Welcome to Day 1b of the MSPT Golden Gates Casino Main Event!

Season 6 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continued yesterday with Day 1a action from the Golden Gates Casino Main Event!

The first of three starting flights attracted 126 entrants, but after 16 levels of play just 20 remained with Ross Reichert and his stack of 357,500 leading the way. Today, the second flight will kick off with a mix of new faces and Day 1a casualties looking to reenter such as MSPT Golden Gates Regional champ Bobby Sanoubane, who is already two bullets deep; MSPT Team Pro Matt Kirby; Nebraska farmer Phil Mader; Bryan Devonshire, who finished sixth in the Colorado Poker Championship back in August; and Aaron & Ralph Massey.

Some players we won't see in action are defending champ Kane Lai (304,000) and MSPT Team Pros Matt Alexander (270,500) and Nick Pupillo (100,000), all of who advanced from Day 1a. Lai topped a field of 409 entrants back in March to win a $101,365 first-place prize, and interestingly, he won the HPT Ameristar St. Charles for $150,593 earlier this week. With a big stack headed into Day 2, Lai will certainly be a force to be reckoned with.

Day 1b will kick off at 12:00 p.m. local, which is less than an hour from now. Late registration and reentries are open all day long, so check back soon for all the action straight from Black Hawk, Colorado!

In the meantime, here's a look at the remaining MSPT Golden Gates schedule:

Day	Event	Buy-In	Time
Friday, Nov. 13	MSPT Qualifier	$250	9:00 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 13	MSPT Main Event Day 1b	$1,100	12:00 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13	MSPT Qualifier Turbo	$250	9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14	MSPT Qualifier	$250	9:00 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14	MSPT Main Event Day 1c	$1,100	12:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 15	MSPT Main Event Day 2	-	12:00 p.m.

The Main Event, which will start players with 30,000 in chips, will see the Day 1b field play 16 levels, and the same for Day 1c on Saturday. The remaining players from each flight will combine on Sunday morning at 12:00 p.m. and play until a champion is crowned. The Main Event final table will be broadcast live (15-minute delay) with hole cards worldwide on msptpoker.com and PokerNews.

Here's a look at those who've capture titles in Season 6 thus far:

Dates	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize
Jan. 15-25, 2015	MSPT bestbet Jacksonville	421	Brian Arbaugh	$102,806
Jan. 30 – Feb. 8, 2015	MSPT Running Aces	354	Erv Bjerga	$91,941
Feb. 14-22, 2015	MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells	463	Ben Wiora	$114,512
March 5-15	MSPT Golden Gates	409	Kane Lai	$101,365
March 21-29	MSPT Meskwaki	371	Chad Willett	$96,760
April 4-12	MSPT Potawatomi	635	Jason Mirza	$147,529
April 6-19	MSPT Maryland Live! Casino	270	Greg Himmelbrand	$72,910
April 17-26	MSPT Canterbury Park	430	Dan Hendrickson	$106,182
May 9-17	MSPT FireKeepers Casino	614	Mark Rubenstein	$142,637
June 1-5	MSPT Venetian	1,964	Angelina Rich	$215,815
July 24-26	MSPT Meskwaki	410	Blake Bohn	$101,229
August 14-16	MSPT Grand Falls	238	Alan Curl	$64,941
August 21-23	MSPT Tropicana Evansville	251	Michael O'Neill	$67,746
September 4-6	MSPT Potawatomi	462	Dan Goepel	$114,117
September 18-20	MSPT Running Aces	328	Peixin Liu	$85,498
October 10-18	MSPT FireKeepers Casino	559	Michael Ferraroti	$134,642
November 6-8	MSPT Meskwaki	410	Rich Alsup	$101,229