Lee Rzentkowski leads the 26 players advancing from Day 1a of the Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells, the second-to-last stop of the tour's sixth season.
Rzentkowski was the big stack for the latter half of the day and didn't seem to win any real bigs hands, he just steadily climbed the counts. On one hand, a player bet 17,500 on the river and Rzentkowski called with a straight. He added those chips to his stack, and despite a few setbacks, managed to top out at 407,000.
Top 10 Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Rzentkowski | 407,000 |
| 2 | Andrew Rubinberg | 282,500 |
| 3 | James Casement | 267,000 |
| 4 | Greg Seif | 259,500 |
| 5 | John Reading | 238,500 |
| 6 | Paul Elfelt | 158,500 |
| 7 | Ken Garbowicz | 153,500 |
| 8 | Corey Schmidt | 147,500 |
| 9 | Albert Kant | 134,000 |
| 10 | Nicola Ditrapani | 132,000 |
World Series of Poker bracelet winner John Reading and Andrew Rubinberg, who finished runner-up in the MSPT Ho-Chunk back in 2014, were two of the big movers on Day 1a.