Idrovo Leads Final 86

Ritchie Idrovo leads the 86 Day 1a and Day 1b survivors who are set to buckle down and begin Day 2 here at 10 a.m. local time in Gary, Ind.

He won't have an easy time of it if he hopes to keep his lead, however, as plenty of well-known and dangerous players such as Kou Vang (187,400), Jason Smith (152,300), Jeremy Dresch (80,300), and Matt Kirby (72800) remain in contention with above average stacks. Notables with below average stacks include Matt Alexander (66,000), Patrick Steele (60,000), Tim Ebenhoeh Jr. (58,300), "Wild" Bill Romer (53,900), John Hayes (38,000), and Terry Ring (22,700).

Play will begin with blinds at 1,000/2,000 at Level 10 and will continue until the field is whittled down to a winner. The final table will be broadcast live with hole cards on a 15-minute delay right here on PokerNews, so be sure to tune in for the conclusion of the tournament and the crowning of an MSPT champion, who will claim first-place prize money and a bracelet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ritchie Idrovo	205,900
Jason Martens	197,600
Nick Pupillo	192,600

Pavlin Karakikov	187,800
Kou Vang	187,400
Jason Smith	152,300
Leon Morford	147,600
Brian Zimcosky	129,600
Carter Gent	122,800
Fadi Hamad	122,500
Robert Buckman	113,900
John Simon	108,000
Keith Lutz	106,800
Jason Summers	106,300
Joshua Givant	105,700
Scott Hammett	103,100
M. Reid	98,000
George Dietz	95,000
Ron Kruk	87,800
Shane Martin	87,700
Tomasz Luberda	86,400
Allen Lanier	84,400
Joe Santo	84,000
Paul Lyskawa	83,300
Tim Huss	82,300
Brad Davis	81,200
Steve Long	80,400
Jeremy Dresch	80,300
[Removed:67]	78,600
Kenny Nguyen	77,000
Charlie Sizemore	77,000
Justin DelRio	75,500
Bernadeta Wisniewska	75,300
Steve Pint	73,700
Matt Kirby	72,800
Ami Sharma	72,000
Mike Deis	69,400
Brent Burrows	68,800
Richard Rosas	67,600
Shawn Rusch	67,300
Richard Bai	66,800
Matthew Alexander	66,000
Judi Gumila	65,400
Philip Termini	65,000
Dale Hackney	64,300
Brian Smith	62,800
Ken Payne	61,800
Mike Shin	60,900
Howard Hankin	60,200
Patrick Steele	60,000
Bradley Watts	59,700
Tim Ebenhoeh Jr.	58,300
Ken Baime	57,200
Brian Ehman	56,200
Bill Romer	53,900
Tony Pena	53,500
Frank Maggio	53,200

Paul Bianchi	51,500
Jocelyn Gumila	50,700
William Luciano	48,900
Michael Younan	47,100
Bruce Swart	45,200
Olga Pritzker	44,500
Mike Cloud	44,300
John Hayes	38,000
Richard Crooks	35,600
Gheorghe Farima	35,100
Kyle Adams	35,100
Jeremiah Rizek	34,700
Phung Ngo	33,800
Lawrence Eyer	33,400
Mark Owens	31,800
Angelo Peralta	30,800
Kevin Boskey	29,600
George Janssen	28,800
Mike Millikin	28,100
Daniel Harrington	24,900
Terry Ring	22,700
Niel Mittelman	21,900
Ryan Lindquist	20,600
imran sajwani	20,300
Krista Gifford	19,500
Tim Ebenhoeh Sr.	18,000
Mac Antigua	16,600
Don Carlton	15,700
Chip Bajza	1 1	1