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Louis Shade Leads Final 39 Survivors After Day 1C of the Inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus

Day 1c of the inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus attracted the largest field of the bunch with 355 entries being tallied, which, along with 1a's 115 and 1b’s 202, brought the field total up to 672 entries.

The massive field generated a $650,340 prize pool, and the top players will get paid a minimum of $2,146, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $133,320 first-place prize, along with the inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic Main Event title!

At the end of the final flight, just 39 players bagged and tagged with Louis Shade (780,000), edging out two-time MSPT champ Chris Meyers (752,000) for the top stack of this flight.

Kevin Stroud’s started on a heater and ended on one as well as he tossed 613,000 into his bag to end the night while Event #3 winner Brian Hall (564,000), and Jameson Selvaggio (520,000) rounded out the top five stack.

Back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk bagged just outside the top five with 471,000, locking in a record 19th cash on the season with his sights set on securing a second WPT packages this season while Thomas Carlin (371,000), Nazim Temiz (349,000), and MSPT champ Alex Cruz (283,000) all found a Day 2 berth.

Other not as fortunate to find a bag and fell on Day 1c included WSOP bracelet winners Richard Ali, Alan Percal, Satoshi Tanaka, David Evans, MSPT champ Satish Thakur, and DJ Buckley

Day 2 will get underway at 11:15 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 72 players (12 from Day 1a, 21 from 1b, and 39 from 1c) returning to the felt.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2, and we’ll see you at 11:15 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus!

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

End of Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Louis Shade	780,000	700,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	752,000	380,000
Kevin Stroud	613,000	380,000
Brian Hall	564,000	425,000
Jameson Selvaggio	520,000	640,000
Umut Ozturk	471,000	423,000
Jacob Hamed	447,000	300,000
Christopher Jarell	424,000	340,000
Gary McGolthlin	394,000	386,000
Bradley Butcher	386,000	140,000
Asvin Gianesh	384,000	215,000
Thomas Carlin	371,000	345,000
Nazim Temiz	349,000	365,000
Dalton Jones	304,000	125,000
Robert Councell	292,000	310,000
Alex Cruz	283,000	345,000
Tim Gulling	255,000	100,000
Michael Stephenson	250,000	280,000
Brian Roberts	246,000	240,000
Angela Shade	227,000	100,000
Aqawil Bin Umar	214,000	100,000
James Smith (PA)	200,000	200,000
Xayadeth Kayavong	192,000	100,000
Richard Curtis	181,000	100,000
Andy Hammell	172,000	130,000
Robert Bruce	163,000	215,000
Paul Kardules	147,000	160,000
Trent Schuler	141,000	265,000
Daniel Foertmeyer	136,000	100,000
Rob Mancini	123,000	120,000
Ronnie Day Jr	107,000	100,000
Geno Guarnieri Jr	107,000	100,000
Christian Gauthier	97,000	100,000
Shay McCalla	92,000	100,000
Rex McCullough	89,000	100,000
Louis Moore	82,000	125,000
Duane Anderson	55,000	155,000
Richard Viebranz	23,000	157,000
Robert Varga	21,000	35,000

Two Time MSPT Champ Chris Meyers Bursts the Bubble

Two-time MSPT champ Chris Meyers raised from late position and the small blind called to see a flop.

Meyers’ opponent check-called his 13,000 continuation bet bringing about the turn.

Sparks flew after Meyers’ opponent check-jammed for 131,000 after he fired out a 32,000 bet and was called.

Opponent:
Chris Meyers:

Meyers was ahead holding the queen-high straight, and the completed the board on the river ending the night.

Chris Meyers - 752,000

Kopp Out Kicked by Temiz; Hand-for-Hand Begins

WSOP bracelet winner Billy Kopp was all in preflop from the button for roughly 20,000 and was called by Nazim Temiz from the big blind.

Billy Kopp:
Nazim Temiz:

Kopp rolled over a dominated ace and the runout ended his night while another a few more eliminations at different tables brought about the hand-for-hand process with 40 players remaining.

Nazim Temiz - 365,000
Billy Kopp - Eliminated

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jameson Selvaggio	640,000	345,000
Brian Hall	425,000	270,000
Umut Ozturk	423,000	280,000
Gary McGolthlin	386,000	255,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	380,000	200,000
Kevin Stroud	380,000	580,000
Nazim Temiz	365,000	360,000
Thomas Carlin	345,000	300,000
Alex Cruz	345,000	375,000
Robert Councell	310,000	295,000
Michael Stephenson	280,000	162,000
Brian Roberts	240,000	150,000
Paul Kardules	160,000	76,000
Richard Viebranz	157,000	115,000
Bradley Butcher	140,000	165,000
Andy Hammell	130,000	65,000
Dalton Jones	125,000	180,000
Louis Moore	125,000	160,000
Satish Thakur	103,000	240,000
Jacob Kolbicz	82,000	135,000
Robert Varga	35,000	170,000
Billy Kopp	0	145,000
Gary Hays	0	150,000
Alan Percal	0	155,000
Tracy Porter	0	95,000
Richard Smetzer	0	150,000

Day 2 Line Up

So far, 33 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 39 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, December 15^th at 11:15 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

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

Buckley Hooked by Stroud

MSPT top casher DJ Buckley raised all in under the gun for a rough starting stack and Kevin Stroud looked him up from the button.

DJ Buckley:
Kevin Stroud:

Buckley was behind needing help and found it on the flop that paired his ace.

Unfortunately for Buckley, the dealer would turn the and then follow with the on the river, giving Stroud the jack-high flush to end his tournament.

Kevin Stroud - 580,000
DJ Buckley - Eliminated

Updated Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Kevin Stroud	580,000	495,000
Alex Cruz	375,000	170,000
Nazim Temiz	360,000	280,000
Jameson Selvaggio	345,000	240,000
Christopher Jarrell	340,000	261,000
Thomas Carlin	300,000	189,000
Umut Ozturk	280,000	260,000
Gary McGolthlin	255,000	279,000
Satish Thakur	240,000	210,000
Dalton Jones	180,000	255,000
Robert Varga	170,000	165,000
Bradley Butcher	165,000	65,000
Michael Stephenson	162,000	251,000
Louis Moore	160,000	135,000
Duane Anderson	155,000	89,000
Alan Percal	155,000	30,000
Billy Kopp	145,000	30,000
Jacob Kolbicz	135,000	237,000
Paul Kardules	76,000	155,000
Chris Meyers (NY)	58,000	27,000
Katie Kopp	18,000	55,000
Bobby Long	0	180,000
John Michalak	0	141,000
Ron Bell	0	73,000
DJ Buckley	0	88,500
Richard Ali	0	110,000
Satoshi Tanaka	0	45,500

MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk Officially Locks in Season 15 Player of the Year!

MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk came into the weekend with a pre-notion he had the Season 15 Player of the Year locked up as the other two players who were in the running weren’t going to be in attendance this weekend but after the end of registration, he is officially become the first player ever to win the award twice, and he has done it in back-to-back seasons!

Ozturk has a record 18 cashes on the season for $139,550, and with only being 225 points behind fellow Hall of Famer Josh Reichard in the tight 2024 ICON standings, he will look to extend that record to 19 with one final cash tomorrow to lock up two WPT packages this season!