The MSPT Riverside Main Event is set to begin this weekend
The following Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) champion will be crowned this week as the MSPT makes its final stop in Iowa for Riverside MSPT Casinoculminating with the Main event at $1,110 taking place of March 17-20.
The two-day no-limit hold’em tournament, which will be the 191st Main Event hosted by the popular midwest poker tour, has a Guaranteed $500,000 prize pool and should attract many of the best mid-stakes tournament grinders in the region.
Players can choose from one of three departure flights: Thursday March 17, Friday March 18, or Saturday March 19. The action starts at 3:00 p.m. each day and players will start with a starting stack of 25,000 chips. The surviving players from all three flights will return on Sunday, March 20 to face off on Day 2, which will be settled on a winner.
Satellites for the MSPT Main Event have been operational at Riverside Casino since late February, including $70 satellites where one in five players advances to a $265 satellite, the winner of which earns a seat in the Main Event.
MSPT Riverside will also offer a $135 Millennium No-Limit Hold’em event on March 19, where one in ten entries receives $1,000, and will end on March 20 with $360 Last Chance Showdown NLHwhich will start at noon with late registration open until 4:20 p.m.
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A chart with the full MSPT Riverside curriculum is available below.
Full 2022 Riverside MSPT Schedule Remaining
| DATED | START OF THE EVENT | EVENT NAME | REG OPEN UNTIL | CHIPS | LEVELS | LOCATION | |
| tuesday 03/15 | 1:00 p.m. | $70 Satellite – 1 in 5 switches to $265 Satellite | 2:40 p.m. | 12,000 | 15 | POKER ROOM | |
| tuesday 03/15 | 6:00 p.m. | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 9:00 p.m. | 15,000 | 20 | POKER ROOM | |
| Wednesday 03/16 | 1:00 p.m. | $70 Satellite – 1 in 5 switches to $265 Satellite | 2:40 p.m. | 12,000 | 15 | POKER ROOM | |
| Wednesday 03/16 | 6:00 p.m. | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 9:00 p.m. | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Thursday 03/17 | 12:00 p.m. | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 15:00 | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Thursday 03/17 | 15:00 | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1A (2 Day Event) | 11:40 p.m. | 25,000 | 40 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Thursday 03/17 | 7:00 p.m. | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 9:00 p.m. | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Friday 18/03 | 10:00 AM | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 1:00 p.m. | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Friday 18/03 | 15:00 | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1B (2 Day Event) | 11:40 p.m. | 25,000 | 40 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Friday 18/03 | 7:00 p.m. | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 10:00 p.m. | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Saturday 03/19 | 09:00 | Satellite at $265 – 1 in 5 lead at $500,000 GTD | 00:00 | 15,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Saturday 03/19 | 15:00 | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1C (2 Day Event) | 11:40 p.m. | 25,000 | 40 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| Saturday 03/19 | 20:00 | $135 Millennium NLH | 10:10 p.m. | 12,000 | 20 | EVENTS CENTER | |
| sunday 03/20 | 11:00 | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 2 (2 Day Event) | 40 | EVENTS CENTER | |||
| sunday 03/20 | 12:00 p.m. | $360 Last Chance Showdown NLH | 4:20 p.m. | 15,000 | 30 | EVENTS CENTER |
Previous MSPT Winners
Indiana Daniel Sepiol is the defending champion after winning the $1,100 Main Event MSPT Riverside in March 2021 for a career-best $162,750. The event attracted 862 runners to generate a huge prize pool of $836,140.
Sepiol, who has $797,601 in tournament winnings, per The Hendon Mafiawalked through a final board that included 2021 MSPT Player of the Year Kyna Englandwho finished third for $73,782.
2021 Riverside MSPT Main Event Final Results
| Location | Player | Hometown | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Sepiol | Michigan, Indiana | $162,750 |
| 2 | Jason Crews | Ankeny, Iowa | $100,156 |
| 3 | Kyna England | Northbrook, Ill. | $73,782 |
| 4 | Jovan Sudar | Omaha, Nebraska | $55,086 |
| 5 | Renato Spahiu | Lombard, Ill. | $41,732 |
| 6 | Nick Pupillo | Gilbert, Ariz. | $31,716 |
| 7 | Austin Hohenadel | Muscatine, Iowa | $24,205 |
| 8 | Andy Rogoski | Chicago, Ill. | $19,197 |
| 9 | Lester Crew | Colana, Ill. | $15,024 |
England itself is an even more recent MSPT champion as it won the Winter Poker Classic at Minnesota’s Canterbury Park in December 2021, topping a mile-plus field to win the trophy and $186,709.
The MSPT also visited the site last July to 2021 MPST Iowa State Poker Championshipwhich attracted 928 runners and saw Timothy Gundrum take home the top prize of $170,769.
Other recent MSPT winners include Ron Westwho shot 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl for $168,488 last month after defeating poker vlogger Johnnie “Vibes” Morenoas well as Billyray Gallegoswinner of the 2022 Bally’s Blackhawk MSPT Main Event for $104,890 in January.
Earlier in the year, Gianluca Pace won the MSPT Sycuan Main Event in San Diego for $74,562 following a four-way deal at the final table.
A full list of MSPT winners so far in 2022 is available below.
2022 MSPT Winners
| DATED | EVENT | REGISTRATIONS | WINNER | HOMETOWN | PRICE | |
| February 10-12, 2022 | 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl | 1,027 | Ron West | Los Angeles, CA | $168,488 | |
| January 27-30, 2022 | MSPT $1,110 Bally’s Black Hawk Main Event | 683 | Billyray Gallegos | Denver, CO | $104,890 | |
| January 13-16, 2022 | MSPT $1,110 Sycuan Casino Resort Main Event | 460 | Gianluca Pace | Encinitas, California | $74,562 |
