Sycuan Casino Resort

Srivinay Irrinki Holds the Top Spot After 17 Players After Day 1B

A lengthy day of 16 Levels has wrapped up during the MSPT Season 16 100 GRAND STACK Series $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Casino & Resort as Day 1b drew another 154 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 236, making sure the $300K GTD will be eclipsed with tomorrow’s final starting flight.

Of those 154 entries, only 17 players remained when chips went into bags, and it was Srivinay Irrinki who went on a late-night heater to bag the top stack.

Irrinki was able to spin up an average stack to 2,375,000 to put in his bag at the end of the night edging out Jamie Dalupan (1,815,000) for the overall stack thus far.

Jerric Jiang secured the final elimination on the night to bag 1,290,000 while Richard Spirra (1,270,000), and January’s Regional champ Mo Pourmandi (1,260,000) rounded out the top five stacks and were the only other players to clip the milly mark.

Others who found a Day 2 berth during this flight included WSOP bracelet winner Brad Gafford (870,000), Lam Nguyen (815,000), Rip Fritzer (730,000), Matt Salsberg (590,000), and the MSPT top casher DJ Buckley (235,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 10 others who have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included MSPT champ Kyna England, January’s runner-up Brad Miller, Susan Millstone, Austin Lake, and Bret Eberhart, just to name a few.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time, and it will be the last chance for players to punch their ticket into Sunday's Day 2.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 10:40 p.m.) Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 16 Sycuan 100 GRAND STACK Series Remaining Schedule

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Srivinay Irrinki	2,375,000	2,630,000
Jamie Dalupan	1,815,000	1,300,000
Jerric Jiang	1,290,000	780,000
Richard Spirra	1,270,000	1,205,000
Mo Pourmandi	1,260,000	1,750,000
Brad Gafford	870,000	660,000
Lam Nguyen	815,000	900,000
Carlos Saucedo	795,000	700,000
Lawrence Kidd	790,000	500,000
Rip Fritzer	730,000	710,000
Andrew Merrick	680,000	700,000
Lorenzo Bosforo	615,000	435,000
Daniel Lujano	595,000	620,000
Matt Salsberg	590,000	800,000
Stephen Taylor	445,000	450,000
DJ Buckley	235,000	405,000
Loyal Sprague	230,000	480,000

MSPT Champ Gianluca Pace Bubbles Day 1B

MSPT champ Gianluca Pace was all in preflop for 270,000 from the button and Jerric Jiang looked him up from the small blind.

Gianluca Pace:
Jerric Jiang:

Pace was at risk needing some help, but the runout wasn’t enough to get the job done as his night ended on the bubble.

Jerric Jiang - 1,290,000
Gianluca Pace - 0

Salsberg Trips Up Jiang for Survival

Matt Salsberg raised under the gun and Jerric Jiang defended his big blind to see a flop.

Jiang check-called a continuation bet from Salsberg, and then did the same for 65,000 after the fell on the turn.

Once the completed the board on the river, Jiang checked one last time only to call Salsberg’s 225,000 all-in bet.

Salsberg then rolled over for trip nines and it was good as Jiang released his hand into the muck.

Matt Salsberg - 800,000
Jerric Jiang - 780,000

Tai Purpero Collects the Final Bounty

Over the past week, players have been inside Sycuan Casino & Resort duking it out for the MSPT 100 GRAND STACK Series in San Diego, CA.

In Event #5: $250 No-Limit Green Chip Bounty, 139 hunters took to the tables as bounty collectors and created a $28,000 prize pool that paid out the top 15 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table included Taylor Shepard (10th Place - $427 + Bounties), Peter Aran (12th Place - $427 + Bounties), Igor Iskiev (13th Place - $354 + Bounties), and Jake Long (15th Place - $354 + Bounties).

In the end, it was Tai Purpero who came away with the ultimate win to take down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the 100 GRAND STACK Series trophy!

Final Table Results

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Srivinay Irrinki	2,630,000	1,200,000
Mo Pourmandi	1,750,000	1,370,000
Jamie Dalupan	1,300,000	700,000
Richard Spirra	1,205,000	1,340,000
Matt Salsberg	800,000	310,000
Jerric Jiang	780,000	1,160,000
Rip Fritzer	710,000	664,000
Andrew Merrick	700,000	1,080,000
Brad Gafford	660,000	410,000
Daniel Lujano	620,000	740,000
Stephen Taylor	450,000	810,000
Lorenzo Bosforo	435,000	640,000
DJ Buckley	405,000	250,000
Justin Lynch	100,000	285,000
Matthew Esz	0	400,000
Sherman Wu	0	490,000
Sherry Hammers	0	230,000
Nissar Quraishi	0	350,000

Blades Jams into Lujano's Aces

A series of preflop raises saw Cody Blades get his remaining stack in the middle from the button and was called by Daniel Lujano from late position.

Cody Blades:
Daniel Lujano:

Blades didn’t like seeing Lujano roll over a pair of aces and for good reason, as the runout ended his night.

Daniel Lujano - 740,000
Cody Blades - 0

Chip Counts & Empty Seats

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Mo Pourmandi	1,370,000	1,420,000
Richard Spirra	1,340,000	373,000
Srivinay Irrinki	1,200,000	850,000
Jerric Jiang	1,160,000	580,000
Andrew Merrick	1,080,000	750,000
Stephen Taylor	810,000	720,000
Daniel Lujano	740,000	300,000
Jamie Dalupan	700,000	320,000
Rip Fritzer	664,000	570,000
Lorenzo Bosforo	640,000	370,000
Loyal Sprague	480,000	150,000
Matthew Esz	400,000	520,000
Nissar Quraishi	350,000	155,000
Gianluca Pace	320,000	560,000
DJ Buckley	250,000	305,000
Josh Lachman	190,000	100,000
Jacob Long	0	218,000
Adrian Lopez	0	350,000
Tim Acker	0	275,000
Cody Blades	0	100,000
Josh Reichard	0	315,000
Brandon Fishman	0	270,000
David Uvaydov	0	177,000

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Samarghandy Trips Up Ciccarelli for a Double

John Ciccarelli opened with a raise under the gun only to call Hesam Samarghandy’s 78,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.

Hesam Samarghandy:
John Ciccarelli:

Samarghandy was at risk needing some help and found it after the flop fell giving him trip kings.

The turn was a great sight for Samarghandy as it secured him the pot, and he collected his double-up after the meangingless completed the board on the river.

​​​​​​​John Ciccarelli - 180,000
Hesam Samarghandy - 165,000