Day 1a of the inaugural MSPT 100 GRAND STACK $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Casino & Resort is officially in the books with 114 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 with the hard stop being reached with 9:30 remaining at 10,000/20,000/20,000.

When chips finally went into bags, it was San Diego native Dillon Najor who found himself atop the chip counts after putting a respectable 2,405,000 on his slip to end the night, leading the 12 advancing players by a wide margin.

Bagging behind Najor was Anastasiia Knapp, who sat atop of the chip counts for majority of the day and ended the night with 1,390,000.

Adrian Lopez saw his chip stack balloon up to 1,150,000, catching some late-night steam after he turned Jerric Jiang’s pocket aces.

Rounding out the top five stacks were Armando Mesina (1,140,000) & Luis Yepez (1,125,000), while Rafe Magee (1,015,000), Hunter Moss (950,000), and defending champ Justin Muse (530,000) all punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Derek Stark, MSPT champ Gianluca Pace, Rudy Cervantes, Luke Nguyen, and Rip Fritzer, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have four more starting flights to jump back into action with Day 1b getting bright an early tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Day 1c will then follow at 4:00 p.m. local time Saturday, while the final two flights will follow at the same times on Sunday, January 19^th.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 20^th 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 at Sycuan Casino & Resort!

MSPT Season 16 Sycuan 100 GRAND STACK Festival Remaining Schedule

With the two starting flights overlapping each other, the live reporting for Day 1b will start in Level 9 (approximately 3:30 p.m. local time), with Day 1c coverage following after the completion of the second flight.