The next Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) champion will be crowned this week as the MSPT makes its latest stop in Iowa for MSPT Riverside Casino, culminating with the $1,110 Main Event taking place from 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 $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and is anticipated to attract many of the best mid-stakes tournament grinders in the region.
Players can choose from one of three starting flights: Thursday, March 17, Friday, March 18, or Saturday, March 19. Action kicks off at 3 p.m. each day and players will begin with a starting stack of 25,000 chips. The surviving players from the three flights will return on Sunday, March 20 to battle it out on Day 2, which will play down to a winner.
Satellites for the MSPT Main Event are up and running at Riverside Casino as of late February, including $70 satellites where one in five players advance to a $265 satellite, the winner of which earns a seat to the Main Event.
MSPT Riverside will also feature a $135 Thousandaire No-Limit Hold'em event on March 19, where one of every ten entries receives $1,000, and will wrap up on March 20 with $360 Last Chance Showdown NLH, which will kick off at noon with late registration open until 4:20 p.m.
A table with the full MSPT Riverside schedule is available below.
Remaining 2022 MSPT Riverside Full Schedule
| DATE | EVENT STARTS | EVENT NAME | REG OPEN UNTIL | CHIPS | LEVELS | LOCATION | |
| Tuesday, 3/15 | 1:00 PM | $70 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $265 Satellite | 2:40 PM | 12,000 | 15 | POKER ROOM | |
| Tuesday, 3/15 | 6:00 PM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 9:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | POKER ROOM | |
| Wednesday, 3/16 | 1:00 PM | $70 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $265 Satellite | 2:40 PM | 12,000 | 15 | POKER ROOM | |
| Wednesday, 3/16 | 6:00 PM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 9:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Thursday, 3/17 | 12:00 PM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 3:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Thursday, 3/17 | 3:00 PM | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1A (2-Day Event) | 11:40 PM | 25,000 | 40 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Thursday, 3/17 | 7:00 PM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 9:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Friday, 3/18 | 10:00 AM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 1:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Friday, 3/18 | 3:00 PM | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1B (2-Day Event) | 11:40 PM | 25,000 | 40 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Friday, 3/18 | 7:00 PM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 10:00 PM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Saturday, 3/19 | 9:00 AM | $265 Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $500K GTD | 12:00 AM | 15,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Saturday, 3/19 | 3:00 PM | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) | 11:40 PM | 25,000 | 40 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Saturday, 3/19 | 8:00 PM | $135 Thousandaire NLH | 10:10 PM | 12,000 | 20 | EVENT CENTER | |
| Sunday, 3/20 | 11:00 AM | $1,110 MSPT Main Event NLH Day 2 (2-Day Event) | 40 | EVENT CENTER | |||
| Sunday, 3/20 | 12:00 PM | $360 Last Chance Showdown NLH | 4:20 PM | 15,000 | 30 | EVENT CENTER |
Previous MSPT Winners
Indiana’s Daniel Sepiol is the defending champion after taking down the MSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event in March 2021 for a career-best score of $162,750. The event attracted 862 runners to generate a massive prize pool of $836,140.
Sepiol, who has $797,601 in tournament earnings, per The Hendon Mob, navigated through a final table that included 2021 MSPT Player of the Year Kyna England, who finished third for $73,782.
2021 MSPT Riverside Main Event Final Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Sepiol | Michigan City, Indiana | $162,750 |
| 2 | Jason Crews | Ankeny, Iowa | $100,156 |
| 3 | Kyna England | Northbrook, Illinois | $73,782 |
| 4 | Jovan Sudar | Omaha, Nebraska | $55,086 |
| 5 | Renato Spahiu | Lombard, Illinois | $41,732 |
| 6 | Nick Pupillo | Gilbert, Arizona | $31,716 |
| 7 | Austin Hohenadel | Muscatine, Iowa | $24,205 |
| 8 | Andy Rogowski | Chicago, Illinois | $19,197 |
| 9 | Lester Crew | Colana, Illinois | $15,024 |
England herself is an even more recent MSPT champion as she took down the Winter Poker Classic at Minnesota’s Canterbury Park in December 2021, topping a thousand-plus field to win the trophy and $186,709.
The MSPT also visited the venue last July for the 2021 MPST Iowa State Poker Championship, which attracted 928 runners and saw Timothy Gundrum come out on top for a $170,769 top prize.
Other recent MSPT winners include Ron West, who took down 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl for $168,488 last month after defeating poker vlogger Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno, as well as Billyray Gallegos, who was victorious in the 2022 MSPT Bally’s Blackhawk 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
| DATE | EVENT | ENTRIES | WINNER | HOMETOWN | PRIZE | |
| Feb. 10-12 2022 | 2022 MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl | 1,027 | Ron West | Los Angeles, CA | $168,488 | |
| Jan. 27-30 2022 | MSPT $1,110 Bally's Black Hawk Main Event | 683 | Billyray Gallegos | Denver, CO | $104,890 | |
| Jan. 13-16 2022 | MSPT $1,110 Sycuan Casino Resort Main Event | 460 | Gianluca Pace | Encinitas, CA | $74,562 |
