Welcome to the Final Starting Flight of the MSPT Running Aces $1,110 Main Event
Two flights down, one to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event.
The third and final starting flight presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seats for a Day 2 birth.
Thursday’s first starting flight saw 225 entries take to the felt while yesterday's Day 1b saw another 282 added to the tally, bringing the two-day total up to 507.
Just like the yesterday's starting flight, cards will be in the air at Noon local time and players will start with a stack of 25,000.
Levels will be of 40-minutes in length with 10-minute breaks coming after every two hours. Late registration/re-entries will remain available until the start of Level 13 and players are allowed unlimited re-entries until that point.
As for the happenings on the first two days, Day 1a saw the emergence of the top stacks as Robert Michener (729,000) leads the way thus far as the only player north of 700k while 2014 MSPT Running Aces champ Mark Sandness (692,000) and 2016 MSPT running Aces cham Jeremy Dresch (680,000) are the only other players that eclipsed the 600k mark.
So far, a little less than half of the 58 players currently on the Day 2 bagged north of the chip average and one last group of players will try to add their names to the list today.
| Flight | Entries | Advancing to Day 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | 225 | 25 |
| Day 1b | 282 | 33 |
| Day 1c | - | - |
| Totals | 507 | 58 |
All who advance will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. local time for Day 2 to join the 58 players already on that roster. PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the rest of the tournament to provide updates. Keep it here to catch all the action.
MSPT Showdown Series Remaining Schedule
| Date | Time (CDT) | Tournament | Late Reg | GTD Prize Pool | Starting Stack | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, April 09 | 9:00 a.m. | $265 Turbo Ironman Satellite – 1 in 5 advance to MSPT Main | Noon | - | 15,000 | 20 |
| Noon | Event #9: $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 1c | 11:40 p.m. | $300,000 | 25,000 | 40 | |
| 7:00 p.m. | $135 Nightly NLH | 9:10 p.m. | $5,000 | 12,000 | 20 | |
| Sunday, April 10 | 11:00 a.m. | $1,110 MSPT Main Event Day 2 | - | |||
| Noon | Event #10: $250 Last Chance NLH | 3:00 p.m. | $10,000 | 15,000 | 20 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | $135 Last Dance NLH | 5:10 p.m. | $3,000 | 12,000 | 20 |