Sycuan Casino Resort

Jerric Jiang Soars to the Top to Lead the 12 Advancing Players After Day 1B

A lengthy day of 19 Levels has wrapped up during the MSPT Season 16 100 GRAND STACK $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Casino & Resort as Day 1b drew another 114 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 228, making sure the $300K GTD will be eclipsed with tomorrow’s final two starting flights.

Of those 114 entries, only 12 players remained when chips went into bags, and it was Jerric Jiang who went on a late-night heater to bag the top stack.

Jiang was able to spin up an average stack to 1,680,000 to put in his bag at the end of the night edging out two-time bracelet winner Justin Lapka (1,540,000), and Keith Eoll (1,520,000) for the top stack of this flight.

Rounding out the top five stacks was WSOP bracelet winner Brad Gafford (1,465,000), and Bradley Miller (1,275,000) while David Vannoy (1,015,000) was the only other player to clip the milly mark.

Others who found a Day 2 berth during this flight included Susan Millstone (665,000), Rodney Danger (640,000), Peter Aran (500,000), and Janet Burke (240,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 12 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final two starting flights will get underway tomorrow with Day 1d getting started bright and early at 10:00 a.m. while Day 1e will follow at 4:00 p.m.

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 16 Sycuan 100 GRAND STACK Festival Remaining Schedule

With the two starting flights overlapping each other, the live reporting for Day 1d will start at Level 9 (approximately 3:30 p.m. local time), with Day 1e coverage following after the completion of the fourth flight.

End Day 1B Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jerric Jiang	1,680,000	900,000
Justin Lapka	1,540,000	1,800,000
Keith Eoll	1,520,000	1,200,000
Brad Gafford	1,465,000	1,100,000
Bradley Miller	1,275,000	1,150,000
David Vannoy	1,015,000	900,000
Susan Millstone	665,000	765,000
Rodney Danger	640,000	600,000
David Uvaydov	550,000	450,000
Peter Aran	500,000	650,000
Richard Spirra	330,000	65,000
Janet Burke	240,000	375,000

Spirra Burst the Bubble Ending Play

The hijack tossed out their short 35,000 stack only to have Rich Spirra go over the top for 110,000 from the button, and Justin Lapka called from the big blind having both players covered.

Hijack:
Rich Spirra:
Justin Lapka:

Spirra rolled over a premium hand of kings and faded the sweaty runout to burst the bubble.

Justin Lapka - 1,540,000
Rich Spirra - 330,000

Burke Doubles on the Bubble

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Justin Lapka opened from the hijack and then called Janet Burke’s 120,000 three-bet jam from the button.

Janet Burke:
Justin Lapka:

Burke was out in front and the runout kept her in the lead to keep her Main Event hopes alive.

Justin Lapka - 1,800,000
Janet Burke - 340,000

Molnar Hits a Barry Greenstein to Stay Alive, Only to Fall the Very Next Hand

Derek Molnar moved his short stack in the middle from the hijack and WSOP bracelet winner Brad Gafford looked him up from the small blind.

Derek Molnar:
Brad Gafford:

Molnar was ahead holding an ace until a king appeared in the window on the giving Gafford top pair.

The turn didn’t improve Molnar but the dealer followed with the on the river to secure his much-needed double-up.

Right after that hand, Molnar found his 350,000 stack at risk against Jerric Jiang only to come up short, taking action to hand-for-hand with 13 players remaining.

Jerric Jiang - 1,150,000
Brad Gafford - 1,100,000
Derek Molnar - 0

Day 1A Chip Counts

So far, just 12 players have punched their ticket into Day 2 and another group of 12 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

All who make it through until the end of play will return to action, Monday, January 20^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.

Aran Fills Up on the Turn to Stay Slive

Two-time bracelet winner Justin Lapka raised to 60,000 from middle position and then called Peter Aran’s 175,000 three-bet jam next to act.

Peter Aran:
Justin Lapka:

“Nice run guys, I’m not feeling good about this one,” Aran said just before he stood from his seat as the dealer dropped a flop pairing Lapka’s queen.

With Aran needing some help, the dealer answered his prayer by turning the turn improving him to a full house and then followed with the river to secure his double-up.

Justin Lapka - 1,140,000
Peter Aran - 495,000

Stacks & Empty Seats

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Keith Eoll	1,200,000	820,000
Justin Lapka	1,140,000	650,000
Brad Gafford	1,100,000	1,025,000
Jerric Jiang	900,000	495,000
Peter Aran	650,000	275,000
Rodney Danger	600,000	425,000
Derek Molnar	500,000	160,000
Janet Burke	375,000	265,000
Richard Spirra	65,000	300,000
Ronda Vankrey	0	165,000
Peter Cross	0	400,000

William Wilson Takes Down Event #7!

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

In Event #7: $200 No-Limit Hold'em Ultimate Stack, a 34-player field took to the felt and in the end, it was local William Wilson who came away with the ultimate victory to take home the 100 GRAND STACK Festival trophy!

Results

Lanes Tripped Up by Danger

Action on the table folded to Richard Lanes who raised all in for 150,000 from the cutoff and Rodney Danger put his 175,000 stack at risk from the button.

Richard Lanes:
Rodney Danger:

Lanes rolled over a dominated ace with a queen appearing in the window on the flop which paired both players.

The turn left Lanes needing a nine on the river to stay alive but the dealer dropped the instead and improved Danger to trip queens to send him packing.

Rodney Danger - 425,000
Richard Lanes - 0