Day 1a of the MSPT Season 17 $1,110 Ohio Poker State Championship at JACK Cleveland Casino is officially in the books and was one to remember.

The first of three starting flights closed with 191 entries, putting it behind the 237 Day 1a record-breaking field posted two Februarys ago.

Just 22 players remained when chips went into bags with 9:30 remaining in Level 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) with Cun Ke soaring to the top of the chip counts, bagging 789,000 to edge out Ryan Rebman (583,000), and Nick Barile (537,000) for the top spot.

2024 six-place finisher Michael Spagnolo (385,000) and Chris Webb (347,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the first flight while Buckey Evans-Miller (326,000), 2019 runner-up finisher Anthony Carbonel (260,000), David Huffman (222,000), and Brad Rogoff (104,000) all found a Day 2 berth.

Among those to try and fall on 1a included MSPT Champ Jon Lewis, Brian Springman, Patrick Coughlin, Eugene Calhoun, and Jameson Selvaggio, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back in the action.

Day 1b will kick off at 12:15 p.m. local time on Friday, 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 11:15 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 of the JACK Cleveland Casino!

MSPT Season 17 JACK Cleveland Ohio Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule