Steve Carr 
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(pokernews.com)- The first of three starting flights in the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Michigan State Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino attracted 154 entries, but after 14 levels of play, just 29 remained with Mike Ross and his stack of 311,500 leading the way.
Ross had been building a stack all day until his stack exploded over 200,000, due in no small part to turning a straight flush against George Janssen (pictured left). Janssen had turned an ace-high flush and the two players got their massive stacks all in, leaving Ross with the chip lead and Janssen with about 30,000. Janssen managed to navigate the rest of the night to make Day 2, even with Ross on his direct right for almost the entire day.
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Top 10 Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Count |
| 1 | Mike Ross | 311,500 |
| 2 | Bill Rogers | 287,000 |
| 3 | Timothy Greiner | 200,000 |
| 4 | Chad Bienz | 165,000 |
| 5 | Douglas Singleton | 164,500 |
| 6 | Douglas Suffel | 146,500 |
| 7 | Ryan Terpstra | 129,500 |
| 8 | Brandon Carswell | 128,500 |
| 9 | Chan Li | 124,500 |
| 10 | Paul Welke | 117,000 |
Meanwhile former MSPT FireKeepers champions Tommy Midena and Ryan Dykhouse were among the Day 1a casualties, as was 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Ryan Riess.
A big crowd is expected for Friday’s Day 1b flight.
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