Hollywood Casino St. Louis

Ryne "Pyzza" Teston Soars to the Top to Lead the Final 21 Advancing Players

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 15 Hollywood Casino Main Event attracted 195 runners, which along with 1a's 67 and 1b’s 140 brought the total field up to 402 entries.

The field generated a $388,440 prize pool paying out a minimum of $2,245, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $85,871 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 15 Hollywood Casino St. Louis Main Event title!

At the end of the third and final flight, just 21 players bagged and tagged with Ryne “Pyzza” Teston (597,000) edging out Cody Bartlett (575,000) for this flight’s chip lead.

Just like Teston and Bartlett, John Ro was another player who caught steam at the end of the night running up his 30k starting stack to 468,000 while Timothy Sams (431,000), and Casey Blakeley (377,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

They were joined by ”Wild” Bill Romer (310,000), Kyle Schroeder (290,000), William McCracken (256,000), Loki Abboud (194,000), and Derek Schroeder (97,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 43 (7 from Day 1a, 15 from 1b, and 21 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 8^th to play down to a winner.

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!

MSPT Season 15 Hollywood Casino Remaining Schedule

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Benjamin Teston	597,000	515,000
Cody Bartlett	575,000	730,000
John Ro	468,000	160,000
Timothy Sams	431,000	450,000
Casey Blakeley	377,000	418,000
Richard Gordon	358,000	415,000
Michael Graves	334,000	55,000
Kevin Shimp	327,000	285,000
Bill Romer	310,000	340,000
Kyle Schroeder	290,000	185,000
Richard Filkins	269,000	325,000
William McCracken	256,000	290,000
Peter Nigh	246,000	235,000
Mark Lacey	199,000	115,000
Loki Abboud	194,000	160,000
Tony Coffey	154,000	165,000
Nikesha Prewitt	132,000	86,000
Suresh Bojadla	113,000	165,000
Derek Schroeder	97,000	90,000
Ryan Demeter	74,000	115,000
Ethan Jaggie	55,000	100,000

Ro Turns Trip Eights to Burst the Bubble

Action on the table folded to the small blind who raised all in for 70,00 and John Ro looked them up from the big blind.

Opponent:
John Ro:

Ro was ahead until the flop fell.

Luckily for Ro, the dealer quickly turned the putting him back in the lead with trip eights and the completed the board on the river bursting the bubble.

John Ro - 468,000

Abboud Doubles on the Bubble with Cowboys

Loki Abboud was all in preflop for 89,000 from the small blind and was called by Cody Bartlett from the hijack.

Loki Abboud:
Cody Bartlett:

Abboud was ahead holding a premium hand of kings and faded the runout to survive the bubble.

Cody Bartlett - 600,000
Loki Abboud - 160,000

Prize Pool Information

MSPT 271 at Hollywood Casino St. Louis
$1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 402
Prize Pool: $388,440

Recent Eliminations: Hand-for-Hand Begins

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Donald Crump	0	79,000
Gerald Cunniff	0	138,000
Josh Reichard	0	255,000

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 22 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 21 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, December 9^th at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Ro Turns Blakeley for Another Double

There was three-way action after a flop between John Ro from under the gun, Casey Blakeley from the cutoff, and Kevin Shimp from the button.

Ro led out with an all-in bet of 41,000 and only Blakeley called.

John Ro:
Casey Blakeley:

Blakeley made the correct call as he was ahead holding a made hand of nines until the dealer turned the to put Ro in the lead.

The then fell on the river completing the board and Ro collected another double through Blakeley.

Casey Blakeley - 418,000
John Ro - 160,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Casey Blakeley	418,000	266,000
Richard Gordon	415,000	220,000
Benjamin Teston	385,000	295,000
Bill Romer	340,000	233,000
Richard Filkins	325,000	265,000
Kevin Shimp	285,000	327,000
Josh Reichard	255,000	336,000
Suresh Bojadla	165,000	279,000
Gerald Cunniff	138,000	220,000
Mark Lacey	115,000	215,000
Matthew Foster	0	110,000
Dino Galic	0	230,000
Craig Welko	0	48,000

Craig Randall Wins Event #5

For the third time season, the MSPT made its way to St. Louis, MO and players have been duking it out over the past week inside the Hollywood Casino for its nine-trophy event series!

In Event #5: $300 Pot-Limit Omaha, 54 four-card specialists took to the tables, and in the end, Craig Randall claimed the top spot to take home his first Spadey trophy of the series!

Results

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