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October 2 - 5, 2025

 
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Sultan Ahmed Soars to the Top to Lead the 63 Survivors After Day 1B
Created (10/4/2025 12:45:52 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1b of the MSPT 2025 $1,110 Wisconsin Poker State Championship has come to an end at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino after seeing an impressive 568 entries recorded, taking the two-day total thus far to 914, solidifying that the $1,000,000 GTD will be broken with one flight still to go.

Another full day of action took course, knocking down the 560 entries to just 63 players as the hard stop was reached in Level 16 with 1:08 remaining at 10,000/20,000/20,000 when Wisconsin native Sultan Ahmed put on a display to end the night with 2,205,000 to edge out MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson for the top Day 1b stack, as they were the only players to clip the two-milly mark..

MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson

Rounding out the top five stacks were Andrew Loomis (1,685,000), Jake Manning (1,625,000) & Tommy Zoubka (1,600,000), while WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wilklow (1,545,000), Loki Abboud (1,180,000), Dennis Stevermer (740,000), and the MSPT’s top casher DJ Buckley (605,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 39 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

2025 Minnesota Poker State Champion Bee Yang

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included MSPT champ Bee Yang, David Gutfreund, Angela Gambino, Ryan Eamon, and MSPT champ Dan Goepel, just to name a few.

Angela Gambino

The final starting flight will begin tomorrow at noon local time, providing players with their last chance to secure a spot in Sunday's Day 2.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.)

MSPT Season 16 Wisconsin Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Gold Card Event
4-Oct 9:00 AM $265 Milestone Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to Main Event 20,000 20 Minutes -
4-Oct 12:00 PM $1,110 WPSC Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) 100,000 40 Minutes 5C
4-Oct 7:00 PM $200 Monster Stack NLH 30,000 20 Minutes 8
5-Oct 9:00 AM $400 Seniors (50+) Ultimate Stack NLH 30,000 30 Minutes 9
5-Oct 11:00 AM $1,110 WPSC Main Event NLH Day 2 (2-Day Event) - 40 Minutes 5
5-Oct 12:00 PM $300 Black Chip Bounty Ultimate Stack NLH 40,000 20 Minutes 10
5-Oct 3:00 PM $300 Last Chance Monster Stack NLH 30,000 20 Minutes 11

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

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
End Day 1B Chip Counts
Created (10/4/2025 12:30:52 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Sultan Ahmed 2,205,000 1,400,000
Aaron Johnson 2,000,000 1,100,000
Andrew Loomis 1,685,000 1,685,000
Jake Manning 1,625,000 1,625,000
Tommy Zoubka 1,600,000 1,600,000
Michael Wilklow 1,545,000 1,450,000
Andrew Maker 1,515,000 1,220,000
Joseph Elpayaa 1,465,000 500,000
Andy Rogowski 1,450,000 940,000
Michael Puccio 1,430,000 1,410,000
Tony Lazar 1,410,000 1,410,000
Hayden Hetland 1,370,000 1,050,000
Richard Bai 1,370,000 1,200,000
Renmei Liu 1,235,000 1,000,000
Bill Romer 1,220,000 664,000
Kelly Mahana 1,195,000 770,000
Robert Willems 1,190,000 1,100,000
Loki Abboud 1,180,000 1,275,000
Arlo Strozewski 1,145,000 1,065,000
Joseph Larson (MN) 1,110,000 1,110,000
Ronald Blasczyk 1,105,000 1,105,000
Eddie Blumenthal 1,095,000 860,000
Kenneth Brunette 1,085,000 1,085,000
Frank Lagodich 1,035,000 870,000
Niel Mittelman 1,035,000 1,035,000
Corey Wick 980,000 245,000
Kyle Corkery 965,000 965,000
Rostyslav Huriak 960,000 960,000
Doug Timmer 935,000 935,000
Kirby Rogers 925,000 250,000
Andy Tran 870,000 200,000
David Danielson 860,000 860,000
Wesley Cannon 860,000 900,000
Dalton Jones 845,000 1,000,000
William Connor 810,000 810,000
Chueyee Yang 805,000 805,000
Dennis Stevermer 740,000 640,000
Rinaldo Teodoro 720,000 720,000
Ralph Castaneda 685,000 685,000
Charles McMullen 650,000 650,000
Matthew Porter 625,000 555,000
Shane Thorne 610,000 400,000
Garry Gurevich 610,000 610,000
DJ Buckley 605,000 400,000
Paul Clements 600,000 600,000
Kyle Gahan 590,000 590,000
Beau Wilshire 570,000 570,000
Jason Hoffman 510,000 510,000
Jennifer Mandel 505,000 552,000
Steve Lee 505,000 505,000
William Henricks 480,000 1,100,000
Cassandra Rosenfeldt 450,000 600,000
Lamar Thomas 420,000 420,000
Derrick Luke 420,000 420,000
Ben Castle 325,000 325,000
Tanner Pray 315,000 280,000
Jeffrey Stephens 290,000 290,000
Michael VanderWoude 280,000 300,000
Curtis Vierstraete 250,000 250,000
Ben Ramon 245,000 245,000
Donald Madden 235,000 235,000
Corey Boardman 130,000 130,000
Serphei Borte 120,000 120,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Kevin McMahon Bubbles Day 1B
Created (10/4/2025 12:14:19 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Kevin McMahon (pictured) was all in preflop from the small blind, and Shane Thorne looked him up from the big blind.

