Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino

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Seventy-three players have survived the crucibles of two Day 1 flights and are set to fire up Day 2 here at Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa. Mario Hudson has the chip lead with a monstrous 380,000, miles ahead of second-place Joe Matheson (282,000). Next on the leaderboard is the Minnesota tandem of Thao "Scratch" Thiem (246,000) and Rob Wazwaz (244,000), who bagged the Day 1a lead.

Plenty of dangerous players look a little ways down in the chip counts as well. Matt Kirby (176,000), Josh Reichard (155,000), Ben Keeline (114,500), Dan Sun (113,000), Lance Harris (93,000), and Mike Ross (66,500) would have to be on anyone's short list of favorites to win it all. Indeed, Kirby and Sun have already claimed two MSPT wins each.

Action resumes at 10:30 a.m., and 36 players will make the money. Day 2 will begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500) and progress with 40-minute levels until a final table has been reached. At that point, levels will move to one hour apiece and the live stream will kick off for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned to find out who takes down the latest MSPT.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Hudson	380,500
Joe Matheson	282,000
Thao Thiem	246,000
Rob Wazwaz	244,000

Nicholas Aranda	207,000
Chad Willett	195,500
Steve Vang	189,000
Matt Kirby	176,000
Brian Cox	171,500
Kevin Suneson	171,000
Josh Reichard	155,000
Anthony Yeh	147,500
John Kurfman	145,000
Robert Wittman	134,000
Chunlei Yuan	134,000
Nicholas Anderson	127,500
Brian Zupancich	125,000
Martin Faldet	120,500
Nathan Crookshank	120,500
Jared Rothkopf	115,500
Anselmo Villarreal	114,500
Ben Keeline	114,500
Garrett Riley	113,500
Dan Sun	113,000
Kurt Wildin	110,500
Rodger Johnson	106,500
Jason Seitz	100,500
Oleg Badmayev	100,500
Chance Lautner	100,000
Anthony Knepper	97,500
Jared Lofland	97,000
Alexander Ziskin	97,000
Kirby Rogers	97,000
Lance Harris	93,000
Gregory Gates	91,500
Darek Anderson	91,000
Brett Reichard	88,500
Duane Plate	88,000
Darin Utley	87,500
Greg Olson	85,500
Jon Pieper	83,500
John Bambara	82,500
Bill Hanson	79,000
Joe Barnard	78,000
James Livingston	76,000
Ryan Hohenstein	72,000
Gerald Heckathorn	69,500
Barry Reuther	67,000
Mike Ross	66,500
Marinela Selseth	66,000
Cade Shatzer	64,000
Glenda Gouveia	62,500
Gary Tsui	61,500
George Shabatura	58,000
Matthew McCarville	58,000
David Kimbrell	57,500
Adam Thompson	55,500
Ben Wiora	54,500
Jason Ramos	53,500
Jeremy Jagoda	52,500
Harry Finnimore	52,500 52,500	52,500
John Reading	50,500

Michael Wees	47,000
Rich Alsup	47,000

Andy Van Blair	45,000
Mark Hodge	44,500
DJ Buckley	43,500
Jeffery Houston	41,500
Joseph Rechtfertig	37,500
Hugh Grady	33,500
Andy Rogowski	27,500
Jay Rice	27,000
David Kim	26,500