A lengthy day of 15 levels has wrapped up during the MSPT Season 16 Indiana Poker State Championship at the Ameristar Casino in East Chicago, as Day 1b drew 169 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 265, guaranteeing that the $300K GTD will be surpassed with tomorrow’s final flight still to go.

Of those 169 entries, only 19 players remained when chips went into bags, with Marvin Donaldson going on a late-night heater to take 663,000 into Day 2, which is good enough for second overall thus far.

Finishing the night in a close second was Ariel Pressman, who found a gift at the end of the night and received a double with aces to end with 590,000.

MSPT champ Jeff Copeland secured the final elimination of the night to take 543,000 into Day 2, while fellow champ Kyna England collected 455,00 to put in her bag to end the night, and Jennifer Lin (419,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

Others who survived the second starting flight included the MSPT’s top casher DJ Buckley (334,000), MSPT champ Jason Mendoza (283,000), John “Farmboy” Kurfman (211,000), fellow MSPT champ Richard Bai (141,000), and Dennis Stevermer (137,000), as they were just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 11 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to fire and fall on Day 1b included two-time MSPT champ Ken Baime, ”Wild” Bill Romer, Jesse Green, Season 16 top earner Ryan Eamon, and MSPT champ Mike O’Neill, to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have one last starting flight to jump back into action with Day 1c starting tomorrow at noon.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2.

We will be back tomorrow for coverage of Day 1c on MSPTPoker.com, providing updates straight from the tournament floor at the Ameristar Casino.

MSPT Season 16 Indiana Poker State Championship Schedule