Day 1c of the MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) $1,110 Missouri State Poker Championship at Hollywood Casino attracted 354 runners, which along with 1a's 124 and 1b’s 235 brought the total field up to 713 entries, shattering the $300k guarantee.

The massive field generated a $691,610 prize pool, and the top 72 players will get paid a minimum of $2,282, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $141,780 first-place prize, along with the Season 15 MSPT Missouri State Poker Championship trophy.

At the end of the third and final flight, 46 players bagged and tagged with Sean Maurer bagging the overall chip lead with a 542,000. Maurer held the top stack for most of the evening and started running away with the lead in the final levels.

Another player to catch steam throughout the day was defending champ Jeff Sauer who was able run up to 470,000 stack to end the night second in chips.

Others to bag big stacks where Nick Lafata (429,000), William Henricks (425,000), and Kevin Bagin (410,000) who round out the top five.

They were joined by Shawn McCracken (402,000), Chris Audrian (400,000), Andy Rogowski (306,000), three-time bracelet winner Dutch Boyd (299,000), MSPT champs Gerald Cunniff (267,000) & Keith Heine (265,000), along with Mary Sturges (253,000) & Angela Jordison (198,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 89 (14 from Day 1a, 29 from 1b, and 46 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, February 25th 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 Missouri State Poker Championship Remaining Schedule