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May 11 - 14, 2023

 
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
Caleb King Leads 119 Survivors After Day 1C
Created (5/14/2023 12:04:34 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) FireKeepers $1,110 Main Event attracted a massive 996 runners, which along with 1a's 580 and 1b’s 895, brought the total field up to 2,471 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at FireKeepers.

At the end of the third and final flight, 119 players bagged and tagged with Caleb King bagging the top stack with 675,000.

Others to bag big stacks where James Gregg (585,000), two-time MSPT champ Jason Zarlenga (580,00), Anthony Sedlak (480,000), and Ryan Scully (467,000) who round out the top five.

They were joined by MSPT champs Umut Ozturk (393,000), Jason Ramos (368,000), Aaron Massy (331,000), Tim Burden (250,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (219,000).

Among those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famers Rich Alsup & Aaron Johnson, along with former MSPT FireKeepers champions Bobby Noel & Mike Shanahan.

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 293 (69 from Day 1a, 105 from 1b, and 119 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 14th to play down to a winner.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
End of Day 1C
Created (5/13/2023 11:47:39 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player NameChip CountPreviousProgress
Caleb King675,000560,000
James Gregg585,000500,000
Jason Zarlenga580,000580,000
Anthony Sedlak480,000560,000
Ryan Scully467,000467,000
Songjie Zhou463,000463,000
James Calkins459,000459,000
Umut Ozturk393,000378,000
Matthew Porter393,000396,000
Charles Villano373,000373,000
Jason Roza372,000372,000
Jason Ramos368,000368,000
Robert Fisher Jr360,000360,000
James Wilson340,000340,000
Ben Lapointe334,000334,000
Aaron Massey331,000325,000
Justin Pimpedly316,000316,000
Melissa Bartelme314,000315,000
Ronald Arceri307,000307,000
Ian Richardson303,000303,000
Austin Thieleman300,000180,000
Marcus Norman296,000296,000
Jeremy Martin294,000294,000
Pearnell Scroggins288,000288,000
Osman Merdanovic285,000285,000
Justin Lee284,000284,000
Vladimir Pavlouc276,000276,000
Nicholas Woldyk274,000274,000
Dominic Esparza274,000274,000
Jason Bender273,000270,000
Kevin Ellis272,000272,000
Casey Carroll267,000267,000
Gerald Siemienas265,000278,000
Nathan Root264,000264,000
Jerry Miller263,000263,000
Ting Luo261,000261,000
Peter Ng260,000260,000
Cero Zuccarello258,000151,000
Jaroslaw Brzezinski252,000252,000
Tim Burden250,000175,000
Paul Bianchi250,000240,000
Zach Andrews248,000248,000
Jeffrey Hill245,000245,000
Scott Bohlman236,000151,000
Chad Chizek223,000130,000
Randy Froelich 222,000222,000
Robert Strunk220,000220,000
Rob WazWaz219,000230,000
Kevin Kejbou217,000217,000
Michael ONeill212,000212,000
Senhao Cao210,000210,000
Srikanth Alajangi208,000208,000
Tria Vue207,000207,000
Tamim Reeza203,000203,000
Jeffrey Rodino198,000198,000
John Drikakis198,000198,000
Walter Trepanier196,000196,000
Todd Neueau193,000193,000
Dustin Smith192,000192,000
Brian Bolt190,000190,000
Steven Stout187,000187,000
Tim Vance183,000183,000
Gregory Williams180,000180,000
Michael Suggs178,000145,000
Mo Nuwwarah177,000180,000
Firas Kashat176,000176,000
Jesse Graham172,000172,000
Cody Taylor172,000172,000
Christopher Jarrell169,000169,000
Joe Cada165,00084,000
James Schelling155,000155,000
Robert Willems154,000154,000
Danniel Becker149,000149,000
Ryan Eamon147,0000
Michael Thomas144,000144,000
Abbas Haidar142,000142,000
Lesley Houghtaling139,000139,000
Alfred Ojekoj137,000137,000
James Kasputis136,000136,000
Michael Ferrarotti136,000136,000
Bob Heffner135,000135,000
David Randall135,000135,000
Michael Palo132,000132,000
Edward Dixon132,000148,000
Cody Suman131,000131,000
Michael Williams (MN)131,000131,000
Marshal Alexander-White129,000129,000
Vinh Ho129,000129,000
Chad Buzinski125,000125,000
Tim Flattery122,000122,000
Sheila Cobian117,000240,000
Jerry Hapunik112,000106,000
Arthur Millington109,000109,000
Ali Sobh109,000109,000
Justin Nagle108,000108,000
Ariel Kotzen-Reich108,000130,000
Josh Smith (IA)107,00072,000
Ralph Massey105,000132,000
Michael Paraskevin101,000101,000
Ryan Schenkel100,000100,000
Michael Millikin97,00097,000
William Webb92,00092,000
Michael Reardon89,00089,000
Jackson Schuchaskie79,00079,000
Donald McLaughlin78,00078,000
Patrick Lacy75,00075,000
George Dietz75,00060,000
Matthew Morfitt67,00095,000
Phil Mader66,00083,000
Bobby Poe66,00066,000
Dante Collier61,00061,000
Marius Toderici58,000118,000
Jack Ryan57,00057,000
Lam Nguyen55,00055,000
Robert Randall53,00053,000
Dan Neu45,00045,000
Tracy Moon40,00040,000
Kimberly Bandura34,00034,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
Hard Stop Reached, Play Has Ended
Created (5/13/2023 10:58:47 PM by Anthony Thompson)

With 13:53 remaining in Level 16, the hard stop of 119 players has been reached and paly had ended.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
Late Night Counts
Created (5/13/2023 10:55:21 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player NameChip CountPreviousProgress
Caleb King560,000364,000
Anthony Sedlak560,000400,000
James Gregg500,000460,000
Umut Ozturk378,000285,000
Aaron Massey325,000139,000
Melissa Bartelme315,000390,000
Gerald Siemienas278,000280,000
Jason Bender270,000200,000
Paul Bianchi240,00068,000
Rob WazWaz230,00081,000
Tim Burden175,000175,000
Michael Suggs145,000200,000
Phil Mader83,0000
George Dietz60,0000
Jacob Bazeley0120,000
Richard Alsup0145,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 3000 / 6000
  • Ante: 6000
Morfitt Turns Quad Nines to Double Through Nuwwarah
Created (5/13/2023 10:39:36 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Action folded to Mo Nuwwarah who raised to 15,000 from the cutoff and was called by the small blind before Matt Morfitt squeezed for his last 38,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on Nuwwarah who went over the top giving Morfitt isolation.

Matt Morfitt:
Mo Nuwwarah:

Morfitt was ahead holding a made hand of nines and enjoyed seeing a another in the window on the flop.

The flop also gave Nuwwarah a gut shot straight draw, but the dealer crushed those hopes turning the case improving Morfitt to quads.

The dealer dropped the meaningless on the river and Morfitt collected his double-up.

Mo Nuwwarah - 180,000
Matt Morfitt- 95,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
Final Break
Created (5/13/2023 10:20:50 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1c players are off on their final 10-minute break of the evening. The plan is to play through Level 16 unless 119 players is reached first with the tournament clock reading 138 players remaining.

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
Round of Counts
Created (5/13/2023 10:07:55 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player NameChip CountPreviousProgress
James Gregg460,000420,000
Anthony Sedlak400,000376,000
Matthew Porter396,000277,000
Melissa Bartelme390,000305,000
Caleb King364,000139,500
Umut Ozturk285,000224,000
Gerald Siemienas280,000220,000
Sheila Cobian240,000240,000
Jason Bender200,000110,000
Michael Suggs200,000160,000
Mo Nuwwarah193,000172,000
Austin Thieleman180,00080,000
Tim Burden175,000205,000
Scott Bohlman151,00061,200
Edward Dixon148,000147,000
Richard Alsup145,00082,500
Aaron Massey139,00072,000
Ralph Massey132,000148,500
Ariel Kotzen-Reich130,000185,000
Chad Chizek130,000125,000
Marius Toderici118,00090,000
Jerry Hapunik106,000105,000
Joe Cada84,00065,000
Rob WazWaz81,000170,000
Josh Smith (IA)72,00025,000
Jared Passanante50,00065,000
Matthew Morfitt42,000153,500
Chris Moon0101,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000 / 5000
  • Ante: 5000
Prize Pool Information
Created (5/13/2023 9:50:17 PM by Anthony Thompson)

