Day 2 of the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino Main Event will go down in Milwaukee, Wisconsin today beginning at 10:30 a.m. local time.
The event's two starting flights drew a grand total of 635 entries, breaking the Wisconsin state record of 487 recorded the last time the MSPT came to Potawatomi in September 2014.
Now, just 135 remain with Day 1a chip leader and two-time MSPT final table participant Brett Reichard leading them all.
Day 1b chip leader Paul Zalewski, 2014 MSPT Columbus champ Mark Sandness, and Racine, Wisconsin's Andreas Wagner are close.
They will play 40-minute levels until the final table is reached when they move to 60 minutes.
Prizepool information will be released this morning and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the action.
Plus, the final table will be broadcast live (15-minute delay) with hole cards on msptpoker.com and PokerNews.
Day 1b chip leader Paul Zalewski has come out firing and just moved past the 300,000-chip mark and into the chip lead.
Zalewski opened for 10,500 and got the call from Marianne Deguzman on his left. They went heads up to a flop that Zalewski checked.
Deguzman took a shot at it, making it 17,500, but Zalewski would not go away. The turn brought the and checks all around. However, when the river fell, Zalewski led out for a healthy 60,000 and forced a fold from Deguzman.
Leon Morford has now pushed past the 300,000 mark and into the chip lead.
His latest move up the ladder came when he sent Pat Steele to the rail with over all in preflop. Steele flopped a queen, but Morford turned a king to do the deed.
Using pocket tens, pocket jacks, and big slick, Kathalyn Holz-Zammuto managed to bust three short stacks already and has essentially doubled up to a spot among the chip leaders.
The player everyone calls "Attila the Honey" is now a serious contender once again.
Christopher Belflower has shot into the chip lead after a meteoric rise from just 67,000 in chips to 350,000 in only a level and a half.
He doubled with kings on the third hand of the day, doubled with jacks on the sixth and pushed table captain Mark Sandness off a hand check-shoving with sevens on a ten-high flop to drag another sizable pot and move up and above the rest of the pack.
Adam Dembrowski represents the latest zero to hero story here in Milwaukee after rising from under 100,000 in chips at the start of the day into the chip lead.
He's the first player to reach 400,000 after busting one short stack with kings over threes, then getting three streets of value with tens when he flopped a set to drag a 250,000-chip pot.
Leon Morford is the first player past the one million-chip mark and into the lead now.
He busted two players in one hand to get there, calling an early position raise and joining a shorty who shoved for less in a three way pot, Morfrod spiked a set on the flop.
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flop that Zalewski checked.
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river fell, Zalewski led out for a healthy 60,000 and forced a fold from Deguzman.
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