Created (5/18/2025 1:26:18 AM by Anthony Thompson)
Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Michigan Poker State Championship attracted an astonishing 1,294 runners, which along with 1a's 612 and 1b’s 1,134, brought the total field up to 3,040 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at FireKeepers Casino!
At the end of the third and final flight, only 141 players bagged with Buck Bucceri finding himself atop the chip counts with 832,000, edging out Scott Bohlman (812,000) for the top stack of the flight.
Melissa Bartelme
Others to bag big stacks this flight where Corey Wick (758,000), Tim Flattery (622,000), Roger Khoury (579,000), and Melissa Bartelme (664,000).
Dave Bashel
They were joined by David Bashel (532,000), Jose Montes (503,000), 2023 Michigan Poker State Champion Travis Young (496,000), two-time MSPT champ John Sun (475,000), and back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (440,000).
MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz
Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's Rob WazWaz & Aaron Massey, along with former MSPT champs Satish Thakur, Abdul Amer, George Janssen, and Matthew Eng.
MSPT Champ Matthew Eng
The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 334 (68 from Day 1a, 125 from 1b, and 141 from 1c) – will return at 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 18th and to play down to a winner.
Action will begin at the start of Level 16 with 13:09 remaining 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!