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Faced with a 25,400-chip bet heads-up on the river with a board reading 
and what looked like close to 40,000 already in the middle of the table, Chad Holloway had quite the decision to make.
He took his time about it, but eventually folded, allowing his opponent to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | -9,000 |
Tom Hujda just got it in with a pair of nines against one significantly shorter stack holding pocket fives.
Nines held on a safe runout for Hujda and he's now moved up the ladder.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | 30,000 |
Gregory Daniel just made a huge call to bust one opponent and push up near the top of the leaderboard.
He led into a 
flop then took a minute to think about it when his opponent shoved into him for some 40,000 chips.
Daniel eventually made the call with 
and was well ahead of his opponent's 
. Top pair turned in to two pair and held on the 
turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 |
While Peter Kim had dipped under 100,000 and out of the chip lead, he managed to put things back on track calling a recent short stack's shove with 
. He was up against 
and won the flip on an 
run out to get back into six figures.
In the meantime, one table over, Level 1 chip leader Matt Jaeger is making a late push and now has the top spot with 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 75,000 |
|
100,000 | -41,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
With registration now officially closed it appears Day 1b drew a total of 323 entries.
Add that to the 309 from Day 1a and the event drew a total of 632 entries - Absolutely crushing the Wisconsin state record of 487 recorded the last time the MSPT came to Potawatomi this past September.
Plus, the tour has also set a new record for the most entries in an event outside of Las Vegas, pushing well past the 517 entries recorded at Battle Creek, Michigan in October of 2014.
While the 854 entries garnered at The Venetian in Las Vegas still remains the largest event in MSPT history, this event is now far and away the second largest the tour has ever held.
Robert Edelstein, who made third the last time the MSPT came to Potawatomi Casino, appears poised to make another deep run.
He flatted a 3,500-chip open from the small blind going heads-up to a 
flop. Both Edelstein and his opponent checked but when the 
turn was revealed, he led out for 4,600.
His opponent called and after Edelstein checked the board pairing river, the original raiser made it 8,000. Edelstein made a crying call with 
, but was good against his opponent's ace-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 |
PokerNews Managing Editor and WSOP Bracelet Winner Chad Holloway is working on his second bullet here today, and after firing another Friday to no avail, is finally starting to make some headway.
He picked off one shorty shoving with a weak ace into his big slick, then managed to flop top pair and a flush draw, turn two pair against second pair, and collect another sizable pot.
He's now closing in on 100,000 and the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Mike Kotlewski may have been the first player past the 100,000-chip mark, but he's since fizzled and struggling to stay afloat.
In the meantime, several players have pushed up close to 100,000, two are over and one is separating himself from the pack.
Peter Kim is now on over 140,000 and counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
141,000 | 1,000 |
