Day 1a of the MSPT Season 16 100 GRAND STACK Series $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Casino & Resort is officially in the books with 92 total entries tallied during the first flight.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost full 17 levels were needed to hit that mark, with the hard stop being reached with 23:45 remaining at 20,000/30,000/30,000.

When chips finally went into bags, it was 2025 Sycuan Regional Champ Mo Pourmandi who found himself atop the chip counts after putting a respectable 1,780,000 on his slip to end the night, leading the 11 advancing players.

Bagging closely behind Pourmandi was Josue Aguirre, who found a late-night double with aces to end with 1,550,000, while Joe Asker was the only other to clip the millly mark and will take 1,305,000 into Day 2.

Anthony Stabile (945,000) and Timothy Stearns (785,000) rounded out the top five stacks after the first flight, while back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (685,000), Raad Nasouri (605,000), and Josh Mok (375,000) all punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Robert Fortuno, MSPT champ Gianluca Pace, Danny Chen, Janet Burke, and Rip Fritzer, 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 be the first, starting tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time, 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 Sycuan Casino & Resort!

MSPT Season 16 Sycuan 100 GRAND STACK Series Remaining Schedule