Riverside Casino

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 15 Iowa State Poker Championship at Riverside Casino is officially in the books with 98 total entries tallied during the first flight.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost full 16 levels were needed to hit that mark.

Once the hard stop was reached, MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard found himself atop of the chip counts after putting a respectable 681,000 into his bag to end the night, leading the 10 advancing players.

Bagging a close second was two-time MSPT champ John Sun, who was neck-and-neck with Reichard for most of the later levels and ended the night with 568,000.

Jeff Kenny saw his chip stack ballon up to 385,000 after he rivered quads to beat Angela Jordison’s turned straight while Jack Armstrong eliminated Dan Haley in the final hand of the evening to finish with 260,000.

Kurt Bales sat atop of the chip counts for majority of the day and was able to find a top five stack after bagging 259,000, while Jesse Green (155,000), Anthony Sedlak (154,000), and Brad Sailor (118,000) punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Nik Stone, four-time MSPT champ Dan Bekavac, MSPT champ Ben Pettinger, Justin Gish, and Darin Utley, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have three more starting flights to jump back into action.

Day 1b will kick off at 3:00 p.m. local time Friday, while Day 1c will be getting started bright and early at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, followed by Day 1d at 3:00 p.m.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

MSPT Riverside Remaining Schedule

Dan Haley open-jammed 112,000 under the gun and Jack Armstrong went over the top for 126,000 from the cutoff giving him isolation.

Dan Haley:
Jack Armstrong:

Haley was at risk holding a worse made hand and wasn’t able to find a set as the runout ended his night on the bubble.

Jack Armstrong - 260,000
Dan Haley - 0

Once again, the MSPT is headed to Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, IA from August 9th - 11th!

A series of $70 and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT261 Main Event, which requires players be 21+ to play.

The tournament, which boasts a $300K GTD, will offer two starting flights with Day 1a beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9th, with Day 1b following suit at the same time on Saturday, August 10th.

The surviving players from the starting flights will return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 11th, to play down to a winner.

Also, on that Sunday, there will be a $250 NLH Last Chance Showdown Event beginning at Noon.

After Angela Jordison’s rollercoaster elimination which saw her turn a straight only to have Jeff Kenny river quads, the hand-for-hand process has now begun with 11 players remaining.

Lacey Poindexter raised all in for 48,000 from the hijack and Ben Rasmussen looked her up from the cutoff.

Lacey Poindexter:
Ben Rasmussen:

Poindexter was behind holding the inferior pocket pair and she was unable to find a lucky seven as the runout ended her night.

Ben Rasmussen - 170,000
Lacey Poindexter - 0

Over the past 15 years, the MSPT has been keeping track of our player's stats on our "Leaderboards" page creating one of the best player databases in the industry.

The list includes things such as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, GOAT Rankings, and now MSPT Icons!

This magnificent group of players have accomplished significant feats on the MSPT felt since the Tour launched in December of 2009 to separate themselves from their peers.

MSPT Icons are players currently ranked in the Top 10 of the MSPT GOAT Leaderboard or have earned their way into the MSPT Hall of Fame by achieving significant milestones.

Each MSPT season, Icons will have the opportunity to compete against other Icons for a prize.

This season, the prize will be a $10,400 entry into the World Poker Tour® (WPT) World Championship this upcoming December at Wynn Las Vegas as well as an award for MSPT Icon of the Year.

The competition for Season 15 (half season this year) will start this week at Riverside Casino July 18-21 and end on December 15, 2024.

The MSPT Icon Leaderboard will be based on the current MSPT Player of the Year point system, with each Icon starting at zero points as of today.

There are 16 eligible Icons this season. Going forward, the reigning Player of the Year will get a 1-year Icon status as well.

Next season (Season 16), the Icon competition will start on January 1, 2025. Players with a Top 10 GOAT status as of December 15, 2024, or are currently in the HOF, will be eligible to compete next season.

Should a player enter into the Top 10 GOAT Leaderboard in the middle of a season, they are not eligible to compete until the following season if they are still in the Top 10 on December 15.

Should a player fall off the Top 10 GOAT Leaderboard in the middle of a season, they still remain in the competition for that particular season, but will not be eligible the following year should they not regain their Top 10 status by December 15 of that year.

2024 MSPT ICONS:

Aaron Johnson

Aaron Massey

Blake Bohn

“DQ” Dan Hendrickson

DJ Buckley

Jason Seitz

Josh Reichard

Kou Vang

Mark Hodge

Matt Kirby

Nick Pupillo

Pat Steele

Rich Alsup

Rob Wazwaz

Rodger Johnson

Umut Ozturk

Lacey Poindexter opened under the gun for 25,000 and then called Andy Tran’s 60,000 three-bet jam from the hijack.

Andy Tran:
Lacey Poindexter:

Tran didn't like seeing he was dominated after the cards were revealed and for good reason, as the runout ended his night.

Lacey Poindexter - 175,000
Andy Tran - 0

MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard opened for 12,000 from late position and found two callers before Randal Bauer squeezed his 108,000 stack in the middle from the big blind.

Action was back on Reichard who went over the top giving Bauer isolation after the other two players folded.

Randal Bauer:
Josh Reichard:

Reichard was ahead holding a premium hand of kings and faded the runout to eliminate Bauer.

Josh Reichard - 372,000
Randal Bauer - 0