Day 1a of The MSPT Season 15 Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event at Bally's Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, has come to a close after seeing 171 entrants kick things off.

Almost a full day of action was played to completion with the hard stop of 20 players being reached with 32:08 remaining in the final level.

Typically, judging the chip leader comes down to the wire, but that wasn't the case for Jeff Soffer who sat atop the counts for majority of the late evening and ended the night with a staggering 800,000.

Tony Sallomano was a late arrival, but that didn't stop him from running up a 729,000 stack after a pair of ladies secured him a monster pot at the end of the night, taking a close second place finish to the night.

Event #13 winner Nader Wahdan (570,000), David Blankenship (470,000), and Brandon Volera (322,000) all bagged large as they rounded out the top five stacks.

Others to find a Day 2 berth include Antonio Vargas (200,000), defending champ Alex Cruz (146,000), Terence Reid (130,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Faraz Jaka (122,000).

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included MSPT champ’s Steve Wilkie, & Kane Lai, MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard, Scott Baumstein and Vincent Moscati just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action. Day 1b will kick off at Noon local time 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 11:00 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 at Bally's Casino!

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule