Riverside Casino

Three-Time MSPT Champ Carl Carodenuto Bags Over a Milly to Lead the Final 31 Advancing Players into Day 2

Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Riverside $1,110 Main Event attracted 289 runners, which along with 1a's 89 and 1b’s 251 brought the total field up to 629 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The impressive field generated a $608,630 prize pool, and the top players will get paid a minimum of $1,800, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $127,698 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 16 Riverside Main Event title!

At the end of the third and final flight, just 31 players bagged and tagged with three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto bagging the overall chip lead after he started catching steam in the final levels to put a whopping 1,054,000 in his bag.

2024 Riverside champ Jake Wilding was able run up an impressive 604,000 stack to end the night while MSPT Hall of Famer and bracelet winner Richard Alsup secured the final elimination of the night to take 601,000 into Day 2.

Others to bag big stacks were Dalton Jones (490,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang (468,000), and Mark Lafata (468,000) as they rounded out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT champs Jeffrey Copeland (260,000) & Brian Landon (219,000), two-time MSPT champs Dan Sun (198,000) & Angela Jordison (186,000), along with WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway (133,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (75,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1c included MSPT Champ Phirom Peterschmidt, Tony Olguin, Brad Sailor, Ryan Eamon, Anna Marcie, and two-time MSPT champ David Gonia just to name a few.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 67 (9 from Day 1a, 27 from 1b, and 31 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 30^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 16 Riverside Remaining Schedule

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Carl Carodenuto	1,054,000	880,000
Jake Wilding	604,000	518,000
Richard Alsup	601,000	220,000
Dalton Jones	490,000	585,000
Kou Vang	468,000	421,000
Mark Lafata	468,000	450,000
Miroslav Semanisin	414,000	205,000
Paul Ewen	411,000	365,000
Christopher Jarrell	350,000	300,000
Jie Villhauer	292,000	185,000
Zach Heiman	291,000	318,000
Jesse Linch	284,000	185,000
Jeffrey Copeland	280,000	200,000
Tran Le Huang	262,000	176,000
Varun Uppal	235,000	250,000
Brian Landon	219,000	221,000
Jake Steede	200,000	100,000
Dan Sun	198,000	275,000
Bruce Fagan	198,000	200,000
Andy Rogowski	177,000	190,000
Angela Jordison	166,000	125,000
Houston Hubble	151,000	55,000
Terence Reid	139,000	182,000
Chad Holloway	133,000	145,000
Sharon Frese	120,000	50,000
Sarah Stefan	101,000	115,000
Brett Reichard	100,000	97,000
Casey Blakeley	79,000	80,000
Aaron Johnson	75,000	65,000
Dustin Hoffmann	58,000	46,000
Andy Hammell	54,000	70,000

Andros Ioakimides Out Kicked on the Bubble by MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup

A series of preflop raises led to all-in action between Andros Ioakimides from the small blind and MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup from the big blind with Ioakimides holding 255,000 effective.

Andros Ioakimides:
Rich Alsup:

Ioakimides rolled over a dominated ace and couldn’t find lady luck on the runout as he was eliminated on the bubble.

Rich Alsup - 601,000
Andros Ioakimides - Eliminated

Vang Flops Full House to Drop Reyes; Hand-for-Hand Begins

Action on the table folded to Fermin Reyes who moved his 59,000 stack in the middle from the button and MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang looked him up form the small blind.

Fermin Reyers:
Kou Vang:

Vang was ahead holding a made hand of sevens, and they proved to be a lucky pair as the runout gave him a full house to eliminate Reyes, staring the hand-for-hand process with 32 players remaining.

Kou Vang - 460,000
Fermin - Eliminated

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 36 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 31 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, March 30^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.

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Carl Carodenuto	880,000	810,000
Dalton Jones	585,000	329,000
Jake Wilding	518,000	400,000
Mark Lafata	450,000	390,000
Kou Vang	421,000	236,000
Andros Ioakimides	368,000	265,000
Paul Ewen	365,000	336,000
Zach Heiman	318,000	320,000
Brian Landon	221,000	275,000
Richard Alsup	220,000	111,000
Miroslav Semanisin	205,000	133,000
Jeffrey Copeland	200,000	274,000
Andy Rogowski	190,000	302,000
Terence Reid	182,000	90,000
Chad Holloway	145,000	102,000
Angela Jordison	125,000	240,000
Sarah Stefan	115,000	150,000
Brett Reichard	97,000	87,000
Casey Blakeley	80,000	186,000
Andy Hammell	70,000	126,000
Aaron Johnson	65,000	104,000
Fermin Reyes	48,000	131,000
Dustin Hoffmann	46,000	160,000
Phil Mader	0	89,000
Jon Hanner	0	45,000
Sam DeSilva	0	205,000
George Dietz	0	70,000

Osterbauer Jams into Ewen's Pair of Aces

Paul Ewen raised from middle position and then called Joe Osterbauer’s 90,000 three-bet jam next to act.

Joe Osterbauer:
Paul Ewen:

Osterbauer picked a wrong time to get his chips in the middle as he was unable to find a set on the runout ending his night.

Paul Ewen - 336,000
Joe Osterbauer - Eliminated

Rich Alsup Closing in on $1,000,000 MSPT Career Earnings

MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup has racked up 56 cashes on the MSPT, tallying a whopping $997,516 to sit atop the Career Earnings Leaderboard

Round of Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jake Wilding	400,000	280,000
Mark Lafata	390,000	350,000
Paul Ewen	336,000	287,000
Zach Heiman	320,000	200,000
Andy Rogowski	302,000	216,000
Brian Landon	275,000	241,000
Jeffrey Copeland	274,000	331,000
Varun Uppal	250,000	155,000
Casey Blakeley	186,000	156,000
Miroslav Semanisin	133,000	320,000
Andy Hammell	126,000	205,000
Richard Alsup	111,000	155,000
Aaron Johnson	104,000	71,000
Chad Holloway	102,000	138,000
Terence Reid	90,000	116,000
Phil Mader	89,000	58,000
Joe Osterbauer	0	150,000
George Pappas	0	80,000

Semanisin Cools Off a Double with Rockets

A series of preflop raises led to Miroslav Semanisin getting his 159,000 stack in the middle and he found one caller.

Miroslav Semanisin:
Opponent:

Semanisin woke-up with aces at the perfect time as the runout secured his double-up.

Miroslav Semanisin - 360,000