Fliegelman Leads, Friedman and England Bag Piles
Play in the second flight of the Sycuan MSPT $1,110 main event came to a close with 38:45 left in level 14. The starting field of 193 entrants was whittled down to just 23, who all put their names on their bags and went off to rest up for one day. They will return on Sunday the 16th at 11 o'clock in the morning. The $300,000 guarantee has been met and surpassed, only to do so more on this final flight.
Top Ten Chip Stacks Flight 1b
| Rank |
Name |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Noam Fliegelman |
527,000 |
| 2 |
Adam Friedman |
499,000 |
| 3 |
Thomas Kornecook |
423,000 |
| 4 |
Kyna England |
344,000 |
| 5 |
Tyler Pizarro |
342,000 |
| 6 |
Victor Kulish |
276,000 |
| 7 |
Jonathan Frisch |
272,000 |
| 8 |
Tavish Margers |
252,000 |
| 9 |
Louis Gabbara |
248,000 |
| 10 |
Justin Lynch |
237,000 |
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Leading the pack was Noam Fliegelman, who ended the day with 527,000. Later in the day, Fliegelman found himself on the right end of aces to kings to queens and held up for a pot worth over 250,000. After that, he remained atop of the leaderboard for the duration of the tournament. Fliegelman has one prior MSPT cash from 2021 where he finished in 20th. With his current stack sitting at second overall, he seems to have poised himself for a potentially deeper run.
Sitting behind him at 499,000 in chips is the heavily decorated Adam Friedman. Friedman also maintained a steady chip stack throughout the day and steadily climbed the leaderboard to always be jockeying for first spot. The mixed-game crusher is no stranger to MSPTs, having won a title of his own in 2019 for $121,405. His massive chip stack will set him on a path to chase his second title, much like another player from this flight.
MSPT champion Kyna England sat down in the field and immediately started amassing chips. She ended her day with 344,000, and has begun her 2023 MSPT season with a strong showing in the first main event. The 2021 MSPT player of the year is hoping to lock up some significant points in this first event of the season, to potentially run at being the first two time MSPT player of the year.
Other players' hopes for a second flight bag were dashed and those like Angela Jordison, Rich Alsup, Erick Lindgren, DJ Buckley, Camille Brown, Benjamin Moon, and defending champion Ken Baime, will have to look to tomorrow’s flight for a chance to win this tournament. The final flight of the event begins at 3 pm, with all eyes on the massive prize pool as the players make one final push to bag.
Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow at MSPT.com to see the final flight.