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Sycuan Casino Resort: January 8 - 19, 2026

Carlos Saucedo Bags Overall Chip Lead After 14 Players Survive Day 1C

Created (1/18/2026 1:39:14 AM by Anthony Thompson)
 
 

 

Day 1c of theMSPT Season 17 inaugural Golden State Poker Championship at Sycuan Casino & Resort is in the books after drawing 125 entries, the biggest field of all three starting flights, bringing the overall field up to 265.

At the end of the third and final flight, just 14 players bagged and tagged, with Carlos Saucedo sitting atop the counts with a whopping 770,000 stack, good enough for the overall chip lead.

Mary Anne Madruga

Following behind Saucedo was Mary Anne Madruga, who put 511,000 in her bag to end the night, while Josh Mok (492,000), Michael Starek (428,000), Matt Salsberg (294,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

John Terrill

They were joined by John Terrill (275,000), Nan Chen (231,000), Fausto Valdez (169,000), Bret Eberhart (165,000), and Mark Bloomberg (73,000).

MSPT Champ Brian Landon

Among those to try and fall on Day 1c included MSPT champ Brian Landon, Amy Devaudreuil, Astivan Batoo, Aviram Parsha, and Mo Pourmandi, just to name a few.

Aviram Parsha

The surviving players from all three flights – 30 in total (6 from Day 1a, 10 from 1b, and 14 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, January 18th, to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 17 Golden State Poker Championship Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Gold Card Event
18-Jan 10:00 AM Flip & Go Day 2 - $3,500 Freeroll - -
18-Jan 11:00 AM $1,110 Golden State Poker Championship Day 2 - 40 Minutes 12
18-Jan Noon $300 NLH Black Chip Bounty 30,000 30 Minutes 16
18-Jan 4:00 PM $200 NLH Monster Stack (3 Lives) 30,000 20 Minutes 17
19-Jan Noon $400 NLH Tag Team 20,000 20 Minutes 18
19-Jan 3:30 PM $200 NLH Finale 20,000 20 Minutes 19