MSPT Player of the Year Race a Tight One Headed into Penultimate Stop of Season 16

Solely two stops stay in Season 16 of the Main Collection of Poker: The Tour (MSPT) beginning with the MSPT Competition at Ameristar East Chicago, which is able to characteristic a dozen Gold Card occasions from November 18-23.

The $1,110 buy-in, $300K GTD Fundamental Occasion will kick off with Day 1A at Midday native time on Thursday, November 20. Days 1B and 1C will then happen on the similar time on Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22 respectively. The surviving gamers from all three flights will then return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 23 to play all the way down to a winner.

Different tournaments on the schedule embody Occasion #1 $300 Epic Stack Kickoff NLH, Occasion #5: $300 Monster Stack Blended PLO/NLH, and Occasion #10: $300 Seniors (50+) Monster Stack NLH.

Right here’s a take a look at the total schedule:

The penultimate cease marks one of many final alternatives for gamers to amass coveted Participant of the Yr factors. Umut Ozturk goes for an unprecedented three consecutive POY titles and is the favourite to do it with 9,392 factors. Nonetheless, each Jake Lengthy (8,890 factors) and Josh Reichard (7,036 factors) are certain to present him a run for his cash.

The season will then wrap with the Winter Poker Basic Collection at Minnesota’s Operating Aces On line casino from Dec. 2-14. That cease options 18 Gold Card occasions, together with a $1,110 buy-in, $500K GTD Fundamental Occasion from Dec. 4-7. Click on right here for a take a look at the total schedule from that cease.

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*Photos courtesy of MSPT photographer Tyler Abrams.

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