The Main Collection of Poker: The Tour (MSPT) will kick off its seventeenth season this weekend with the $1,600 buy-in, $500K GTD New Yr’s Poker Open on the Venetian in Las Vegas. Whereas the winner of that match is more likely to obtain a six-figure payday, they’ll additionally obtain a bit of one thing further.
That’s as a result of the MSPT lately introduced that each Foremost Occasion winner in 2026 will obtain a seat into the $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD MSPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) on the Seminole Onerous Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The MSPT Championship, which is able to supply 1.5X Participant of the Yr factors, will probably be part of the bigger RRPO competition that can run from Nov. 18—Dec 2, with the total schedule to be launched sooner or later.
It marks the primary time the MSPT and Seminole Onerous Rock, two of essentially the most revered manufacturers in poker, have joined forces, although the RRPO has a powerful historical past in South Florida relationship again to November 2013. It is likely one of the 4 important sequence operated by the Seminole Onerous Rock alongside the Seminole Onerous Rock Poker Open (SHRPO), Fortunate Hearts Poker Open, and Seminole Onerous Rock Poker Showdown.
“It’s an amazing honor for the MSPT to companion with the Seminole Onerous Rock for what’s certain to be one of many largest occasions of the yr,” MSPT President Bryan Mileski advised PokerNews. “The RRPO has a wealthy historical past, and we look ahead to carrying it ahead by bringing all of the MSPT Season 17 champions right down to South Florida.”
Previously, the RRPO has been part of the World Poker Tour (WPT), however this yr it strikes over to the MSPT. In 2025, Kevin Nee topped a discipline of 437 runners to win the WPT RRPO Championship for $605,100.
Right here’s a take a look at the present MSPT Season 17 schedule. Extra particulars might be discovered at msptpoker.com.
Jan. 1-4The VenetianNevada$1,600 New Yr’s Poker Open$500,000
Jan. 8-19Sycuan CasinoCaliforniaGolden State Poker Championship$400,000
Jan. 14-25Bally’s Black Hawk CasinoColoradoShowdown Collection$400,000
Jan. 24-Feb. 1Talking Stick ResortArizonaMajor Diamond Poker Championship$1,000,000
Feb. 4-7The VenetianNevada$1,600 Poker Bowl X$1,000,000
Feb. 10-16JACK ClevelandOhioOhio Poker State ChampionshipTBD
Feb. 17-22Potawatomi CasinoWisconsinMajor Membership Poker Championship$1,000,000
March 11-15Grand Falls CasinoIowaMSPT Pageant$200,000
March 17-22Riverside CasinoIowaMSPT Pageant$500,000
March 24-29Ameristar St. CharlesMissouriMissouri Poker State ChampionshipTBD
April 7-19Running Aces CasinoMinnesotaMinnesota Poker State ChampionshipTDB
April 21-26Ameristar East ChicagoIndianaMSPT Pageant$300,000
April 28-Might 3Potawatomi CasinoWisconsinMSPT Pageant$1,000,000
Might 12-17FireKeepers CasinoMichiganMichigan Poker State Championship$1,000,000
Might 13-25Sycuan CasinoCaliforniaShowdown SeriesTBD
June 2026The VenetianNevadaDiamond Poker ChampionshipTDB
June 2026The VenetianNevadaTBDTDB
July 21-26Riverside CasinoIowaIowa Poker State Championship$500,000
July 22-Aug. 2Bally’s Black Hawk CasinoColoradoColorado Poker State Championship$600,000
September 2026The VenetianNevadaNevada Poker State ChampionshipTDB
Sept. 22-27Potawatomi CasinoWisconsinWisconsin Poker State Championship$1,000,000
Oct. 13-18FireKeepers CasinoMichiganMajor Spade Poker Championship$1,500,000
Nov. 3-8Riverside CasinoIowaMSPT Pageant$500,000
Nov. 18-Dec. 2Seminole Onerous RockFloridaMajor Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO)$2,000,000
Dec. 1-13Running Aces CasinoMinnesotaWinter Poker Traditional$700,000
Chad Holloway
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