$1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,565,066
Entries
1,615
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
322
Players Left
36
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
Season 10 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues today at FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. The $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship tends to be the largest Midwest stop on the tour and is looking to eclipse a seven-figure prize pool for the sixth time in a row. Today, the first of three starting flights will get underway at Noon local time.
Day 1b and 1c will take place at Noon on Friday and Saturday respectively. The surviving players from each flight will then return on Sunday, October 13 to play down to a winner. The final table will be live streamed on a 15-minute delay.
Last year, the tournament drew 1,271 entries and saw Matt Stammen, the older brother of WPT champ Keven Stammen, take it down for a $218,565 payday. The year before it was Chris Meyers who topped a 1,067-entry field to win $191,196 on his way to capturing Season 8 Player of the Year.
Other past MSPT Michigan State Poker champions include Brett Blackwood (2016 for $188,314), Michael Ferraroti (2015 for $134,642), Ryan Dykhouse (2014 for $124,500), and Jordan Townsend (2013 for $76,975).
About FireKeepers Casino
FireKeepers Casino Hotel opened in August of 2009. The venue features a 111,700-square foot gaming floor with 2,900 slot machines, 70 table games, multiple restaurants and lounges, a live poker room and bingo room.
FireKeepers Casino Hotel is located just off Interstate 94 at Exit 104, has been named Best Casino by audiences in Western Michigan and Northern Indiana, plus earned nine first-place awards in the Casino Player Magazine Best of Gaming 2015 Native Midwest category, including Best Overall Gaming Resort.
FireKeepers was also selected as one of the Best Casinos to Work for by Casino Player Magazine. Their signature restaurant, Nibi, is a multiple recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
FireKeepers offers a AAA-rated Four Diamond resort-style hotel with 243 rooms, a functional multi-purpose event center, six distinctive dining destinations, and multiple lounges. FireKeepers is the title sponsor of the FireKeepers Casino 400, a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, and host of the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship a Symetra Tour-Road to the LPGA golf event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Some Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Small One for Three-Time MSPT Champ
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Three-time MSPT champ Blake Bohn raised to 300 from middle position and the player in the cutoff called. The big blind came along as well and all three players checked the 
flop.
After the dealer burned and turned the 
, the big blind checked and Bohn tossed out a delayed continuation-bet of 500. That did the trick as both his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,600 | 600 |
Off to a Good Start
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
River Check-Raise Sends Fredette Massive Pot Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in middle position raised to 325 and got called by the button and Joel Fredette in the big blind.
The three players saw a flop of 
and the original raiser put out a continuation bet of 800. The button and Fredette both called and went to a turn card.
The button bet 2,175 when the action was checked to him on the turn card. Fredette and the preflop raiser both called.
Fredette checked the 
river card and the player in middle position bet 4,000, the button folded and Fredette moved all in for 18,000. The player in middle position decided his hand was not good enough and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | 32,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Some Shots from the Day 1a Field
