Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) JACK Cleveland $1,110 Main Event is officially in the books with 226 total entries tallied by night's end.

After a hard stop was reached with 24:46 remaining in Level 14, just 26 players were able to find a Day 2 birth with Dave Huffman's late-night heater soaring him to the top of the counts with 591,000.

Jared Ingles came into today's starting flight fresh off two six-figure scores and built up a 514,000 stack which was good enough for second place.

Eric Cohen (506,000), David Gutfreund (344,000), and Fred Lytle (329,000) rounded out the top five stacks.

Among those to try and fall on 1a include MSPT Hall of Famer's Pat Steele & Josh Reichard, two-time MSPT champ's Ken Baime & Greg Himmelbrand, and WSOP bracelet winner Katie Kopp.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back in action.

Day 1B will kick off at 12:15 p.m. local time on Friday, while the third and final flight, Day 1C, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor of the JACK Cleveland Casino.