Riverside Casino: July 18 - 21, 2024

 

MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard Claims Top Spot After Day 1A

Created (7/19/2024 2:29:45 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 

 

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 15 Iowa State Poker Championship at Riverside Casino is officially in the books with 98 total entries tallied during the first flight.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost full 16 levels were needed to hit that mark.

Once the hard stop was reached, MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard found himself atop of the chip counts after putting a respectable 681,000 into his bag to end the night, leading the 10 advancing players.

Bagging a close second was two-time MSPT champ John Sun, who was neck-and-neck with Reichard for most of the later levels and ended the night with 568,000.

Jeff Kenny saw his chip stack ballon up to 385,000 after he rivered quads to beat Angela Jordison’s turned straight while Jack Armstrong eliminated Dan Haley in the final hand of the evening to finish with 260,000.

Jack Armstrong

Kurt Bales sat atop of the chip counts for majority of the day and was able to find a top five stack after bagging 259,000, while Jesse Green (155,000), Anthony Sedlak (154,000), and Brad Sailor (118,000) punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Nik Stone, four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac, MSPT champ Ben Pettinger, Justin Gish, and Darin Utley, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have three more starting flights to jump back into action.

Day 1b will kick off at 3:00 p.m. local time Friday, while Day 1c will be getting started bright and early at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, followed by Day 1d at 3:00 p.m.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

MSPT Riverside Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Trophy Event
19-Jul 11:00 AM $265 NLH Satellite for Main Event 15,000 20 Minutes
19-Jul 3:00 PM $1,110 Main Event NLH Day 1B 30,000 40 Minutes *
19-Jul 7:00 PM $265 NLH Satellite for Main Event 15,000 20 Minutes
20-Jul 9:00 AM $265 NLH Satellite for Main Event 15,000 20 Minutes
20-Jul 10:00 AM $1,110 Main Event NLH Day 1C 30,000 40 Minutes *
20-Jul 3:00 PM $1,110 Main Event NLH Day 1D 30,000 40 Minutes *
20-Jul 7:00 PM $150 Nightly NLH 12,000 20 Minutes *
21-Jul 11:00 AM $1,110 Main Event NLH Day 2 - 40 Minutes *
21-Jul Noon $360 Last Chance Showdown NLH 20,000 30 Minutes *