Dan Bekavac Bags the Lead After Day 1b of MSPT Michigan Main Event
Day 1b of The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,110 Main Event at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan, has come to a close with 96 players bagging for Day 2 after a massive 762 player turnout.
It was three-time MSPT winner Dan Bekavac who ended up as the flights top-most chip holder with 688,000. Bekavac found much success on his second bullet of the day. He won a massive pot towards the end of the day when his set of fives was good against Daniel Swartz’s top pair and that win, coupled with a few other big pots, put him in contention for his fourth MSPT title.
2022 MSPT Battle Creek Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Chip Counts |
| 1 | Dan Bekavac | 688,000 |
| 2 | Todd Estes | 615,000 |
| 3 | George Janssen | 529,000 |
| 4 | Gary L Vick | 449,000 |
| 5 | Michael Savakinas | 422,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Smith | 422,000 |
| 7 | Paul Davison | 412,000 |
| 8 | Paul Campell | 403,000 |
| 9 | Steven Stolzenfeld | 399,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Hoffman | 397,000 |
Rounding up the top three chip stacks are Todd Estes with 615,000 and George Janssen 528,000 who will begin Day 2 with well over 100 big blinds. Others that bagged included Steven Stolzenfeld (399,000), WSOP Main Event final tablist Nicolas Manion (144,000), Michael Berk (133,000), Chris Moon (132,000) and Ravi Raghavan (130,000). Each one looking to add this year’s MSPT trophy to their resumes. Players who were less fortunate included Aaron Massey, Ralph Massey, Renato Spahiu, Donald Spahiu, Ryan Phan, Donnie Phan, James Maahs, Kevin Maahs, Kyna England and WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada. Each will have one last chance to make Day 2 in tomorrow’s flight.
Day 1c will begin at 12 pm tomorrow where players will begin with 25,000 in chips at the 100/100 level. The guarantee has already been met and the current prizepool stands at $1,335,690 and will only grow much larger after the next flight tomorrow. Stay tuned to PokerNews regarding all updates with the MSPT Firekeepers.
and England could not find enough improvement for her pair of tens and Hicks took down the pot.
with Aaron Massey in early position playing against a player in the hijack and a player on the button. 
turn. Massey moved all-in for 20,000 which saw the hijack player fold and the button player call, revealing the hands. 
checked through to the 
and England sized up to 8,500, seeing only a call from the early position opener.
for three jacks and her opponent mucked and the MSPT player of the year dragged in a healthy pot.
which brought no improvement to the ace-queen and Cada raked in the pot.
gave Swartz a straight and he stacked up Skreen's chips.
saw Berk move all-in for 9,000 effective when checked to and his opponent went into the tank. After a little bit of thought he called and both hands were exposed. 
for kings and queens which was good against the 