Kevin McMahon:
Shane Thorne:

McMahon was at risk holding suited live cards, and the flop gave him a flush draw.

The dealer then turned the , leaving McMahon needing a non heart ace to fall on teh river to stay alive, but the completed the board and eliminated him on th ebubble.

Shane Thorne - 610,000
Kevin McMahon - 0

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Hand-For-Hand
Created (10/4/2025 12:10:15 AM by Anthony Thompson)

With 64 players remaining, the hand-for-hand process has now begun, as only 63 of them will advance to Day 2.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Seeliger Loses Race to Elpayaa
Created (10/3/2025 11:59:28 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Eric Seeliger (pictured) raised all in from middle position, and action folded to Joseph Elpayaa (pictured), who looked him up from the big blind.

Eric Seeliger:
Joseph Elpayaa:

It was a race, with the d flop providing a sweat as it gave Elpayaa more outs with a Broadway draw.

Unfortunately for Seeliger, the dealer then turned the to put Elpayaa in the lead, while the river sent him on his way.

Joseph Elpayaa - 800,000
Eric Seeliger - 0

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Late Night Counts & Bust Outs
Created (10/3/2025 11:45:01 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Michael Wilklow 1,450,000 441,000
Sultan Ahmed 1,400,000 700,000
Richard Bai 1,200,000 980,000
William Henricks 1,100,000 700,000
Aaron Johnson 1,100,000 565,000
Wesley Cannon 900,000 300,000
DJ Buckley 400,000 275,000
Shane Thorne 400,000 880,000
Tanner Pray 280,000 100,000
Curtis Vierstraete 250,000 535,000
Andy Tran 200,000 920,000
Anthony Sedlak 0 655,000
Eric Seeliger 0 250,000
Ken Komberec 0 235,000
Merritt Kuhn 0 400,000
Aaron Massey 0 375,000
Umut Ozturk 0 410,000
Richard Alsup 0 100,000
Duane Anderson 0 100,000
Paul Choi (IL) 0 660,000
Jeffrey Copeland 0 250,000
Gerald Cunniff 0 380,000
Andres Garcia (IL) 0 600,000
Steve W 0 700,000
Travis Young 0 303,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 20000
Top Gold Card Collectors!
Created (10/3/2025 11:32:23 PM by Anthony Thompson)

After putting on a clinic at the Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego, California, Michael Starek was able to collect four Gold Cards during the final 100 GRAND STACK Series to climb atop the leaderboard.

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 15000
Bai Turns Quad Kings for a Double Elimination
Created (10/3/2025 11:19:21 PM by Anthony Thompson)

A series of preflop raises led to a three-way all-in between MSPT champ Richard Bai (pictured) from the cutoff, Jackie Burkhart from the small blind, and Jeff Petronack from the big blind, with Bai putting both players at risk.

Jackie Burkhart:
Jeff Petronack:
Richard Bai:

Bai was ahead, holding a pair of kings, and saw another in the window on the flop to take a commanding lead.

The dealer then followed with the case on the turn, improving Bai to quads as he left both his opponents drawing dead to the meaningless river.

Richard Bai - 980,000
Jeff Petronack - 0
Jackie Burkhart - 0

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 10000
  • Ante: 15000
Willems Attracts the Ladies for a Triple Up
Created (10/3/2025 11:04:38 PM by Anthony Thompson)

There was a three-way all-in action preflop between a player from middle, Robert Willems (pictured) from the cutoff, and Sultan Ahmed from the button, with Willems holding the effective stack.

Robert Willems:
Opponent:
Sultan Ahmed:

Ahmed rolled over the best-made hand, that was until the board ran out, giving Willems a set of ladies to collect a triple-up, while Ahmed scooped the rest of the side pot.