MSPT FireKeeper’s $1,110 Main Event
Entrants: 2,471
Prize Pool: $2,395,370

Place Prize POY
1 $353,311 2,000
2 $217,979 1,800
3 $162,885 1,700
4 $126,955 1,600
5 $97,252 1,500
6 $76,652 1,400
7 $59,884 1,300
8 $46,710 1,200
9 $37,128 1,100
10-12 $29,463 1,000
13-15 $25,151 900
16-18 $20,840 800
19-21 $17,007 750
22-24 $13,893 700
25-27 $11,019 650
28-36 $8,623 600
37-45 $6,947 550
46-54 $5,988 500
55-63 $5,270 450
64-72 $4,791 400
73-81 $4,312 350
82-90 $4,072 300
91-99 $3,833 250
100-126 $3,593 200
127-153 $3,354 150
154-180 $3,114 100
181-216 $2,874 75
217-252 $2,635 50

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 2000 / 4000
  • Ante: 4000
Aaron Massey Out Kicks a Double
Created (5/13/2023 9:37:18 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Action folded around to 2016 FireKeepers Main Event champ Aaron Massey who raised all in for 33,000 from the cutoff and the big blind looked him up.

Aaron Massey:
Opponent:

Massey had his opponent dominated and the flop did pair his eight, but it also gave his opponent the nut heart flush draw making things sweaty.

The turn fell on the turn keeping Massey’s sweat going, but the paired the board on the river and secured his double-up.

Aaron Massy - 72,000

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 2000 / 4000
  • Ante: 4000
Ace in Window Secures Sedlak Double Elimination
Created (5/13/2023 9:20:24 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Anthony Sedlak opened under the gun for 10,000 and was called by Josia Santos from the next seat over before the hijack squeezed for 59,000.

Action folded back to Sedlak who called and Sanots called off his stack holding slightly less.

Josia Santos:
Hijack:
Anthony Sedlak:

Sedlak was behind until an ace appeared in the window on the flop.

The paired the board on the turn and the river secured Sedlak the double elimination.

Anthony Sedlak - 376,000
Josia Santos - Eliminated

 
 
Player Name
Chips
Progress
 
City
State
Country
675,000  
115,000 
 
OH 
585,000  
85,000 
 
WI 
580,000  
  
MI 
480,000  
80,000 
 
WI 
467,000  
  
IL 
463,000  
  
IL 
459,000  
  
IN 
393,000  
15,000 
 
MN 
393,000  
3,000 
 
IL 
373,000  
  
MI 
372,000  
  
MI 
368,000  
  
IL 
360,000  
  
MI 
340,000  
  
MN 
334,000  
  
MI 
331,000  
6,000 
 
NV 
316,000  
  
Taylor 
MI 
314,000  
1,000 
 
WI 
307,000  
  
MI 
303,000  
  
OH 
300,000  
120,000 
 
Wixom 
MI 
296,000  
  
MI 
294,000  
  
MI 
288,000  
  
MI 
285,000  
  
MI 
284,000  
  
MI 
276,000  
  
 
 
274,000  
  
MI 
274,000  
  
Toledo 
OH 
273,000  
3,000 
 
Keota 
IA 
272,000  
  
MT 
267,000  
  
MI 
265,000  
13,000 
 
IL 
264,000  
  
MI 
263,000  
  
IN 
261,000  
  
MI 
260,000  
  
Dayton 
OH 
258,000  
107,000 
 
WI 
252,000  
  
 
Canada 
250,000  
10,000 
 
IL 
250,000  
75,000 
 
KY 
248,000  
  
Toledo 
OH 
245,000  
  
August 
MI 
236,000  
85,000 
 
Lemont 
IL 
223,000  
93,000 
 
IA 
222,000  
  
OH 
220,000  
  
MI 
219,000  
11,000 
 
MN 
217,000  
  
MI 
212,000  
  
MI 
210,000  
  
China 
 
China 
208,000  
  
MI 
207,000  
  
MN 
203,000  
  
MI 
198,000  
  
CA 
198,000  
  
MI 
196,000  
  
MI 
193,000  
  
MI 
192,000  
  
MI 
190,000  
  
MI 
187,000  
  
MI 
183,000  
  
IL 
180,000  
  
MI 
178,000  
33,000 
 
Carmel 
IN 
177,000  
3,000 
 
Omaha 
NE 
176,000  
  
MI 
172,000  
  
Sarnia 
 
Canada 
172,000  
  
IN 
169,000  
  
 
Canada 
165,000  
81,000 
 
Macomb 
MI 
155,000  
  
Clive 
IA 
154,000  
  
IN 
149,000  
  
MI 
147,000  
147,000 
 
IL 
144,000  
  
OH 
142,000  
  
 
 
