The biggest flight yet of the history-making $250 Roughrider Poker Tour Casino State Championship saw Skyler Sand bag the overall chip lead with 46 players making it through Day 1e.
Sand held the chip lead for much of the day and ended up with 789,000. Basim Habib was in second place with 671,000 after his full house eliminated Dan Thompson on the money bubble, while Mitch Hogue rounds out the podium with 644,000.
Day 1e Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Skyler Sand | United States | 789,000 |
| 2 | Basim Habib | United States | 671,000 |
| 3 | Mitch Hogue | United States | 644,000 |
| 4 | Wilfred Westerman | United States | 568,000 |
| 5 | Kyle Simpson | United States | 451,000 |
| 6 | Nick Boyum | United States | 449,000 |
| 7 | Wayne Wentz | United States | 353,000 |
| 8 | Kyle Shipman | | 348,000 |
| 9 | Keith Rickford | United States | 336,000 |
| 10 | Brad Pausch | | 335,000 |
Wilfred Westerman made a big call, picking off Scott Grasse’s bluff with a pair of kings to win a massive pot and catapult all the way up to 568,000 at the end of the day. Other top stacks include Kyle Simpson (451,000), Nick Boyum (449,000), and Katie Fowler (325,000), while Miles Barnum survived with 167,000.
Day 1e saw 362 players descend on the Spirit Lake Casino & Resort, pushing the total field up to 1,313 and making this already the largest prize pool in North Dakota poker history. There is still Day 1f to come as 145 players are currently registered on the third level of the flight. A total of 147 players are already through to Day 2 and will return tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time.
Stay tuned as PokerNews returns after a short break to provide all the action from the last starting flight.
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Basim HabibKatie FowlerKyle SimpsonMiles BarnumMitch HogueNick BoyumSkyler SandWilfred Westerman
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