Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Hollywood Casino $1,110 Missouri Poker State Championship attracted 315 runners, which along with 1a's 111 and 1b’s 204 brought the total field up to 630 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The massive field generated a $605,720 prize pool, and the top players will get paid a minimum of $2,136, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $125,369 first-place prize, along with the MSPT Season 16 Missouri Poker State Championship title!

At the end of the third and final flight, 34 players bagged and tagged with Hunter Cichy bagging the overall chip lead after he started catching steam in the final levels to put a whopping 1,038,000 in his bag.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was Brian Landon who was able run up an impressive 986,000 stack, which is good enough for second overall.

Others to bag big stacks where WSOP bracelet winner Blair Hinkle (707,000), Peter Brooks (624,000), and Dan McNeil (497,000) who rounded out the top five.

They were joined by two-time MSPT champ Mark Collins (260,000), Andy Rogowski (195,000), Mark Lafata (180,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (159,000), and DJ Buckley (75,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included MSPT Champ Charlie Dawson, Bill Byrnes, Brad Sailor, defending champ Jeffrey Copeland, Paul Fehlig and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard just to name a few.

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The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 68 (12 from Day 1a, 22 from 1b, and 34 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, February 23^rd to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 16 Missouri Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule