Day 1c of the MSPT Season 16 Winter Poker Classic $1,110 Main Event at Running Aces Casino attracted the largest field of the bunch with 314 entries being tallied, which, along with 1a's 219 and 1b’s 305, brought the field total up to 838 entries.
The massive field generated a $811,360 prize pool, and each player will get paid a minimum of $2,088, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $156,587 first-place prize, along with the 2025 Winter Poker Classic Main Event title!
At the end of the final flight, just 35 players bagged and tagged with Shane Stegora blasting past the milly mark to take the overall chip lead into Day 2 with 1,163,000.
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MSPT Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff
Finishing behind Stegora was MSPt Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff, who also went on a late-night heater to take 714,000 into Day 2 while Dave Grandin (548,000), fellow Hall of Famer & bracelet winner Rob WazWaz (503,000), and Jeff Kenny (491,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the final flight.
Tanner Pray was able to secure the final elimination of the night to bag 473,000, while two-time MSPT champ Mark Sandness (338,000), Brett ‘Pops’ Reichard (285,000), MSPT champ Jason Sell (281,000), two-time champ Peixin Liu (210,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer’s Aaron Johnson (143,000) and Blake Bohn (140,000) all found a Day 2 berth.
2011 Player of the Year Nate Fair
Others not as fortunate to find a bag and fell on Day 1c included 2011 MSPT Player of the Year Nate Fair, Theresa Brown, Sherry Hammers, MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup, DJ Buckley, and Season 16 POY points leader Jake Long, just to name a few.
MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup
Day 2 will get underway at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with 94 players (25 from Day 1a, 34 from 1b, and 35 from 1c) returning to the felt.
Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2, and we’ll see you at 11:00 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT 2025 Winter Poker Classic Main Event at Running Aces Casino!
MSPT Season 16 Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule
| Date |
Time |
Tournament |
Chips |
Blind Levels |
Gold Card Event |
| 7-Dec |
11:00 AM |
$1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1A (2-Day Event) |
- |
40 Minutes |
5 |
| 7-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Black Chip Bounty Bounty Ultimate Stack NLH |
40,000 |
30 Minutes |
7 |
| 7-Dec |
5:00 PM |
$200 Ladies Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
8 |
| 7-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
9 |
| 8-Dec |
10:00 AM |
$80 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 8-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Seniors (50+) Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
10 |
| 8-Dec |
5:00 PM |
$300 Mixed PLO/NLH Monster Stack |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
11 |
| 8-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
12 |
| 9-Dec |
10:00 AM |
$80 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 9-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$300 Epic Stack NLH |
50,000 |
30 Minutes |
13 |
| 9-Dec |
4:00 PM |
$135 Thousandaire - 1 in 10 Receive $1,000 |
15,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 9-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$250 Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
14 |
| 10-Dec |
12:00 PM |
$100 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
|
| 10-Dec |
3:00 PM |
$400 Mini Main NLH Day 1A |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
15A |
| 10-Dec |
7:00 PM |
$100 Milestone Satellite |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |
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