Sycuan Casino Resort

Trevino Leads The Final Flight; Mendoza Looking For Back To Back

The final flight of The MSPT $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Resort and Casino has come to a close. A total of 178 entrants came out to play this flight, making the final tally for the event 393 which easily surpassed the $300,000 guarantee on the prizepool. 21 players from today’s flight made it through the day and will join the other 25 players from the previous two flights to see tomorrow’s reach 46 players. Players will return on the money bubble as 45 players will be guaranteed $2,088, with all eyes on the $83,536 to first place.

Taking the chip lead at the end of the night was Atrayon Trevino, who ended his day with 577,000, good for second overall in the tournament. Trevino is a California resident who has over $217k in lifetime earnings on Hendon Mob. Despite all of his accolades, a deep run in an MSPT has evaded him thus far. With his massive chip stack going into the second day, he looks to make his first MSPT deep run a memorable one.

Top Ten Chips Day 1C

Back to back tournament wins is a feat rarely accomplished in The MSPT circle, but defending champion Jason Mendoza looks to break that tradition. Bagging up a healthy 204,000, Mendoza’s experience in this field speaks for itself. He is one of two players coming back tomorrow who have won this event and the only one who can make it a back to back win and join the ranks of multiple MSPT winners.

Others who ended up bagging included Jonathan Frisch (304,000) who finished 5th place in January, ChipLeaderCoaching.com President Justin Lynch (292,000), Stephanie Wang (236,000), and Josue Aguirre (117,000). Not all were fortunate enough to find bags at the end of this final flight, MSPT champions Gianluca Pace, Umut Ozturk, and Gerald Cuniff fell by the wayside, while others like Massoud Eskandari, Linh Phan, and internet sensation Robbi Jade Lew all will have to wait for another time to win their first MSPT.

Play ended with 8:20 left in Level 14 at the end of the Day 1A which was earlier than the subsequent flights. The 46 players will return tomorrow at 11 am with hand for hand play kicking off immediately. After which they will play 40-minute levels for the remainder of the tournament until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to MSPT.com for all updates regarding The Sycuan Main Event.

Day 2 Seat Draw By Table

Day 2 Seat Draw Alphabetical

Day 2 Seat Draw By Chip Count

End Of Day Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Atrayon Trevino	577,000	577,000
Simon Taberham	460,000	460,000
Cato Lower	449,000	342,000
Jonathan Frisch	304,000	216,000
Justin Lynch	292,000	302,000
Derrick Yamada	282,000	282,000
Stephanie Wang	236,000	281,000
Andrew Rubin	212,000	212,000
Shahiu Edaketju	205,000	205,000
Jason Mendoza	204,000	154,000
Matthew Blagg	195,000	195,000
Daniel Lujano	189,000	189,000
Davis Khobyer	161,000	161,000
Evgenii Tsyrenov	142,000	142,000
Andrew Merrick	123,000	123,000
Josue Aguirre	117,000	117,000
Arthur Santos	114,000	114,000
Matthew Sauter	112,000	112,000
Bret Eberhart	46,000	163,000
Austin Wilson	34,000	71,000
Keith Eoll	23,000	23,000

Trevino Knocks Out The Final Player Of The Night

A player raised to 13,000 and on the button, Atrayon Trevino called on the button. In the big blind, another player moved all in for 119,000 which saw the initial raiser fold and Trevino call.

Opponent:

Atrayon Trevino:

The board ran out and Trevino took the overall chip lead while play ended for the night with 21 players remaining. Stay tuned for full chip counts, recap, and seat draw for Day 2.

Taberham Doubles In Cooler

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Simon Taberham all in and at risk for 188,000 in the big blind versus an opponent in the small blind with a board reading

Simon Taberham:

Opponent:

The turn left the small blind drawing dead as the river was a mere formality and Taberham doubled up.

Simon Taberham - 412,000

Lynch Wins A Race

A player raised to 8,000 in middle position and action folded around to Justin Lynch on the button who three bet to 21,000. Action folded back to middle position who moved all in for 120,000 and Lynch called for most of his chips.

Opponent:

Justin Lynch:

The board ran out and the queens held up as the best hand, giving the pot to Lynch.

Justin Lynch - 302,000

Recent Casualties

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Gerald Cunniff	0	36,500
Ken Douglas	0	0
Ronald Segni	0	95,000

Wang Soaring

Stephanie Wang raised to 7,000 on the button and the small blind called while another player moved all in from the big blind for 71,000. Wang moved all in for more and the small blind folded face up.

Opponent:

Stephanie Wang:

The board ran out and Wang took down the pot to push her stack over 200,000.

Stephanie Wang - 214,000