Bally's Black Hawk Casino

Justin Chalfant Leads 49 Survivors After Final Starting Flight

Day 1c of the MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) Season 15 Showdown Series Bally's Black Hawk $1,110 Main Event drew 367 entries, the biggest field of all three starting flights, bringing the overall field up to 822.

The combined fields generated a $795,840 prize pool, and the top 90 players will get paid a minimum of $2,069, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $155,189 first-place prize.

At the end of the third and final flight, players bagged and tagged with Justin Chalfant bagging the overall chip lead with 592,000, edging out Angela Jordison (569,000) for the top stack.

Jordison held one of the top stacks for most of the evening while Chalfant rose to the top in the later levels of the evening, also leaping Jonathan McCray (553,000) & Chad Lousberg (542,000), who were the only other players to bag north of 500k this flight.

They were joined by Shant Marashlian (480,000), Jorge Arriola (401,000), Shane Borrilo (354,000), Loc Nguyen (300,000), and Maddie Robinson (215,000).

The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 101 (20 from Day 1a, 32 from 1b, and 49 from 1c) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, January 28th to play down to a winner.

The MSPT live reporting crew will be on the floor throughout the remainder of the tournament to provide updates, so keep it here to catch the action!

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

End Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Justin Chalfant	592,000	500,000
Angela Jordison	569,000	555,000
Jonathan McCray	553,000	450,000
Chad Lousberg	542,000	500,000
Shant Marashlian	480,000	490,000
Michael Giardina	423,000	320,000
Jorge Arriola	401,000	467,000
Michael Campbell	391,000	435,000
Shane Borrilo	354,000	330,000
Ted Ray	352,000	100,000
Collin Grubaugh	347,000	300,000
Daniel Larson	332,000	320,000
Vernon Waite	319,000	333,000
Loc Nguyen	300,000	250,000
Osama Aweida	285,000	225,000
Bradley Freundlich	276,000	254,000
Jay Yates	275,000	335,000
Craig Reiman	255,000	155,000
Phil Gioia	247,000	235,000
Rich Dixon	242,000	100,000
Mansour Alipourfard	237,000	100,000
Josh Matti	227,000	160,000
Maddie Robinson	215,000	247,000
Ron Scott	211,000	130,000
Joshua Clark	208,000	100,000
Mike Itoafa	206,000	100,000
Chris Madrid	197,000	190,000
Nils Bardsley	182,000	100,000
Robert Michener	175,000	202,000
Matthew Langford	171,000	190,000
Philip Cummings	167,000	198,000
Daniel Mason	153,000	141,000
Maury Solano	149,000	280,000
Jeremy Wood	146,000	129,000
Jamal Sawaqdeh	144,000	100,000
Michael Reynolds	139,000	139,000
Sam Bach	125,000	100,000
Dallas Norton	119,000	105,000
Mark Steffen	117,000	137,000
Don Conger	115,000	50,000
Ryan Manning	114,000	95,000
Jay Chaudhary	105,000	170,000
Allan Salloum	103,000	100,000
Brent Slaubaugh	92,000	100,000
Luke Macken	91,000	91,000
Max Gabriel	79,000	100,000
Nick Bossard	58,000	58,000
Anthony Magck	50,000	50,000
Andrew Atchison	44,000	55,000

Nader Wahdan Tames Monster Stack

The MSPT returned to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado for its second stop of the 15th season, and players have been duking it out over the past week inside Bally's Casino for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $250 No-Limit Monster Stack, 181 monster hunters took to the tables and created a $36,200 prize pool which was reserved for the top 21 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Mati Eaton (10th Place - $688), Nicholas Koto (15th Place - $543), Brandon Valera (16th Place - $471), and Hung Mai (20th Place - $434).

In the end, it was Colorado native Nader Wahdan who took down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Monster Stack Final Table Results

* denotes chop

Top Bagged Stacks Thus Far

So far, 52 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and a final group of hopefuls will look to add their names to that list today.

All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, January 28th, at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.

Prize Pool Information

MSPT Season 15 Showdown Series at Bally’s Black Hawk
Entrants: 822
Prize Pool: $795,840

Langford Flushes One Out the Door

The player under the gun open-jammed 23,000 and action folded to Matt Langford who looked them up from the big blind.

Opponent:
Matt Langford:

Langford has his opponent dominated and the flop paired his five while also giving him the nut flush draw.

The sweat didn’t last long for Langford’s opponent as the dealer turned the , leaving them drawing dead to the river.

Matt Langford - 220,000

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Angela Jordison	555,000	405,000
Shant Marashlian	457,000	340,000
Jonathan McCray	450,000	320,000
Jorge Arriola	358,000	220,000
Michael Giardina	320,000	100,000
Maury Solano	280,000	87,000
Jay Chaudhary	276,000	326,000
Phil Gioia	235,000	290,000
Jay Yates	227,000	135,000
Sammy Aweida	221,000	247,000
Hunter Washburn	202,000	160,000
Robert Michener	202,000	208,000
Philip Cummings	198,000	289,000
Ronald Scott	171,000	140,000
Daniel Mason	141,000	120,000
Mark Steffen	137,000	93,000
Clifford Waite	132,000	190,000
Jeremy Wood	129,000	101,000
Michael Campbell	122,000	47,000
Brett Reichard	121,000	28,000
Dallas Norton	120,000	129,000
Ryan Manning	95,000	140,000
Anthony Martinez	82,000	40,000
Richard Alsup	70,000	150,000
Adam Tolander	70,000	80,000
Justin Lynch	55,000	74,000
Eric Maier	0	108,000
Hill Kerby	0	104,000
Ronnie Lamb	0	139,000
DJ Buckley	0	30,000
Gerald Cunniff	0	30,000
Braxton Dunaway	0	60,000
Rob WazWaz	0	56,000
James Wilson	0	30,000
Ben McCoy	0	30,000
Tyler Potts	0	36,000

Ben Maidman Wins Event #12

Over the past week, players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out for the MSPT Showdown Series in Black Hawk, Colorado.

In Event #12: $135 No-Limit Hold'em Nightly, a 44-player field took to the felt, and in the end, it was Ben Maidman who walked away the victor for the top prize and Spadey trophy!

Event #13 Results

Kerby Attracts the Ladies

Hill Kerby opened under the gun and then called the button’s 32,000 three-bet jam.

Opponent:
Hill Kerby:

Kerby was ahead holding a made hand of ladies and took a commanding lead after the flop gave him a set.

The turn did give Kerby’s opponent a wheel draw, but the completed the board on the river and secured him the elimination.

Hill Kerby - 104,000

McCray Straightens Out Aoki for KO

Mikiyo Aoki was all in from the cutoff and Jonathan McCray called from the button.

Mikiyo Aoki:
Jonathan McCray:

Aoki was behind holding live cards, but the runout gave McCray a ten-high straight and ended her Main Event.

Jonathan McCray - 320,000
Mikiyo Aoki - Eliminated