2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship

$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$344,446
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,110
Prize Pool
$2,336,730
Entries
2,409
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
836
Players Left
101

$1,110 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Ndoja and Astrauskas March Forward, Johnson and Alsup Advance In Flight 1b

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Antonio Ndoja
Antonio Ndoja

After a record breaking turnout in the first flight of the $1,100 MSPT Main Event At Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek Michigan, the second flight followed suit by seeing a whopping 836 entrants come to play Day 1b. The prize pool guarantee has been now met and sits at $1,422,990 and with one flight still remaining, a near doubling of the prize pool guarantee is nearly certain.

A total of 101 players made Day 2 from this flight and leading the way is Antonio Ndoja who ended the day with 643,000. Ndoja found himself raking in a massive pot at the end of the night when his full house cracked the pocket queens of his opponent. Ndoja is relatively new to the MSPT tournament scene and is looking to make his mark on this massive field.

Top Ten Chip Counts Day 1b

RankNameChip Counts
1Antonio Ndoja643,000
2Arturas Astrauskas628,000
3KC Vaughan533,000
4Justin Pimpedly530,000
5Andrew Fahey454,000
6Alex Farcas450,000
7Larry Wagner418,000
8Michael Puccio412,000
9Paul Davison403,000
10Paul Choi383,000

Nipping at his heels and the chip leader for most of the day was Arturas Astrauskas who ended the day with 628,000. The Illinois resident is no stranger to deep runs in tournaments, having cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 2018 as well as multiple WSOP cashes throughout the years. He comes into Day 2 as second overall and will look to add to his over $150,000 in lifetime earnings.

Other players that managed to find a bag at the end of the day included HPT champion Michael Puccio (412,000), Rich Alsup (218,000), Josh Reichard (148,000), Aaron Johnson (139,000) and Aaron Massey (77,000). Each one of them will be looking to add their names to this record-breaking prize pool.

Arturas Astrauskas
Arturas Astrauskas held the chip lead for most of the day, until the last hand of the night.

This flight was not good to all, as many MSPT legends fell throughout the day like Pat Steele, Sarah Stefan, Ralph Massey, Rob Wazwaz, Angela Jordison, Greg Himmelbrand, and defending champion Dan Bekavac who found no luck on any of his bullets today. Each one of them will have their chance to re-enter in the final flight.

This Day 1b had 836 entrants as compared to the last iteration’s number of 762. Play will continue for these players on Sunday the 14th at 11 a.m. unless they wish to forfeit their stack and play one of the other flights. Tomorrow’s flight begins at 12 p.m., stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the next two flights, the final day and the conclusion of the tournament.

Tags: Aaron JohnsonAaron MasseyAlex FarcasAndrew FaheyAngela JordisonAntonio NdojaArturas AstrauskasDan BekavacGreg HimmelbrandJosh ReichardJustin PimpedlySarah StefanLarry WagnerMichael PuccioPat SteelePaul ChoiPaul DavisonRalph MasseyRich AlsupRob Wazwaz

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Antonio Ndoja us
Antonio Ndoja
643,000 643,000
Arturas Astrauskas lt
Arturas Astrauskas
628,000 73,000
KC Vaughan us
KC Vaughan
533,000 533,000
Justin Pimpedly us
Justin Pimpedly
530,000 530,000
Andrew Fahey us
Andrew Fahey
454,000 454,000
Alex Farcas us
Alex Farcas
450,000 450,000
Larry Wagner us
Larry Wagner
418,000 304,000
Michael Puccio us
Michael Puccio
412,000 100,000
Paul Davison us
Paul Davison
403,000 403,000
Paul Choi us
Paul Choi
383,000 58,000
Ben Hanson us
Ben Hanson
374,000 374,000
Nicholas Potestio us
Nicholas Potestio
368,000 368,000
Kevin Sample us
Kevin Sample
362,000 362,000
Brandon Best us
Brandon Best
351,000 351,000
Michael Welsh us
Michael Welsh
339,000 339,000
Joshua Smith us
Joshua Smith
334,000 334,000
Adam Williams us
Adam Williams
327,000 327,000
Daniel Schill us
Daniel Schill
298,000 298,000
Bryan Norris us
Bryan Norris
296,000 296,000
Spencer Wright us
Spencer Wright
293,000 293,000
Chris Meyers us
Chris Meyers
293,000 293,000
David-Michael Peterson us
David-Michael Peterson
287,000 194,000
Mitchell Jacko us
Mitchell Jacko
282,000 282,000
Salvatore Bulszewicz us
Salvatore Bulszewicz
272,000 272,000
Dan Warner us
Dan Warner
270,000 270,000

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Choi Takes It On The Turn

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Choi
Paul Choi

A player in early position raised to 15,000 and Paul Choi called in the small blind.

The flop of {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} checked through to the {7-Clubs} turn that saw Choi bet 15,000 and the opponent folded.

At another table, Daniel Swartz was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Choi us
Paul Choi
325,000 173,000
Daniel Swartz us
Daniel Swartz
Busted

Tags: Daniel SwartzPaul Choi

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Golak Calls With King-High

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Golak
Mike Golak

Mike Golak raised to 7,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by a player in the big blind.

The flop of {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} saw the big blind check and Golak bet 11,000 which was called.

The turn of {7-Clubs} checked through and the river {10-Spades} saw the big blind lead out for 25,000, which Golak called. The big blind turned over {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a missed flush draw while Golak turned over {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for sevens with a king kicker and he won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Golak us
Mike Golak
155,000 46,000

Tags: Mike Golak

Astrauskas Climbs High

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Arturas Astrauskas
Arturas Astrauskas

A player raised to 11,000 in the hijack and action folded to Arturas Astrauskas who three-bet to 31,000. Action folded back to the initial raiser who moved all in for 145,000 and Astrauskas called.

Opponent: {a-}{6-}
Arturas Astrauskas: {a-}{k-}

The board ran out as no help to the ace-six and Astrauskas took down a massive pot to become the tournament chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Arturas Astrauskas lt
Arturas Astrauskas
555,000 254,000

Tags: Arturas Astrauskas

Puccio With A Stack

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Puccio
Mike Puccio

Action was picked up on the river in a hand between one player out of position and Michael Puccio in position.

On a board reading {4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Puccio had moved all in for 55,000 effective and his opponent was in the tank. After some time he ended up calling and the hands were tabled.

Opponent: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Michael Puccio: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

The opponent had turned a set of eights, but Puccio ran out a flush to eliminate his opponent and add to his growing chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Puccio us
Michael Puccio
312,000 149,000

Tags: Mike Puccio