Robert Willems - 1,100,000,
Sultan Ahmed - 700,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 5000
  • Ante: 10000
Chip Movement
Created (10/3/2025 10:45:37 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Loki Abboud 1,275,000 450,000
Renmei Liu 1,160,000 840,000
Robert Willems 1,100,000 150,000
Arlo Strozewski 1,065,000 100,000
Hayden Hetland 1,050,000 100,000
Richard Bai 980,000 412,000
Andy Rogowski 940,000 1,000,000
Frank Lagodich 870,000 580,000
Kelly Mahana 770,000 1,291,000
Steve W 700,000 266,000
Bill Romer 664,000 465,000
Anthony Sedlak 655,000 260,000
Dennis Stevermer 640,000 282,000
Cassandra Rosenfeldt 600,000 100,000
Beau Wilshire 570,000 700,000
Aaron Johnson 565,000 662,000
Jennifer Mandel 552,000 253,000
Curtis Vierstraete 535,000 465,000
Umut Ozturk 410,000 335,000
Aaron Massey 375,000 263,000
Robert Mitchell 300,000 235,000
Wesley Cannon 300,000 130,000
DJ Buckley 275,000 100,000
Kirby Rogers 250,000 100,000
Corey Wick 245,000 205,000
Ellis Wong 0 495,000
John Pierce 0 100,000
Mark Larson (MN) 0 217,000
Brittany Spain 0 230,000
Jacqueline Burkhart 0 213,000
Anthony Babic 0 100,000
Matthew Dodd 0 70,000
Ryan Eamon 0 240,000
James Gregg 0 200,000
Timothy Gundrum 0 140,000
Chuck Kersey 0 580,000
Pawel Kotara 0 600,000
Chad Holloway 0 156,000
Bradley Jansen 0 195,000

 
 
Player Name
City
State
Country
Chips
Progress
WI 
2,205,000  
805,000 
 
MN 
2,000,000  
900,000 
 
WI 
1,685,000  
  
IL 
1,625,000  
  
MN 
1,545,000  
95,000 
 
IA 
1,515,000  
295,000 
 
IL 
1,465,000  
965,000 
 
IL 
1,450,000  
510,000 
 
IL 
1,430,000  
20,000 
 
MN 
1,410,000  
  
WA 
1,370,000  
320,000 
 
IL 
1,370,000  
170,000 
 
 
Canada 
1,235,000  
235,000 
 
IA 
1,220,000  
556,000 
 
Denver 
CO 
1,195,000  
425,000 
 
AZ 
1,190,000  
90,000 
 
MN 
1,180,000  
95,000 
 
MN 
1,145,000  
80,000 
 
MN 
1,110,000  
  
WI 
1,105,000  
  
WI 
1,095,000  
235,000 
 
WI 
1,085,000  
  
IL 
1,035,000  
  
Canton 
OH 
1,035,000  
165,000 
 
WI 
980,000  
735,000 
 
WI 
965,000  
  
CA 
960,000  
  
WI 
935,000  
  
Verona 
WI 
925,000  
675,000 
 
WI 
870,000  
670,000 
 
Wausau 
WI 
860,000  
  
MN 
860,000  
40,000 
 
IA 
845,000  
155,000 
 
 
 
810,000  
  
MN 
805,000  
  
MN 
740,000  
100,000 
 
Trevor 
WI 
720,000  
  
CA 
685,000  
  
WI 
650,000  
  
IL 
625,000  
70,000 
 
IL 
610,000  
  
WI 
610,000  
210,000 
 
MN 
605,000  
205,000 
 
WI 
600,000  
  
WI 
590,000  
  
KS 
570,000  
  
MN 
510,000  
  
WI 
505,000  
  
IL 
505,000  
47,000 
 
IL 
480,000  
620,000 
 
WI 
450,000  
150,000 
 
WI 
420,000  
  
WI 
420,000  
  
IL 
325,000  
  
MN 
315,000  
35,000 
 
aurora 
IL 
290,000  
  
IN 
280,000  
20,000 
 
ND 
250,000  
  
TN 
245,000  
  
cudahy 
WI 
235,000  
  
CA 
130,000  
  
 
 
120,000  
  
CA 
0  
Busted 
 
Monroe 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
  
MN 
0  
Busted 
  
MN 
0  
Busted 
  
FL 
0  
Busted 
  
MO 
0  
Busted 
  
WI 
0  
Busted 
  
IL 
0  
Busted 
  
Duluth 
MN 
0  
Busted 
  
IL 
0  
Busted 
  
IL 
0  
Busted 
  
MN 
0  
Busted 
  
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
UT 
0  
Busted 
 
Skogen 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Grove 
OK 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
NV 
0  
Busted 
 
Worth 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
UT 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
Boring 
OR 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Wilton 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Joliet 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Omaha 
NE 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
CA 
0  
Busted 
 
