After a huge collision near the end of the flight, John Dennehey emerged as the overwhelming chip leader for Day 1B and will carry the overall chip lead into Day 2 of the MSPT 156 Main Event at Grand Falls.

Dennehey bagged 443,000 chips to lead the way with Cy Church finishing second at 293,000. Gary Germann finished third scoring 204,500 followed by Steve Belland in fourth with 171,000 and Justin Saathoff rounding out the top five at 161,500.

Notables who came up short today included past MSPT champions Jonathan Kim, Alan Ahmann, Mark Wadekamper, Ervin Bjerga, Peixin Liu, Jason Seitz, Jason Sell and defending champion Ryan Skluzak. Also missing the cut were Alex Winter, Kim Rasmussen, Kanat and Umut Ozturk.

Day 1B added another 102 entries and combined with the 73 from Day 1A making the final total for the tournament 175 entries. 12 more players managed to find their way out of the flight and will join the other 11 players from Day 1A so 23 players will be back in action on Day 2. Cards will be back in the air Sunday at 11 AM Central as the quest to crown the next MSPT Main Event champion will resume.

We will be back tomorrow with Day 2 coverage of the MSPT 156 Main Event at Grand Falls as we resume coverage here on msptpoker.com at Grand Falls Casino & Gold Resort from outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It should be an incredible day of action so please join us here on the Mid-States Poker Tour!