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Michael Rohrer Leads 36 Survivors After Day 1B of the MSPT Season 16 Minnesota Poker State Championship!

Created (4/12/2025 1:57:43 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

Another full day of action was played to its conclusion at the MSPT Season 16 $1,110 Minnesota Poker State Championship at Running Aces Casino & Racetrack as Day 1b hit its hard stop at the end of Level 16.

The second of three flights drew 327 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 546, passing the $500k guarantee with one flight remaining.

Of the 327 entries, only 36 players remained when pens went to slips with Michael Rohrer (718,000) edging out Jay Chaudhary (710,000) for the top stack of the flight.

MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson

Gennady Shimelfarb was the only other player to clip the 600k mark (615,000) this flight while WSOP bracelet winner Rob WazWaz (535,000), and fellow MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (511,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Massey

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five which include two-time MSPT champ TimThorp (360,000), KitKat Klassen (215,000), Terence Reid (212,000), WSOP bracelet winner Ian Matakis (170,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Massey (150,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 25 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Vic Peppe

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included Vic Peppe, Bob Van Syckle, Tanya Payne, Jessica Anderson, Charlie Reichard and MSPT champ Ken Pates just to name a few.

MSPT Champ Ken Pates

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at noon. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 16 Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Trophy Event
12-Apr 9:00 AM $265 Turbo Ironman Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD Main Event 20,000 20 Minutes
12-Apr Noon $1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) 30,000 40 Minutes *
12-Apr 7:00 PM $200 Monster Stack NLH 30,000 20 Minutes *
13-Apr 11:00 AM $1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 2 - 40 Minutes *
13-Apr 1:00 PM $400 Tag Team NLH 20,000 20 Minutes *
13-Apr 4:30 PM $200 Last Chance Monster Stack NLH 30,000 20 Minutes *