$1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Started
2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
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
697
Players Left
101
Welcome to Day 1c 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 will eclipse a seven-figure prize pool for the sixth time in a row. Today, the final of three starting flights will get underway at Noon local time.
On Thursday's Day 1a flight, 322 entrants take to the felt and after 15 levels of play, just 36 remained with Nick Davidson and his stack of 498,000 leading the pack. Friday's Day 1b field saw 596 entrants bring the overall total to 918. Of those, 72 players found a bag including chip leader Duston Newton with 448,000.
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.
It's Going to Be a Big Day
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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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 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
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 |
Garcia Gets Three Streets of Vaule
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player in early position raised to 250 and Rob Garcia three-bet to 850 from the small blind. The original raiser called and they went heads up to the flop.
The flop came 
and Garcia continued for 1,450. His opponent called.
Garcia bet 2,500 on the 
turn card and got called again.
Garcia fired a third barrel of 3,550 on the 
river and showed 
after his opponent paid the bet. Jacks were good and Garcia is off to a good start here early on Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 |
Welcome to the Party
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Yono Takes it Down on the Turn
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With 4,200 already in the middle, four players saw a flop of 
. The player first to act bet 2,000 and got called by all remaining players.
The 
turn card saw the under the gun player bet again, this time 4,500. Sam Yono was next to act and moved all in for 13,550. None of the players let their hand go easy, as each player went into the tank before eventually folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0