The second and final starting flight of the MSPT Season 17 Grand Falls $1,110 buy-in, $200K GTD is in the books after the hard stop was reached in Level 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) with 8:56 remaining.

Day 1b attracted another 160 runners during Saturday's action, bringing the grand total to 327 entries, generating a $315,690 prize pool.

Of the 160 runners, just 18 of them remained when chips went into bags, with three-time MSPT Champ Carl Carodenuto leading the charge with 612,000, good enough for second overall.

Following behind Carodenuto was fellow Minnesotan Clint Wolcyn, who was able to end the night with a healthy 506,000, while MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (447,000), James Girouard (431,000), and MSPT Champ Joe Matheson (385,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Others to punch their tickets to Day 2 were MSPT Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff (299,000), Harold Perez (299,000), ”Wild” Bill Romer (275,000), Greg Sessler (137,000), and Dennis Stevermer (94,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included 2023 Grand Falls Champ Kevin Nguyen, Kevin Berthelsen, fellow MSPT Champ Brian Soja, WSOP bracelet winner TJ Murphy, and defending Champ Siphonh Tran, to name a few.

Day 2 will get underway bright and early at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner with players returning to the felt, so make sure to come back and find out who walks away the new MSPT Grand Falls Main Event Champion!

MSPT Season 17 Grand Falls Remaining Schedule