Level 6: 400/800, 800 ante
Austin Gates bet 5,000 from early position on a flop of 9♠4♣Q♠, Steve Berger moved all in for 16,700 in the cutoff, and Gates called.
Steve Berger: A♠4♠ 
Austin Gates: K♣K♠
Gates was ahead with his kings, while Berger had a pair and flush draw. The A♥ turn improved Berger to two pair, and the 5♣ completed the board on the river to earn him a double up, leaving Gates with just one 100 chip.
Level 6 is underway with blinds of 400/800 and an 800 big blind ante.
Level 5: 300/600, 600 ante
Chase Lardy raised to 2,000 in the hijack and Terence Reid called in the cutoff. Andrew Lynch then moved all in for 11,700 in the small blind and Edward Nemetchek called in the big blind.
Lardy reshoved for 26,500, and Reid also jammed for 31,800. Nemetchek quickly called, having all three opponents covered.
Andrew Lynch: 10♣10♠
Chase Lardy: J♠9♠
Terence Reid: 9♣8♣
Edward Nemetchek: A♥A♦
Nemetchek was ahead with his aces, but Reid spiked two pair on the K♠9♦8♦ flop. The turn was the 10♥ and Lynch moved in front with a set, while the river came the 2♣.
Lynch quadrupled up, Reid doubled up off Nemetchek, and Lardy was sent to the rail.
"Do you want me to sweat your hands from now on? Because I will," tablemate Kamden Keleher said to Reid, who took the sizeable side pot.
Level 5: 300/600, 600 ante
A big pot was brewing between Bryan Engebretson and Eric Hanson as Engebretson was all in for 61,900 from middle position, while Hanson had him covered in early position.
Bryan Engebretson: Q♦Q♣
Eric Hanson: A♦J♥
Engebretson was ahead with his queens and needed to avoid an ace, and he dodged the 7♦8♠K♦4♥9♠ board to earn the double up.
Level 5: 300/600, 600 ante
Level 5: 300/600, 600 ante
Julian Azure moved all in for 7,900 from the cutoff and Ken Hager called in the small blind.
Julian Azure: Q♥J♠
Ken Hager: A♥A♣
Azure had run into aces but got some outs on the K♣5♦9♣ flop with a straight draw. The turn was the 2♠, and the 10♣ river gave him his straight and a double up.
"That's the second time I've had them cracked," Hager lamented as he handed over the pot.
Level 5 has just begun on Day 1f with blinds of 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante.
There are currently 220 entries for this flight, with 170 players remaining.
The biggest flight yet of the history-making $250 Roughrider Poker Tour Casino State Championship saw Skyler Sand bag the overall chip lead with 46 players making it through Day 1e.
Sand held the chip lead for much of the day and ended up with 789,000. Basim Habib was in second place with 671,000 after his full house eliminated Dan Thompson on the money bubble, while Mitch Hogue rounds out the podium with 644,000.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skyler Sand | United States | 789,000 |
| 2 | Basim Habib | United States | 671,000 |
| 3 | Mitch Hogue | United States | 644,000 |
| 4 | Wilfred Westerman | United States | 568,000 |
| 5 | Kyle Simpson | United States | 451,000 |
| 6 | Nick Boyum | United States | 449,000 |
| 7 | Wayne Wentz | United States | 353,000 |
| 8 | Kyle Shipman | 348,000 | |
| 9 | Keith Rickford | United States | 336,000 |
| 10 | Brad Pausch | 335,000 |
Wilfred Westerman made a big call, picking off Scott Grasse’s bluff with a pair of kings to win a massive pot and catapult all the way up to 568,000 at the end of the day. Other top stacks include Kyle Simpson (451,000), Nick Boyum (449,000), and Katie Fowler (325,000), while Miles Barnum survived with 167,000.
Day 1e saw 362 players descend on the Spirit Lake Casino & Resort, pushing the total field up to 1,313 and making this already the largest prize pool in North Dakota poker history. There is still Day 1f to come as 145 players are currently registered on the third level of the flight. A total of 147 players are already through to Day 2 and will return tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time.
Stay tuned as PokerNews returns after a short break to provide all the action from the last starting flight.
Dan Thompson and Basim Habib went heads-up to a flop of 10♦2♥Q♣. Thompson then moved all in for 85,000 from the button, and Habib put him at risk in the big blind.
Dan Thompson: A♥Q♠
Basim Habib: 10♥2♣
Thompson had flopped top pair, but Habib had two pair and the lead. The turn was the 5♠, while the 10♠ river improved Habib to a full house and sent Thompson to the rail on the bubble.
The remaining 46 players are bagging up their chips for Day 2.
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