Day 1B of the 2017 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino attracted 406 runners, which along with 1A’s 244 brought the total field up to 650 entries with Saturday’s Day 1C flight still to go.

That means 417 entries are needed to once again break our own record for largest poker tournament, both by attendance and prize pool, to ever be held in Michigan (the record is currently this past spring’s MSPT FireKeepers with 1,066 entries).

After 14 levels of play, just 69 survived from the 1B flight with Daniel Underhill (pictured) and his stack of 320,500 leading the way. He is seeking his first MSPT cash. Others who bagged big stacks were Brian Reinert (285,500), 2016 MSPT Iowa State Poker Champ John Sun (261,000), and Damon Blackburn (258,000).

When it comes to big names to bag and tag, all eyes were on Mike Shanahan, who is the defending MSPT FireKeepers champ. He didn’t win last year’s MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship, but he did come out on top of a 1,066-entyr field back in May to win $216,829. He’ll look to go back to back come Sunday with a stack of 221,000.

Others to make it through were Wendy Freedman (225,000), Mikiyo Aoki (154,500), two-time MSPT champs Jason Zarlenga (140,500) and Blake Bohn (139,500), MSPT Season 4 Player of the Year Pat Steele (135,000), two-time MSPT FireKeepers runner-up Adam Lamphere (88,000), and Casey Carroll (63,000).

Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to find a bag. The man who finished runner-up in last year’s MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship, Cy Church, fell by the wayside, as did World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jean “Prince” Gaspard; current Kimo Sabe Mezcal MSPT Season 8 Player of the Year leader Keith Heine; and former MSPT champs Jason Ramos, Michael O’Neill, Greg Himmelbrand, Carter Myers, Michael Ferrarotti, Ryan Dykhouse, Satish Thakur, Ken Komberec, and Dan Bekavac.

Day 1C will get underway at Noon local time on Saturday. Late registration will remain open until 6:30 pm ET. Once again, we’ll be bringing you all the action straight from the tournament floor, so be sure to join us then.