Welcome to the Third and Final Starting Flight of the MSPT Golden Gates Casino

Season 6 of Mid-States Poker Tour continues today with Day 1c — the third and final starting flight — from the MSPT Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. Last night, 161 entrants took to the felt, which along with Day 1a's 126 brings the current total up 287.

The $200,000 guarantee has already been crushed, and with Day 1c expected to be the biggest flight yet, the question is how high will the prize pool climb?

Among those expected to take part in today's action are former MSPT Golden Gates champ Reza Yazdi, Allen Kessler, Jeff Fielder, Sean Munjal, Mike Harris, MSPT Team Pro Matt Kirby, Aaron Massey, and current MSPT Player of the Year leader Mark Hodge.

All of those players will look to replicate the success of Derek McMaster, who finished atop the Day 1b counts with a stack of 450,000, well ahead of Day 1a chip leader Ross Reichert, who bagged 357,500. All told, 47 players have punched their ticket to Sunday's Day 2 through the first two starting flights.

Day 1c will kick off at 12:00 p.m. local time on Saturday with the plan of playing 16 levels. Late registration and reentries are open all day long, and of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will there every step of the way.

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