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Cord Garcia Soars to the Top After 20 Players Survive Day 1B of the Inaugural MSPT $1,100 Main Event at Parkwest Bicycle Casino

A lengthy day of 15 Levels has wrapped up during the inaugural MSPT $1,100 Main Event at Parkwest Bicycle Casino as Day 1b drew 158 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 256, with tomorrow’s final two starting flights still to go.

Of those 158 entries, only 20 players remained when chips went into bags, and it was WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia who went on a late-night heater to bag the top stack of 948,000, good enough for the overall top stack thus far.

Sitting behind Garcia was Andrew Ostapchenko whos 800,000 stack is good for the second overall stack heading into Day 2 while Marc Spitaleri (500,000) was the only other player to clip the half milly mark.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Ralph Castaneda (343,000), and Alex Avila (336,000) while MSPT champ Carl Oman (273,000), and Jason Hickey (205,000), were the only other players to bag north of 200k.

Much like Day 1a, the final levels of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk, along with MSPT champ Ron West among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the remaining tables.

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. Ty Dobbertin (183,000), Katherine Brandt (162,000), Dennis Stevermer (151,000), Triet Nguyen (80,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (69,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 12 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final two starting flights will get underway tomorrow Saturday, November 9^th with Day 1c getting started bright and early at 10:00 a.m. while Day 1c Turbo will follow at 4:30 p.m.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at Noon on Sunday, November 10^th to play down to a winner.

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End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Cord Garcia	948,000	920,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	800,000	455,000
Marc Spitaleri	500,000	420,000
Ralph Castaneda	343,000	240,000
Alex Avila	336,000	300,000
Carl Oman	273,000	135,000
Jason Hickey	205,000	110,000
Ty Dobbertin	183,000	62,000
Katherine Brandt	162,000	175,000
Edward Pak	161,000	160,000
Dennis Stevermer	151,000	120,000
Michael Allen	150,000	30,000
Brian Hunkins	115,000	103,000
Travis Tachibana	115,000	30,000
Altynai Fung	86,000	30,000
Triet Nguyen	80,000	63,000
Josh Reichard	69,000	88,000
Chris Ren	61,000	30,000
Liron Cohen	61,000	68,000
Jonah Lopas	45,000	30,000

MSPT Champ Ron West Bubbles Day 1B

MSPT champ Ron West tossed out his last 31,000 from the cutoff and Travis Tachibana looked him up from the big blind.

Ron West:
Travis Tachibana:

West was ahead until the flop fell giving Tachibana the flush off the bat.

The turn left West needing any ace or three on the river to stay alive, but the completed the board and eliminated him on the bubble.

Travis Tachibana - 60,000
Ron West - 0

Garcia Drops Elsanafiri Starting the Hand-for-Hand Process

Said Elsanafiri was all in preflop for 25,000 from the hijack and WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia looked him up from the button.

Said Elsanafiri:
Cord Garcia:

Elsanafiri was at risk needing help, but none came on the runout ending his night just before the bubble as the hand-for-hand process has now started.

Cord Garcia - 930,000
Said Elsanafiri - 0

Day 1A Chip Counts

Yesterday’s starting flight saw Jared Griener bag the top stack with 552,000 stack leading the 12 players who advanced from a 98-entry field, and the 20 players who make it through today will join that group on Sunday, November 10^th at Noon to play down to a winner.

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Cord Garcia	920,000	530,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	455,000	260,000
Marc Spitaleri	420,000	540,000
Katherine Brandt	175,000	145,000
Carl Oman	135,000	180,000
Ron West	130,000	280,000
Dennis Stevermer	120,000	112,000
Jason Hickey	110,000	255,000
Liron Cohen	68,000	154,000
Triet Nguyen	63,000	162,000
Ty Dobbertin	62,000	230,000
Said Elsanafiri	25,000	62,000
DJ Buckley	0	65,000
Tony Huang	0	60,000

Buckley Flips a Double

Triet Nguyen opened under the gun for 10,000 and then called DJ Buckley’s 62,000 three-bet jam directly to his left.

DJ Buckley:
Triet Nguyen:

It was a flip with Buckley calling the correct end as the runout paired his king to keep his Main Event rolling.

DJ Buckley - 130,000
Triet Nguyen - 80,000

Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Marc Spitaleri	540,000	375,000
Cord Garcia	530,000	453,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	260,000	255,000
Jason Hickey	255,000	240,000
Ralph Castaneda	240,000	30,000
Ty Dobbertin	230,000	165,000
Triet Nguyen	162,000	119,000
Edward Pak	160,000	188,000
Liron Cohen	154,000	200,000
Katherine Brandt	145,000	105,000
Dennis Stevermer	112,000	67,000
Josh Reichard	88,000	149,000
Said Elsanafiri	62,000	30,000
Tony Huang	60,000	57,000
Marc Fiorentino	0	185,000
Rudy Cervantes (CA)	0	87,000
Umut Ozturk	0	202,000

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Garcia Wins Big to Jump atop the Counts

Liron Cohen opened for 9,000 from middle position and found one caller from the hijack before WSOP bracelet winner Cord Garcia tossed out a 27,000 three-bet from the big blind.

Both Cohen and the hijack called, taking action three-ways to a flop.

Garcia wasted little time moving a 45,000 continuation bet in the middle and only Cohen called to see the turn.

Action went check-check, and the completed the board on the river.

Garcia glared at Cohen before making a 160,000 bet and the hefty price was too steep for Cohen as he released his hand into the muck.

Cord Garcia - 453,000
Liron Cohen - 200,000