Day 1a of the inaugural MSPT Season 15 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Hollywood Casino Columbus is officially in the books with 115 total entries tallied during the first flight.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost a full 16 levels were needed to hit that mark with the hard stop being reached with 13:58 remaining at 4,000/8,000/8,000.

When chips finally went into bags, it was Fangjie Fu who found himself atop the chip counts after securing the final elimination of David Montgomery-Zott, putting a respectable 711,000 on his slip to end the night, leading the 12 advancing players.

Bagging a close second was Jason Raber, who sat atop the chip counts for the majority of the day and ended the night with 583,000.

Ian Gillespie sat behind Raber for most of the day and was able to put 468,000 in his bag to end the night while Gregory Blucher (335,000) & Lisa Harbaugh (297,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

They were joined by two-time MSPT champ Bobby Noel (175,000), Grigor Hakobyan (171,000), and Ashish Keshri (160,000), as they all punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Caleb King, Richard Viebranz, Louis Moore Bob Nolen, Lorenzo Bassette, and Michael Stephenson, just to name a few.

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

Day 1b will kick off at 12:15 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13^th, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday, December 14^th.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor of the Hollywood Casino Columbus!

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