Christopher Moon moved all in for 61,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Brian Barnes in the cutoff who raised to 200,000 which folded all remaining action.
Christopher Moon: A♥Q♥
Brian Barnes: J♥J♣
The board ran out A♠6♣6♠J♦10♦ and the jacks full was good for Barnes to eliminate the MSPT Battle Creek Champion from the tournament.
Action was picked up with cards on their backs with MSPT champion Satish Thakur all in and at risk for his last 140,000 in the hijack up against Athir Saco in the cutoff.
Satish Thakur: K♠K♥
Athir Saco: A♥A♠
The board ran out 10♠3♦2♥2♠3♦ and the aces held up for Saco to eliminate the MSPT champion from the field.
Action was picked up with cards on their on the flop of J♦5♦4♥ with cards on their backs with Hyun Sun Cho all in and at risk from the cutoff for his last 251,000 up against Zachary Mattice in the big blind.
Hyun Sun Cho: Q♣J♣
Zachary Mattice: A♥A♠
The board ran out 3♦10♥ and the aces held up for Matice to take down Cho as the first elimination of the day.
A round later, action was picked up with Raul Wanko all in and at risk for his last 72,000 from the big blind against Matice in the small blind.
Raul Wanko: K♦Q♦
Zachary Matice: 10x10x
No help was brought to Wanko on the runout and he was eliminated from the tournament.
A total of 314 players came out to play the first ever $1,200 Great Lake Poker Classic Main Event. The guarantee was passed as $329,700 was generated by the players to play for today at 12:00 p.m. All 44 survivors will be looking to bring their field size down by a quarter as only 33 players will see a piece of that purse, with eyes on the $75,601 yet to be awarded to the winner.
Pat Steele
Leading the way of the field is Day 1f's chip leader Jack Hays (934,000), who won a seat into this tournament via a flip and go. Having just secured his biggest ever score earlier this year, he looks to more than double his own recorded live earnings with a win here today. He edged out MSPT hall of famer and HPT Champion Pat Steele (905,000) for the overall lead in the tournament, who will also be looking to make the money and cross the six-figure threshold on his Hendon Mob.
Alec Magdan
Alec Magdan (391,000) became the only player in this tournament to capitalize on the multi-bag bonus. While the field is not yet in the money, Magdan has already accrued $8,000 in bonuses this tournament. Others that found bags into Day 2 included WSOP bracelet winners Mark Schmid (239,000) and Christopher Moon (179,000), as well as MSPT champions Satish Thakur (160,000), George Janssen (145,000), and Thomas Midena (141,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Jack Hays
Tompkinsville, KY
934,000
2
Pat Steele
Chelsea, MI
905,000
3
Paul Lentschke
College Station, TX
640,000
4
Jeff Hill
Augusta, MI
572,000
5
Robert Strunk
Schoolcraft, MI
548,000
6
Frank Lucarelli
Woodhaven, MI
504,000
7
Andrew Olive
Wichita, KY
481,000
8
Jacob Baumgartner
Grand Rapids, MI
478,000
9
Brian Barnes
Augusta, MI
407,000
10
Alec Magdan
Warren, MI
391,000
Players will return today with 18:15 left in Level 15 as Day 1b finished at this point to hit their hard stop for players. At noon cards will be in the air, with 40 minute levels to play down to a winner. 15 minute breaks will occur at the conclusion of every three levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates on the ground here at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan.
