JACK Cleveland Casino: February 11 - 17, 2025

 

MSPT Champ Lee Rzentkowski Leads 24 Survivors After Day 1A of the MSPT Season 16 Ohio Poker State Championship

Created (2/14/2025 2:24:56 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 16 JACK Cleveland $1,110 Ohio Poker State Championship is officially in the books and was one to remember.

The first of three starting flights closed with 219 entries, putting it on par with the 237 Day 1a record-breaking field posted last year.

Just 24 players remained when chips went into bags with 25:45 remaining in Level 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) with MSPT champ Lee Rzentkowski (623,000) edging out Daniel Finley (569,000), and Saubhagya Kumar (523,000) for the top spot.

Lawrence Smith

Nick Barile (482,000) and Chad Stone (474,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight while Lawrence Smith (388,000), two-time MSPT champ Bobby Noel (298,000), fellow JACK Cleveland champ Jonathan Lewis (294,000), and Brad Sailor (105,000) all found a Day 2 berth.

Bob Nolen

Among those to try and fall on 1a included Ray Ezzie, Brad Rogoff, Bob Nolen, Edward “EDub” Dixon and MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele.

MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele

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

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

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 JACK Cleveland Casino!

MSPT Season 16 JACK Cleveland Ohio Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
Date Time (EST) Tournament Chips Blind Levels Trophy Event
14-Feb 10:15 AM $265 Milestone Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD 20,000 20 Minutes
14-Feb 12:15 PM $1,100 Main Event Day 1B (2-Day Trophy Event) 30,000 40 Minutes *
15-Feb 9:15 AM $265 Milestone Turbo Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD 20,000 15 Minutes
15-Feb 12:15 PM $1,100 Main Event Day 1C (2-Day Trophy Event) 30,000 40 Minutes *
16-Feb 11:15 AM $1,100 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - 40 Minutes *
16-Feb 2:15 PM $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 Handed 30,000 30 Minutes *
17-Feb 12:15 PM $350 President's Day Monster Stack NLH 30,000 30 Minutes *