Solely three stops stay in Season 16 of the Main Sequence of Poker (MSPT): The Tour, beginning with the MSPT Competition coming to Riverside On line casino simply exterior Iowa Metropolis, Iowa, from October 28-November 2. The cease, which kicked off satellite tv for pc in late September, is comprised of six Gold Card occasions culminating with an $1,110 buy-in, $300K GTD Fundamental Occasion.
Day 1A of that match will happen at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday, October 30, with Days 1B and 1C on the similar time on Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1, respectively. The surviving gamers from all three flights will make the cash and return at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 2, to play all the way down to a winner.
Different tournaments on the schedule embrace a pair of $250 buy-in Epic Stack tournaments, a $250 Monster Stack, and a $300 Final Stack. There can even be a $300 Seniors (50+) Monster Stack NLH at 9 a.m. on Sunday, November 2. Gamers have to be 21 years of age to play at Riverside On line casino.
Right here’s a take a look at the total schedule:
The opposite two stops remaining on the schedule are at Ameristar East Chicago from Nov. 18-23, adopted by the MSPT Winter Poker Traditional Sequence at Minnesota’s Working Aces from Dec. 2-14. Click on right here for data on each these stops.
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Third Time’s the Appeal
The upcoming cease marks the MSPT’s third and closing go to to the property in 2025. From March 25-30, the MSPT was on the town, and the Fundamental Occasion drew 629 runners and was gained by Matthew Porter for a career-best $106,078. Then, from July 24-27, the MSPT was again for the Season 16 Iowa Poker State Championship, which drew 815 entrants. Mike Estes bested Jake Lengthy heads up in that occasion to win his first MSPT title and $153,551 first-place prize.
PokerNews’ personal Chad Holloway completed third in that match for $69,610, and talked about it with former MSPT POY Kyna England within the debut episode of the MSPT Podcast Introduced By PokerNews.
POY Coming Right down to the Wire
With simply three stops remaining, there aren’t many alternatives for gamers to earn factors towards the Season 16 MSPT Participant of the Yr race. Proper now, the reigning back-to-back POY Umut Ozturk leads with 8,992 factors and has the chance to do the unthinkable and win MSPT POY for a 3rd 12 months in a row.
Nevertheless, he’ll must stave off a pair of powerful opponents in Jake Lengthy (8,390 factors) and former POY Josh Reichard (7,006 factors). Trailing a bit behind in fourth place is Anthony Scarborough with 4,984 factors, although something can occur.
The highest three gamers are all anticipated to journey to the remaining three stops, so the tight race might very nicely come all the way down to the wire.
MSPT Season 16 POY Present Standings
*Photographs courtesy of MSPT photographer Tyler Abrams.
Chad Holloway
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