The third and final starting flight in the $1,100 MSPT Seneca Niagara – the tour’s first visit to Western New York – attracted 145 runners, which along with 1A’s 42 and 1B’s 77 brought the total field up to 264 entries.

That means the top 27 players will get paid a minimum of $2,172 with the ultimate winner walking away with a top prize of $63,340.

The player from 1C best positioned to make a run at it is Aaron Olshan, who bagged up the chip lead among the 32 survivors with 222,100. That is in between Day 1B chip leader Maria Parlatore (247,100) and 1A chip leader Illan Kandiah (207,000).

Others to advance from the 1C flight were Budwey Salhab (207,900), Joe Elhage (194,300), Frank Lagodich (78,800), and reigning MSPT Season 8 Player of the Year Chris Meyers (84,300),

Among those to fall on Day 1C were poker pro Mike Leah, MSPT Season 9 POY contender Alex Winter, Karla Bow, Scott Hosbach, George Crozier, Jake Hornbacher, Carol Leonardi, and Zach Andrews.

Day 2 will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday with 51 returning players and play down to a winner. Of course, we’ll be there every step of the way to capture the action here in the live blog, so be sure to join us then.