CA 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
AL 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
CO 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MO 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
NV 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Duluth 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
NV 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Blaine 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
CA 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Country
Amount
Points
1
WI 
$232,955
1,700
2
WI 
$202,000
1,700
3
WI 
$125,419
1,600
4
MN 
$94,868
1,500
5
WI 
$72,357
1,400
6
MN 
$54,670
1,300
7
Canton 
OH 
$43,414
1,200
8
WI 
$33,767
1,100
9
FL 
$27,335
1,000
10
NJ 
$20,903
900
11
IL 
$20,903
900
12
IL 
$20,903
900
13
MN 
$17,687
850
16
WI 
$14,793
800
17
IL 
$14,793
800
20
Verona 
WI 
$12,381
750
21
MN 
$12,381
750
22
IL 
$10,452
700
23
WI 
$10,452
700
26
MN 
$8,844
650
28
WI 
$6,432
600
29
IL 
$6,432
600
30
IL 
$6,432
600
33
MN 
$6,432
600
34
WI 
$6,432
600
36
IL 
$6,432
600
37
WI 
$4,985
550
39
WI 
$4,985
550
40
WI 
$4,985
550
41
MN 
$4,985
550
42
WI 
$4,985
550
43
IL 
$4,985
550
46
Cary 
IL 
$4,502
500
47
WI 
$4,502
500
48
WI 
$4,502
500
49
MN 
$4,502
500
50
IL 
$4,502
500
51
Wausau 
WI 
$4,502
500
53
WI 
$4,502
500
54
WI 
$4,502
500
56
MN 
$4,020
450
57
MN 
$4,020
450
59
Duluth 
MN 
$4,020
450
60
WI 
$4,020
450
61
IL 
$4,020
450
63
IL 
$4,020
450
64
Fisk 
MO 
$3,537
400
67
MN 
$3,537
400
68
WI 
$3,537
400
69
Oregon 
WI 
$3,537
400
70
OH 
$3,537
400
71
WI 
$3,537
400
72
WI 
$3,537
400
76
WI 
$3,377
350
77
WI 
$3,377
350
78
IL 
$3,377
350
79
TN 
$3,377
350
81
MN 
$3,377
350
84
Verona 
WI 
$3,216
300
87
WI 
$3,216
300
88
WI 
$3,216
300
89
WI 
$3,216
300
90
Denver 
CO 
$3,216
300
92
WI 
$2,894
250
94
WI 
$2,894
250
96
WI 
$2,894
250
98
Halbur 
IA 
$2,894
250
99
GA 
$2,894
250
101
WI 
$2,733
200
104
MN 
$2,733
200
105
MO 
$2,733
200
107
WI 
$2,733
200
108
cudahy 
WI 
$2,733
200
109
WI 
$2,573
150
110
IL 
$2,573
150
112
 
Canada 
$2,573
150
113
IA 
$2,573
150
114
IL 
$2,573
150
115
Verona 
WI 
$2,573
150
116
WI 
$2,573
150
117
Trevor 
WI 
$2,573
150
118
Itasca 
IL 
$2,412
100
119
IL 
$2,412
100
120
IL 
$2,412
100
121
IL 
$2,412
100
122
MN 
$2,412
100
123
WI 
$2,412
100
124
IL 
$2,412
100
125
WI 
$2,412
100
126
Denver 
CO 
$2,412
100
127
IL 
$2,412
100
129
Holmen 
WI 
$2,412
100
130
WI 
$2,412
100
131
WI 
$2,412
100
132
IL 
$2,412
100
133
Fenton 
MO 
$2,412
100
134
IA 
$2,412
100
135
WA 
$2,412
100
136
KS 
$2,251
75
137
WI 
$2,251
75
139
Malone 
WI 
$2,251
75
142
MO 
$2,251
75
143
WI 
$2,251
75
144
IL 
$2,251
75
147
MN 
$2,251
75
148
MO 
$2,251
75
149
IL 
$2,251
75
150
IL 
$2,251
75
153
WI 
$2,251
75
155
WI 
$2,090
50
156
WI 
$2,090
50
160
MO 
$2,090
50
163
WI 
$2,090
50
164
IL 
$2,090
50
166
WI 
$2,090
50
168
MN 
$2,090
50
169
IL 
$2,090
50
170
Joliet 
IL 
$2,090
50
172
WI 
$2,090
50
175
aurora 
IL 
$2,090
50
177
 
Canada 
$2,090
50
178
IL 
$2,090
50
180
IA 
$2,090
50
183
WI 
$2,090
50
184
WI 
$2,090
50
185
CA 
$2,090
50
LEVEL INFO
Level
16
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
568
Players Remaining
63
Average Chip Stack
901,587
Total Chips
56,800,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
2,205,000
2,000,000
1,685,000
1,625,000
1,545,000
1,515,000
1,465,000
1,450,000
1,430,000
10 
1,410,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
8,917
7,752
5,539
4,783
3,700
3,525
3,430
3,330
10 
3,308