Day 1c of the MSPT Season 17 Riverside $1,110 Main Event drew 186 runners; combined with 1a’s 69 and 1b’s 151, the field totaled 406 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The field generated a $392,320 prize pool, which will pay a minimum of $2,146, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $85,838 first-place prize, along with the Main Event trophy, and a $3,500 into the ROCK ‘N’ ROLL POKER OPEN MSPT Championship at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL.

At the end of the third and final flight, just 21 players bagged and tagged, with MSOPT Champ Chris Audrain claiming the top spot with 705,000 to take into Day 2, which is good enough for the second overall chip lead.

Audrain went on a late-night heater to distance himself from John 'Farmboy' Kurfman (586,000), Kanat Ozturk (540,000), “Wild” Bill Romer (518,000), and Mark Larson (393,000) for the top spot as they rounded out the top five stacks.

Others who survived the final flight included two-time Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (358,000), Zac Campbell (327,000), Kelly Mahana (232,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (116,000), the MSPT’s top casher DJ Buckley (65,000), and three-time MSPT Champ Nick Barksdale (61,000).

Of course, not everyone was so lucky, as 2024 MSPT Riverside Champ Jake Wilding, WSOP bracelet winner Garrett Dwire, Gabe Neighbors, two-time MSPT Champ Dan Sun, Jack Armstrong, and Sammy “Whammy” DeSilva all fell short of clinching a Day 2 berth.

All surviving players from the starting flights – of which there are 46 (8 from Day 1a, 17 from 1b, and 21 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 8^th, to play down to a winner.

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

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