Jesse West Leads 52 Players After Day 1c
Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces $1,110 Main Event attracted a massive 429 runners, which along with 1a's 238 and 1b’s 348, brought the total field up to 1,015 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at Running Aces.
At the end of the third and final flight, 51 players bagged and tagged with Jesse West bagging the top stack 561,000 while Stan Webb (515,000) was the only other player to bag over 500k.
Rounding out the top five stacks were Jason Whitelaw (484,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Blake Bohn (420,000), and DJ Buckley (384,000).
$1,110 MSPT Running Aces Event Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse West | 561,000 |
| 2 | Stan Webb | 515,000 |
| 3 | Jason Whitelaw | 484,000 |
| 4 | Blake Bohn | 420,000 |
| 5 | DJ Buckley | 384,000 |
| 6 | Andy Tran | 380,000 |
| 7 | Umut Ozturk | 355,000 |
| 8 | Nao Yang | 355,000 |
| 9 | Tye Rogers | 328,000 |
| 10 | James Lawrence | 328,000 |
They were joined by Nik Stone (297,000), Beile Li (262,00), Jason Sell (240,000), reigning Running Aces Main Event champ Chan Pelton (196,000), CJ Peake (195,000), and last year's POY Kyna England (121,000).
Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famer's, Kou Vang & Rob Wazwaz, MSPT champions Mark Sandness & David Gonia and GPI's woman's POY top candidate Angela Jordison.
The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are (31 from Day 1a, 40 from 1b, and 52 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 11th to play down to a winner.
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MSPT Winter Poker Classic Remaining Schedule
| *Date | Time (CDT) | Tournament | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 11:00 AM | Day 2: $1,110 MSPT $300K GTD Main Event NLH (2-Day Event) | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 12:00 PM | $250 Last Chance NLH | |
| Sunday, 12/11 | 3:00 PM | $135 Last Dance NLH |