139,000  
  
MI 
139,000  
  
MI 
137,000  
  
 
 
136,000  
  
IL 
136,000  
  
MI 
135,000  
  
 
 
135,000  
  
IN 
132,000  
  
WA 
132,000  
16,000 
 
MI 
131,000  
  
Orono 
MN 
131,000  
  
Holton 
MI 
129,000  
  
MI 
129,000  
  
 
 
125,000  
  
MI 
122,000  
  
MI 
117,000  
123,000 
 
IN 
112,000  
6,000 
 
IL 
109,000  
  
MI 
109,000  
  
 
 
108,000  
  
MI 
108,000  
22,000 
 
MN 
107,000  
35,000 
 
IA 
105,000  
27,000 
 
IL 
101,000  
  
MI 
100,000  
  
IL 
97,000  
  
Owosso 
MI 
92,000  
  
MI 
89,000  
  
MI 
79,000  
  
MI 
78,000  
  
MI 
75,000  
  
 
Canada 
75,000  
15,000 
 
IL 
67,000  
28,000 
 
IA 
66,000  
  
NV 
66,000  
17,000 
 
NE 
61,000  
  
OH 
58,000  
60,000 
 
IL 
57,000  
  
 
 
55,000  
  
 
Canada 
53,000  
  
OH 
45,000  
  
 
 
40,000  
  
Flint 
MI 
34,000  
  
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
Warren 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
PA 
0  
Busted 
 
Warren 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
NY 
0  
Busted 
  
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Novi 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
Kent 
WA 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
TX 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Elburn 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
UT 
0  
Busted 
 
Clive 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
Avon 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
Moline 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
OH 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Country
Amount
Points
1
MN 
$314,145
1,800
2
MI 
$257,145
1,800
3
MI 
$162,885
1,700
4
NY 
$126,955
1,600
5
WI 
$97,252
1,500
6
MN 
$76,652
1,400
7
Wixom 
MI 
$59,884
1,300
8
OH 
$46,710
1,200
9
MI 
$37,128
1,100
10
MI 
$29,463
1,000
11
WI 
$29,463
1,000
12
MI 
$29,463
1,000
14
MI 
$25,151
900
15
ME 
$25,151
900
16
Taylor 
MI 
$20,840
800
17
Delton 
MI 
$20,840
800
18
Lima 
OH 
$20,840
800
19
CA 
$17,007
750
20
Carmel 
IN 
$17,007
750
21
Maybee 
MI 
$17,007
750
22
Canton 
MI 
$13,893
700
23
Keota 
IA 
$13,893
700
24
Flint 
MI 
$13,893
700
25
MN 
$11,019
650
26
MI 
$11,019
650
28
IL 
$8,623
600
31
MN 
$8,623
600
32
Saline 
MI 
$8,623
600
34
MI 
$8,623
600
35
NV 
$8,623
600
37
Ekland 
MO 
$6,947
550
41
MI 
$6,947
550
42
IN 
$6,947
550
43
 
Canada 
$6,947
550
45
OH 
$6,947
550
46
OH 
$5,988
500
49
Okemos 
MI 
$5,988
500
50
IL 
$5,988
500
53
MI 
$5,988
500
55
MI 
$5,270
450
57
Novi 
MI 
$5,270
450
60
MI 
$5,270
450
61
MN 
$5,270
450
62
OH 
$5,270
450
63
Auburn 
MI 
$5,270
450
64
MI 
$4,791
400
66
Toledo 
OH 
$4,791
400
72
August 
MI 
$4,791
400
73
WI 
$4,312
350
75
MI 
$4,312
350
78
MI 
$4,312
350
80
MI 
$4,312
350
82
OH 
$4,072
300
83
MI 
$4,072
300
85
NV 
$4,072
300
86
Canton 
MI 
$4,072
300
88
MT 
$4,072
300
91
Angola 
IN 
$3,833
250
92
NJ 
$3,833
250
95
WI 
$3,833
250
97
IA 
$3,833
250
100
MI 
$3,593
200
101
Leo 
IN 
$3,593
200
103
NV 
$3,593
200
104
TX 
$3,593
200
106
NY 
$3,593
200
107
MI 
$3,593
200
108
Toledo 
OH 
$3,593
200
109
IL 
$3,593
200
110
MI 
$3,593
200
111
Macomb 
MI 
$3,593
200
112
Canton 
MI 
$3,593
200
114
IA 
$3,593
200
115
MI 
$3,593
200
116
MI 
$3,593
200
117
CA 
$3,593
200
118
IL 
$3,593
200
119
VA 
$3,593
200
120
IN 
$3,593
200
121
MI 
$3,593
200
122
MI 
$3,593
200
123
MI 
$3,593
200
124
MI 
$3,593
200
125
MI 
$3,593
200
126
MI 
$3,593
200
127
China 
 
China 
$3,354
140
128
IL 
$3,354
140
129
MI 
$3,354
140
130
MI 
$3,354
140
131
MO 
$3,354
140
133
Warren 
MI 
$3,354
140
134
Lemont 
IL 
$3,354
140
135
MI 
$3,354
140
136
MI 
$3,354
140
137
MI 
$3,354
140
141
MI 
$3,354
140
142
MI 
$3,354
140
143
MI 
$3,354
140
144
MI 
$3,354
140
145
IL 
$3,354
140
146
IL 
$3,354
140
148
IA 
$3,354
140
149
Marne 
MI 
$3,354
140
150
 
Canada 
$3,354
140
151
IN 
$3,354
140
152
MI 
$3,354
140
153
IN 
$3,354
140
154
MI 
$3,114
100
155
IL 
$3,114
100
156
MI 
$3,114
100
157
OH 
$3,114
100
158
IL 
$3,114
100
159
 
Canada 
$3,114
100
160
 
Canada 
$3,114
100
162
Toledo 
OH 
$3,114
100
163
MI 
$3,114
100
164
Sarnia 
 
Canada 
$3,114
100
167
MI 
$3,114
100
168
CA 
$3,114
100
169
Saline 
MI 
$3,114
100
171
MI 
$3,114
100
172
MI 
$3,114
100
173
MI 
$3,114
100
174
MI 
$3,114
100
175
IN 
$3,114
100
176
Holton 
MI 
$3,114
100
177
Dayton 
OH 
$3,114
100
178
MI 
$3,114
100
179
MI 
$3,114
100
182
Bronx 
NY 
$2,874
75
183
WI 
$2,874
75
184
MI 
$2,874
75
187
 
France 
$2,874
75
188
Queens 
NY 
$2,874
75
189
Flint 
MI 
$2,874
75
190
MI 
$2,874
75
192
IL 
$2,874
75
194
Canton 
OH 
$2,874
75
197
MI 
$2,874
75
199
Clive 
IA 
$2,874
75
200
IL 
$2,874
75
201
MI 
$2,874
75
202
IN 
$2,874
75
203
MI 
$2,874
75
207
MI 
$2,874
75
209
MI 
$2,874
75
212
KY 
$2,874
75
214
IL 
$2,874
75
217
IL 
$2,635
50
218
OH 
$2,635
50
220
IL 
$2,635
50
221
MI 
$2,635
50
222
IL 
$2,635
50
226
MI 
$2,635
50
229
MI 
$2,635
50
232
MI 
$2,635
50
234
Maybee 
MI 
$2,635
50
235
Savage 
MN 
$2,635
50
237
OH 
$2,635
50
238
Owosso 
MI 
$2,635
50
240
MI 
$2,635
50
243
MI 
$2,635
50
245
MI 
$2,635
50
246
MI 
$2,635
50
247
MI 
$2,635
50
248
MI 
$2,635
50
250
MI 
$2,635
50
LEVEL INFO
Level
16
Blinds
3000 / 6000
Ante
6000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
996
Players Remaining
119
Average Chip Stack
209,243
Total Chips
24,900,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
675,000
585,000
580,000
480,000
467,000
463,000
459,000
393,000
393,000
10 
373,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
2,550
2,200
1,933
1,800
1,700
1,700
1,700
1,617
1,600
10 
1,600