Day 1a of the MSPT Season 16 $1,110 Missouri State Poker Championship at Hollywood Casino has come to a close after seeing 111 entrants kick things off.

Almost a full day of action was played to completion with the hard stop of 12 players being reached with 13:56 remaining in Level 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000).

The final level was full of eliminations which saw chip leader Brett “Pops” Reichard’s 500k stack balloon to 739,000 to end the night, leading the first batch of players into Day 2.

Minnesota’s Clint Wolcyn was able to secure the final elimination of MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard to end the night second in chips with a healthy 516,000 while Ryan Webb (405,000), Kevin Berthelsen (308,000), and Mike Hurley (286,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

Others who found a Day 2 berth included Cory Bogert (255,000), Michael Hotop (243,000), Dale Walters II (183,000), MSPT champ Keith Heine (248,000), and Glen "The Cannon" Gruner (54,000), with Heine locking up his 25^th Main Event to earn his seat into the coveted MSPT Hall of Fame!

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson, MSPT champ Earl Potter, Brett Hagopian, two-time MSPT champ Taylor Howard and defending champ Jeffrey Copeland, 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 2:00 p.m. local time 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 11:00 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 at Hollywood Casino!

MSPT Season 16 Missouri Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule