$1,110 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2022 MSPT Cleveland
$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 MSPT Cleveland
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$959,770
Entries
991
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
375
Players Left
45
Hal Rotholz Cruises Into The Lead Of Day 1b of The Ohio State Championship
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1b of The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 Main Event in JACK Casino, Cleveland has come to an end with a hard stop being met with 45 players bagging up for the day.
With 27:52 left on the clock in the last level of the day, David Eldridge eliminated one player to bring the field down to 12% of the 375 entrant field. The remaining 45 players have all bagged up and finished slightly earlier than anticipated initially.
A total of 528 players have come to play thus far, hitting the $500,000 guarantee with still one flight to go, ensuring this to be one of the biggest prize pools in Ohio poker history.
The chip leader of the final 45 players in this flight is Hal Rotholz sitting with 517,000, the only player to have eclipsed 500,000. Rotholz played under-the radar most of the day, but quietly accumulated many chips throughout the course of the tourney and with many deep runs in tournaments all over the country, he will be a force going into Day 2.
MSPT Cleveland Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Chip Counts |
| 1 | Hal Rotholz | 517,000 |
| 2 | Brian Patterson | 459,000 |
| 3 | Jamie Allen | 446,000 |
| 4 | Steve Lekic | 436,000 |
| 5 | Brad Rogoff | 424,000 |
| 6 | Matt Taylor | 419,000 |
| 7 | Dominic Will | 397,000 |
| 8 | Igor Ioffe | 353,000 |
| 9 | James Anderson | 313,000 |
| 10 | Renato Spahiu | 300,000 |
Falling into the top five also include Brian “Brxxx” Patterson with 457,000 and MSPT Iowa Runner-Up Jamie Allen who ended the day with 446,000. Both players were flirting with the chip lead through the majority of the day and each held it briefly in the last few levels of the night.
Other players that found their way to bagging included MSPT regulars Renato Spahiu (300,000) Michael Berk (279,000), Bobby Noel (250,000), WSOP bracelet winner James Anderson (313,000), and David Eldridge (263,000). Matt Taylor created an impressive comeback, being stuck with only 6 big blinds at level 11 and ended the day bagging 419,000.
Players that were not able to cash today included MSPT champions Dan Bekavac, Adam Friedman, Kyna England, Daniel Sepiol, Chris Moon, WSOP bracelet winners Chris Tryba and Joe Ebanks, and Allen “The Chainsaw” Kessler. All of which will have one final flight to try to make Day 2.
Play will begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday with a 25,000 starting and 40-minute blind levels. There will be a 40-minute dinner break following level 9. The players who make it to Day 2 will play with 27:52 left in level 15 barring the play ending earlier tomorrow. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the tournament.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
517,000 | 517,000 |
|
459,000 | 79,000 |
|
446,000 | -62,000 |
|
436,000 | 134,000 |
|
424,000 | 424,000 |
|
419,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
397,000 | -7,000 |
|
353,000 | 135,000 |
|
313,000 | 313,000 |
|
300,000 | -19,000 |
|
|
292,000 | -11,000 |
|
279,000 | -11,000 |
|
270,000 | -55,000 |
|
263,000 | 195,000 |
|
250,000 | -83,000 |
|
|
232,000 | 232,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 220,000 |
|
|
211,000 | 211,000 |
|
208,000 | -26,000 |
|
|
204,000 | 204,000 |
|
|
187,000 | 187,000 |
|
186,000 | 186,000 |
|
|
185,000 | |
|
|
181,000 | 181,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 28,000 |
Play Has Ended
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
One player has been eliminated and the remaining players have bagged up for the night.
A full recap and full chip counts are to follow.
Taylor Doubles Through Harnell
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was picked up on a river between Marc Harrell and Matt Taylor. The board read 
and had roughly 120,000 in the center.
Taylor moved all-in for 155,000 effective and Harrell went into the the tank. He took his time with decision before he eventually flicked in the chip for a call.
"Two pair," declared Taylor as he turned over 
for a rivered aces-up and Harrell tossed his hand into the muck. Taylor who was down to 12,000 chips just four levels ago has now spun up his stack to 443,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
443,000 | 376,000 |
|
|
234,000 | 26,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Spahiu Shoves Turn
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Renato Spahiu raised to 8,000 in early position and a player in the small blind three-bet to 21,000 which folded out the big blind and Spahiu called.
The flop came out 
and the small blind player continued for 15,000, which was met with a raise to 45,000 from Spahiu which the small blind called.
The turn came out a 
which saw the small blind check and Spahiu move all-in for 128,000 effective, sending his opponent into the tank. After roughly a minute, the opponent folded and Spahiu moved his stack to over 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
319,000 | 44,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
404,000 | 282,000 |
|
|
380,000 | |
|
|
333,000 | 237,000 |
|
|
332,000 | |
|
|
325,000 | |
|
|
290,000 | 83,000 |
|
|
275,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
68,000 | 43,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Allen Flushes Ebanks
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
With two players calling in front of him, Joe Ebanks raised to 13,000 in the big blind, which saw Jamie Allen in early position and another player call from the button.
The flop came out 
and Ebanks bet 50,000, called only by Allen as the other player folded.
The turn came out 
and Ebanks moved all-in for 60,000 effective and Allen snap-called.
Joe Ebanks: 
Jamie Allen: 
Allen had turned the nut flush, leaving Ebanks drawing dead before the 
and Allen soared up to the current chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
508,000 | 292,000 |
|
Busted |