$1,110 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$2,336,730
Entries
2,409
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
631
Players Left
73
Morfitt and Kapoor Close Strong in Massive Day 1a
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The first flight of the $1,100 Mid-States Poker Tour Michigan State Championship came to an end early today. The starting field of 631 found itself shrinking down to just 73 players at the end of the night with 32 minutes left in Level 15.
It was Matt Morfitt who ended up bagging the overall chip lead of the flight with 528,000 at the end of the day. Morfitt is no stranger to MSPTs, having finished runner-up in the MSPT Canterbury Park for a career-best score of $115,053. The Des Moines Iowa resident saw his chip stack remain steady from level 8 onward and a late-night rush saw him climb to the top of the chip counts.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Morfitt | 528,000 |
| 2 | Jason Kapoor | 516,000 |
| 3 | De'andre Brown | 499,000 |
| 4 | Dominic Choma | 490,000 |
| 5 | Chris Moon | 478,000 |
| 6 | Craig Trost | 456,000 |
| 7 | Sumit Sapra | 406,000 |
| 8 | Brekstyn Schutten | 404,000 |
| 9 | Dionisios Bertson | 377,000 |
| 10 | Gary Stone | 374,000 |
Coming in hot on Morfitt's heels was Jason “Clozer” Kapoor, who finished the night with 516,000. Kapoor found himself putting two players at risk on the last hand of the night when he had queen-jack suited against ace-seven suited and pocket kings. The board ran out a straight and he scooped a massive pot to put himself in contention for the chip lead. Kapoor recently finished third place in the MSPT United States Poker Championship for $41,721. He is looking to better that finish and score with a deep run in this event.
Others that found their way to bags included MSPT Champions Chris Moon (478,000), Craig Trost (456,000), high stakes tournament regular Brekstyn Schutten (404,000), Michael Berk (300,000), Mario Arribas (248,000), CJ Peake (78,000), WSOP bracelet winners Keven Stammen (232,000), Dash Dudley (77,000), Rob Wazwaz (50,000), and 2009 WSOP Main Event Winner Joe Cada (75,000). They will all return on Sunday October 16th at 11 a.m. with 32 minutes left on level 15 unless another flight ends earlier.
This flight was not good to all, as many MSPT legends fell throughout the day like Pat Steele, Kevin Berthelsen, Aaron Johnson, Angela Jordison, Greg Himmelbrand, and recent hall of fame inductee Josh Reichard. Defending champion Dan Bekavac found his luck run out on a couple of bullets today, including two of them having his pocket aces cracked. Each one of them will have their chance to re-enter tomorrow's flight or the following day’s flight.
Day 1a had 631 entrants as compared to the last iteration’s opening flight total of 615. Play will continue for these players on Sunday the 14th unless they wish to forfeit their stack and play one of the other flights. Tomorrow’s flight begins at 12 p.m. and players will have their second chance to play for this $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the next two flights, the final day and the conclusion of the tournament.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
528,000 | 424,000 |
|
516,000 | 133,000 |
|
499,000 | -44,000 |
|
490,000 | 490,000 |
|
478,000 | 159,000 |
|
456,000 | -116,000 |
|
406,000 | 406,000 |
|
404,000 | 232,000 |
|
|
377,000 | 377,000 |
|
|
374,000 | 374,000 |
|
354,000 | 354,000 |
|
351,000 | 351,000 |
|
|
347,000 | 347,000 |
|
344,000 | |
|
|
341,000 | 341,000 |
|
|
304,000 | 304,000 |
|
301,000 | -131,000 |
|
300,000 | 164,000 |
|
|
295,000 | 295,000 |
|
281,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
277,000 | 277,000 |
|
265,000 | 265,000 |
|
248,000 | -53,000 |
|
245,000 | 245,000 |
|
|
244,000 | 244,000 |
Play Has Ended For The Night
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A flurry of bustouts saw the number quickly go down to 74 players remaining. 32 minutes remain on level 15. Full chip counts and a full recap is soon to follow.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Late Night Big Stacks
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
572,000 | 572,000 |
|
|
543,000 | 221,000 |
|
|
432,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
383,000 | 139,000 |
|
|
319,000 | 121,000 |
|
|
301,000 | -50,000 |
Peake Sends One Home
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
CJ Peake called in first position and another player moved all in from the hijack for their remaining 45,000 which saw action fold back to Peake who called.
Opponent: 
CJ Peake: 
The board ran out 
and Peake's pair of queens was good take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
214,000 | 21,000 |
Moon Wins On Second Barrel
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chris Moon raised to 11,000 from first position and was called by one player in the small blind, and Alex Oberlin in the big blind.
The flop of 
saw action check to Moon who bet 13,000 getting called by both players.
The turn of 
saw action check once more to Moon who sized up to 35,000, eliciting quick folds from both players, giving Moon the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
198,000 | 27,000 |
|
83,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Bigger Flight 1a
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
With registration closed, the tournament clock reads 631, meaning this flight trumps last spring's numbers. The remaining 102 players will play either 15 levels or until 75 players remain, whichever comes first.