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JACK Cleveland Casino: August 26 - September 1, 2025

James Anderson Leads 35 Advancing Players Day 1B

Created (8/30/2025 12:00:01 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

Another full day of action occurred during Day 1b of the MSPT Season 16 JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event, as almost 15 full levels were needed once again to hit 11% of the field with 23:42 remaining at 3,000/6,000/6,000.

The second of three flights drew 318 total entries, putting it on par with the venue record for most entries recorded in a Day 1b flight set last February, and brought the two-day total thus far to 529, with one flight remaining.

Of those 318 entries, just 35 players remained when pens went to slips, and James Anderson found himself atop the counts with 682,00, good enough for the second overall stack through the two starting flights.

Following behind Anderson was Graig Zaremba, who put 572,000 on his slip to end the night, while Matt Hamilton (534,000), Gabriel Jarrous (530,000), and Jennifer Lin (522,000) all bagged north of 500k, rounding out the top five stacks.

Jennifer Lin

Much like Day 1a, the final level of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as Hitesh Patel and MSPT champ Lee Rzentkowski among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night with chips flying all across the remaining tables in the final level of play that led to a lot of players riding roller coasters with their stack sizes before becoming official for the evening.

Two-Time MSPT Champ Bobby Noel

Others who were able to find a bag at the end of the niht included MSPT champ George Janssen (487,000), Jack Corrigan (440,000), fellow MSPT champ’s Michael Estes (248,000) & Mike ONeill (140,000), two-time MSPT champ Bobby Noel (102,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Katie Kopp (13,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster, along with the 24 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Grigor Hakobyan

Among those not as lucky at the felt included Grigor Hakobyan, Michael Reck, 2018 JACK Cleveland champ Abdul Amer, Marvin Donaldson, Nazim Temiz, and Steven Lascola, with at least a few, if not all, of them likely to be seen back in action for the final flight.

Steven Lascola

The final starting flight for the Main Event is scheduled for tomorrow, beginning at 12:15 p.m. EST.

Everyone who makes Day 2 will return on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. to play for the Season 16 MSPT $1,110 Main Event Title at JACK Cleveland Casino.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2.

We will be back tomorrow for coverage of Day 1c right here on MSPTPoker.com from Cleveland, Ohio!

MSPT Season 16 JACK Cleveland Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Gold Card Event
30-Aug 9:15 AM $265 Turbo Ironmen Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD 20,000 15 Minutes
30-Aug 12:15 PM $1,110 Main Event Day 1C (2-Day Trophy Event) 30,000 40 Minutes 4C
31-Aug 11:15 AM $1,110 Main Event Day 2 Restart (2-Day Trophy Event) - 40 Minutes 4
31-Aug 2:15 PM $1,000 $50k GTD Pot-Limit Omaha 8 Handed 30,000 30 Minutes 5
1-Sep 12:15 PM $400 Labor Day NLH 50,000 30 Minutes 6