Who Will Win MSPT Firekeepers Today?
A record breaking field of 2,409 entrants, came together in the Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan to create a prize pool worth $2,336,730. 303 players are returning to this final day with only 252 of them guaranteed to cash for $2,569, with all eyes on the giant first place prize of $344,446.
Leading the way is none other than defending champion Dan Bekavac, who bagged 1,128,000 after the dust settled. Bekavac is no stranger to MSPTs, having won four total which is more than any other player. Just like last spring, he bagged the chip lead of his respective flight and will be looking to be the first player to reach five total Main Event wins.
| Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat | |
| 1 | Dan Bekavac | 1,128,000 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Antonio Ndoja | 643,000 | 34 | 5 |
| 3 | Arturas Astrauskas | 628,000 | 32 | 1 |
| 4 | Soheb Porbandarwala | 611,000 | 24 | 4 |
| 5 | KC Vaughan | 533,000 | 31 | 3 |
| 6 | Justin Pimpedly | 530,000 | 41 | 4 |
| 7 | Matt Morfitt | 528,000 | 29 | 8 |
| 8 | Jason Kapoor | 516,000 | 38 | 8 |
| 9 | De'andre Brown | 499,000 | 37 | 5 |
| 10 | Dominic Choma | 490,000 | 22 | 5 |
Five others from last Spring’s final table ended up bagging for Day 2. Jonathan Johnson (458,000), Timothy Mulroy (240,000), Marquez Davis (97,000), Zinoviy Pelekh (80,000), and CJ Peake (78,000). Each are looking to make it back to the final table of the biggest poker tournament in the midwest for a better prize than last time. Other MSPT regulars found themselves finding bags as well, like Matt Morfitt (528,000), Jason “Clozer” Kapoor (516,000), Chris Moon (478,000), Craig Trost (456,000), Michael Berk (300,000) and many more. Each looking to take home the massive first place prize.
303 players will return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 16th, with 32 minutes left on level 15 with blinds at 3,000/5,000. The blinds will return to 40-minute levels and players will play down until an MSPT Firekeepers champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the updates on the biggest midwestern tournament of all time.