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Patrick Lacy Soars to the Top After 21 Players Survive Day 1B of the Inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus

A lengthy day of 14 levels has wrapped up during the inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus as Day 1b drew 202 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 317, with tomorrow’s final starting flight still to go.

The hard stop of 21 players was reached with 4:19 remaining at 3,000/5,000/5,000 with Patrick Lacy leading the bunch by a wide margin as he put a whopping 898,000 in his bag to end the night, good enough for the overall top stack thus far.

Sitting behind Lacy was Event #9 winner Connor Burchwell whose 651,000 stack is good for the second overall stack this flight while Anthony McIe (628,000) was the only other player to clip the 600k mark.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Trevor Warren (505,000), and Dan Hummer (498,000), while Jamie Teel (434,000), and MSPT champ Abdul Amer (434,000) were the only other players to bag north of 400k.

Among those not as lucky at the felt included MSPT champ Anthony Hancovsky, Hollywood Casino Columbus Regional champ Aaron Durrani, Ray Ezzie, WSOP bracelet winner Satoshi Tanaka, and MSPT champ Matt Stammen.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, will have one final opportunity to earn a Day 2 berth tomorrow Saturday, December 14^th for Day 1c starting at 12:15 p.m. local time.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic at Hollywood Casino Columbus Remaining Schedule

Make sure to keep it here at MSPTpoker.com to find out who makes it through to Day 2!

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Patrick Lacy	898,000	889,000
Connor Burchwell	651,000	650,000
Anthony McIe	628,000	300,000
Trevor Warren	505,000	313,000
Dan Hummer	498,000	300,000
Abdul Amer	434,000	260,000
Jamie Teel	434,000	285,000
Jonathan Horst	258,000	260,000
Ryan Wince	257,000	245,000
Lenard Pisano	218,000	275,000
Kenneth Zuspan	185,000	100,000
Michael Berland	178,000	135,000
Richard Kaplan	147,000	85,000
Troy Jones	142,000	200,000
Joshua Pape	112,000	100,000
Caleb King	99,000	55,000
Mason Reser	99,000	80,000
James Fuller	90,000	75,000
Chris Morgan	74,000	45,000
Matthew Schmidt	72,000	30,000
Garrett Davis	68,000	100,000
Iverson Snuffer	21,000	30,000

Lacy Closing in on a Milly; Hand-for-Hand Begins

After sitting atop the chip counts for majority of the day, Patrick Lacy was just seen eliminating another player with against to close in on the 900k mark and on the other table, WSOP bracelet winner Billy Kopp lost a race with pocket queens against Connor Burchwell’s Big Slick, starting the hand-for-hand process.

Mariano Pineda Wins Event #12!

Over the past week, players have been inside Hollywood Casino duking it out for the MSPT Winter Poker Classic in Columbus, Ohio.

In Event #12: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Ultimate Stack, 70 runners took to the tables, and when the dust settled, it was Mariano Pineda who came away with the epic win to take down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Winter Poker Classic trophy!

Final Table Results

Tanaka Misses Flush and Falls to Jones

WSOP bracelet winner Satoshi Tanaka raised all in for 24,000 from middle position and Troy Jones looked him up from the cutoff.

Satoshi Tanaka:
Troy Jones:

Tanaka was at risk needing help and found some after the flop gave him more outs with a heart flush draw.

Unfortunately for Tanaka, both the turn and river were bricks, ending his night.

Troy Jones - 200,000
Satoshi Tanaka - 0

Burchwell Rivers Ace to Drop Clifton

Anne Clifton raised all in for 48,000 from the cutoff and Connor Burchwell called from the button.

Anne Clifton:
Connor Burchwell:

It was a race with Clifton holding the lead all the way until the river on the runout as it paired Burchwell’s ace to end her day.

Connor Burchwell - 451,000
Anne Clifton - 0

Round of Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Patrick Lacy	500,000	300,000
Connor Burchwell	451,000	345,000
Lenard Pisano	275,000	210,000
Abdul Amer	260,000	221,000
Jonathan Horst	260,000	182,000
Ryan Wince	245,000	200,000
Troy Jones	200,000	190,000
Andy Hammell	160,000	60,000
Billy Kopp	135,000	30,000
James Fuller	75,000	50,000
Alex Cruz	68,000	57,000
Caleb King	55,000	89,000
Daniel Weaver	50,000	133,500
Louis Moore	45,000	70,000
Chris Morgan	45,000	110,000
David Mirth	0	130,000
Ian Richardson	0	147,000
Josh Snodgrass	0	95,000
Matthew Radcliffe	0	165,000
Frank Dellaria	0	75,000
DJ Buckley	0	30,000
Bradley Butcher	0	85,000
Katie Kopp	0	30,000
Paul Kardules	0	65,000
Dan Laduke	0	80,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	0	70,000

Michael Salem & Julia Hayostek Dominate Tag Team Event

For the first time ever, the MSPT has made its way to Columbus, Ohio for the Season 15 finale, and players have been inside the Hollywood Casino duking it out over the past week for the Winter Poker Classic!

In Event #11: $300 No-Limit Hold'em Tag Team, 198 players took to the field and generated a $31,680 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 teams.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Jacob & Jesse Dodd (10th Place - $6), Steven Reti & Shawn Miller (11th Place - $6), Richard Rossetti & Richard Smetzer (12th Place - $6).

Coming out the top team was Michael Salem & Julia Hayostek who took home the top prize along with the Winter Poker Classic trophies!

Final Table Results

*denotes chop

Registration Closed

With the start of Level 13, registration for Day 1b of the inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus is now closed.

A total of 202 entries were recorded in this flight, and along with the 115 entries from Day 1a, the total entries for the tournament are now up to 317 with one flight still to go.

The plan is to play until the hard stop of 11% of the field (22 players) is reached.

Only 12 players advanced from yesterday’s starting flight and the tournament clock reads 48 players remaining with only 22 hopefuls looking to join them on the Day 2 roster as we head into the final levels of play this evening.

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