11 PM by Anthony Thompson)

George Pappas was all in preflop for 31,000 from the button and was called by Keith Messing from late position.

George Pappas:
Keith Messing:

Pappas was behind holding two overs and saw a pretty lady on the flop to take the lead.

The turn kept Pappas out in front and the river secured his double-up.

George Pappas - 65,000
Keith Messing - 62,000

 
 
LEVEL INFO
Level
16
Blinds
4000 / 8000
Ante
8000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
1207
Players Remaining
132
Average Chip Stack
274,318
Total Chips
36,210,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
1 
Josh Reichard
1,063,000
2 
Chuck Kersey
827,000
3 
David Kim
728,000
4 
Tim Mulroy
707,000
5 
Rob WazWaz
664,000
6 
John Sun
654,000
7 
Jeremy Eyer
649,000
8 
Bijay Rai
639,000
9 
Michael Estes (IL)
636,000
10 
Kevin Kejbou
600,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
1 
Anthony Scarborough
4,117
2 
Josh Reichard
3,750
3 
Ryan Eamon
3,700
4 
Umut Ozturk
3,617
5 
Jacob Long
3,191
6 
Carl Carodenuto
3,000
7 
DJ Buckley
2,958
8 
Jessica Vierling
2,625
9 
Brad Gafford
2,575
10 
Timothy Thorp
2,542