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Khaldoun Azzam Leads 30 Survivors After Day 1C of the Inaugural MSPT $1,100 Main Event at Parkwest Bicycle Casino

Day 1c inaugural MSPT $1,100 Main Event at Parkwest Bicycle Casino is in the books after recording 238 entries, which along with 1a's 98 and 1b’s 158 brought the total field up to 494 total entries, with one flight left to go.

At the end of the third starting flight, just 30 players bagged and tagged with Khaldoun Azzam finding himself atop the chip counts with 490,000 after a late-night heater.

Mini Mega Millions champ Marc Fiorentino found himself just behind Azzam in the chip counts bagging 474,000 while WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez (426,000), Michael Danley (425,000), and Vic Kruglov (401,000), rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

They were joined by Samvel Gspoyan (380,000), Duey Duong (319,000), Adam Swan (185,000), David Gutfreund (82,000), and MSPT champ Justin Lynch (75,000).

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

MSPT Season 15 Parkwest Bicycle Remaining Schedule

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!

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Khaldoun Azzam	490,000	450,000
Marc Fiorentino	474,000	400,000
Anthony Marquez	426,000	130,000
Michael Danley	425,000	310,000
Victor Kruglov	401,000	342,000
Samvel Gspoyan	380,000	220,000
Rick Mechammll	358,000	100,000
Victor Espinal	328,000	100,000
Duey Duong	319,000	510,000
Nader Arfai	263,000	100,000
Preston Patz	261,000	100,000
Tazebe Beyeng	255,000	100,000
Roger Nahum	237,000	100,000
Yuzu Wang	228,000	200,000
Paul Yi	223,000	100,000
Rocco Iati	216,000	252,000
David Mann	209,000	205,000
Tuan Nguyen	203,000	200,000
Hratch Mkrtumyan	200,000	100,000
Artyom Arustamyan	187,000	100,000
Phongthep Thiptinnakon	186,000	100,000
Adam Swan	185,000	113,000
Stephen Lerdner	185,000	100,000
Denny Kim	160,000	100,000
Derek Chapin	119,000	100,000
Scott Vener	101,000	100,000
Chris Beshlian	88,000	100,000
David Gutfreund	82,000	132,000
Justin Lynch	75,000	103,000
Paul Chou	69,000	10,000

Anthony Marquez Burst Day 1C Bubble

WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez opened under the gun for 15,000 only to call a 97,000 three-bet jam from the player seated directly to his left.

Opponent:
Anthony Marquez:

“Keep it low dealer”, Marquez politely asked just before the dropped a flop.

“Okay”, Marquez said just before the was turned putting his opponent in the lead with top pair.

Marquez added on last “Club”, and it was received as the fell giving him the flush to eliminate his opponent on the bubble.

Anthony Marquez - 426,000

Hand-for-Hand Begins

With the elimination of Andrew Cha, the hand-for-hand process had begun with 31 players remaining.

Azzam Gets There on the River

Anthony Denove opened for 12,000 from the hijack and was called by Khaldoun Azzam from the cutoff, along with Gutfreund from the big blind.

The flop fell and action was checked to Denove who tossed out a 28,000 continuation bet only to have Azzam raise all in.

Gutfreund quickly got out of the way while Denove called off his shorter stack.

Anthony Denove:
Khaldoun Azzam:

Denove was ahead after flopping top pair and the turn kept him in the lead.

Unfortunately for Denove, the that fell on the river wasn’t the two-pair he wanted to find as it gave Azzam the nut flush, ending his tournament just before the bubble.

Khaldoun Azzam - 450,000
Dave Gutfreund - 130,000
Anthony Denove - 0

Join Us for the Inaugural Winter Poker Classic at the Hollywood Casino in Columbus Ohio!

For the first time ever, the MSPT is headed to Columbus, Ohio to host the Winter Poker Classic at The Hollywood Casino from December 5th - 15th for the Season 15 finale!

Our $400 Monster Stack NLH $100k GTD will be kicking off the 20-event series and will offer three starting flights beginning at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, December 5th.

The following two flights will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, December 6th, and Saturday, December 7th, with Day 2 starting at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, December 8th.

The series will run into its headlined $1,110 Main Event (500K GTD) which offers three starting flights.

Day 1a will get started at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, December 12th, with Day 1b & Day 1c being held on Friday, December 8th, and Saturday, December 9th, with a 12:15 p.m. start time.

The combined fields from all three flights will then return to action on Sunday, December 15th at 11:15 a.m. to compete for the MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic title.

For the complete schedule click here.

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Khaldoun Azzam	403,000	292,000
Marc Fiorentino	400,000	272,000
Victor Kruglov	342,000	382,000
Michael Danley	310,000	190,000
Paul Chou	265,000	310,000
Samvel Gspoyan	220,000	231,000
David Mann	205,000	272,000
Anthony Denove	160,000	224,000
David Gutfreund	132,000	247,000
Adam Swan	113,000	100,000
Justin Lynch	103,000	145,000
Stephen Austin	0	68,000
Tony Huang	0	80,000

Chou Out Kicks Vahabi to the Curb

Action on the table folded to Paul Chou who raised the button and Mehrdad Vahabi called from the small blind.

The two went heads-up to a flop and Vahabi check-called a 25,000 continuation bet from Chou bringing about the turn.

Vahabi wasted little time getting his 70,000 stack in the middle and Chou snap-called.

Mehrdad Vahabi:
Paul Chou:

Both players held top pair, but Vahabi had kicker issues and the river didn’t help as it sent him out the door.

Paul Chou - 310,000
Mehrdad Vahabi - 0

Updated Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Victor Kruglov	382,000	353,000
Khaldoun Azzam	292,000	245,000
David Mann	272,000	238,000
Marc Fiorentino	272,000	335,000
Rocco Iati	252,000	215,000
Duey Duong	250,000	467,000
David Gutfreund	247,000	245,000
Anthony Denove	224,000	100,000
Paul Chou	220,000	100,000
Michael Danley	190,000	160,000
Anthony Marquez	130,000	173,000
Adam Swan	100,000	53,000
John Donnelly	100,000	143,000
Tony Huang	80,000	100,000
Stephen Austin	68,000	160,000
DJ Buckley	0	125,000
Shan Jing	0	32,000
John Lee	0	127,000

Kruglov Sets Up a Double Knockout

Shan Jing open-jammed 33,000 from middle position and the player directly to his left moved their 11,000 stack in the middle before Vic Kruglov called from the small blind having them both well covered.

Opponent:
Shan Jing:
Vic Kruglov:

Kruglov was ahead holding a made hand of deuces and improved after the flop gave him a set.

The turn came with a sweat but the completed the board on the river and secured Kruglov the double knockout.

Vic Kruglov - 404,000
Shan Jing - 0