Day 1A of the MSPT 156 Main Event at Grand Falls is a wrap and after a grueling day of play, Terence Reid powered his way through the field to put away the chip lead for the flight.

Reid bagged 256,500 chips to easily outpace the Day 1A field. Josh Skogen came in second with 161,500 closely followed by Mark Fink in third with 157,500. The top five was rounded out by John Merrow with 140,500 and Jared Mohnen with 133,000. Also making it to Day 2 was MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson who scored 106,000.

Notables who did not advance include former MSPT Champions Peixin Liu, Jason Seitz and defending tournament champion Ryan Skluzak. Also missing the cut were Luke Blindert, Kim Rasmussen, Russ Louwagie, Eric Eelkema, Cy Church and Jon Hanner.

Overall for the flight, 73 entries were recorded and 11 players advanced to Day 2. There is one more starting flight for the tournament with Day 1B kicking off at 3 PM Central here at Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort. Everyone who advances to Day 2 will be back to play for the title on Sunday at 11 AM as the chase to crown the next MSPT Main Event champion continues.

We’ll be back tomorrow afternoon for more coverage of all the exciting action of Day 1B from Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort just outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota and we hope you’ll join us here for the rest of what should be another amazing weekend on the Mid-States Poker Tour.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2 and we’ll see you on Saturday!