Riverside Casino

The MSPT returned to Riverside Casino for a third and final time this season with the $1,110 buy-in, $300K GTD Main Event attracting 591 entrants!

On Sunday, only 63 players returned for Day 2 action, and after roughly 12 hours of play, it was Nick Barksdale coming out on top to win the $120,072 top prize and his third MSPT title!

“It’s pretty surreal,” Barksdale said after his victory, “I really don’t get to play much tournaments so I really try and make it to the local stops that I can drive to.”

Barksdale continued, “So I had a decision to make a decision Saturday morning on if I was going to make the drive down or not cause it’s still a jog as it's like a five-hour drive, but my wife and I made the decision to come down and I’m glad she was able to come with.”

The decision was the correct one for Barksdale, as he came into the day holding just outside the top ten and had a rollercoaster ride throughout it which eventually led to him taking the top stack into the final table.

“I was fortunate to run really good against tough opponents at the final table and I want to say congrats to Wayne (Tweeton) he was a really tough opponent in the heads-up match that could have gone either way and I’m just fortunate to have come out on top,”

The victory was an impressive feat for Barksdale who was able to capture his third title almost a year to the date after winning his second one here last November taking his career MSPT earnings up to $427,624.

MSPT Season 15 Riverside Final Table Results

The final day came back with 63 players already in the money, so action kicked right into gear with short stack Logan Hatch being the first elimination of the day falling to Brett “Pops” Reichard.

Hatch’s elimination sparked a fire as all players started to make their way to the payout desk with Trey Bartlett, Dan Hamm, Jason Gross, and MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk all falling in the first batch of eliminations.

The rush of players to the payout line continued with MSPT champs Jake Wilding (42nd Place - $2,459), Angela Jordison (37th Place - $2,459), Josh Reichard (34th Place - $2,744), Carl Carodenuto (30th Place - $2,744), and Curtis Vierstraete (29th Place - $2,477) all had their final day cut much shorter than anticipated while fellow champs Mo Nuwwarah (19th Place - $5,032), and Chris Audrain (13th Place - $6,861) just missed out on the final table.

Final Table Action

The final table saw a bunch of familiar faces at it, one of which was Loren Rice who was looking to improve off of his fourth place finish here from earlier this year, and he got off to a hot start after he set up MSPT top casher DJ Buckley in ninth place.

Unfortunately for Rice, his final table run came to an abrupt end soon after he failed to win a race holding a made hand of nines against Nathan Masingill’s Big Slick.

Another familiar face at the final table was defending champ Phirom Peterschmidt whose title defense came up short after his made hand of deuces failed to crack John McVoy’s pair of jacks.

After Peterschmidt’s departure, fellow Riverside champ Nick Barksdale went on a heater claiming the likes of Masingill, MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup and McVoy all in quick succession in hopes of securing a third title.

With three players remaining, Barksdale held half of the chips in play but ended up losing the lead to Tweeton after he tripped up Andy Rogowski in third place for $53,746.

From there, Tweeton held a significant chip advantage over Barksdale, but he wasn’t able to hold it as Barksdale was able to away until the final hand where he was able to hoist his third MSPT trophy and payday good for $120,072 while Tweeton finished runner-up for $73,754

This wraps up our coverage for this event but Season 15 of the MSPT continues as we head to Parkwest Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California from next (November 5^th - 10^th) and our reporting team will be on hand providing updates for the $500K GTD $1,110 Main Event so make sure to come back!

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale raised to 500,000 and Wayne Tweeton defended to see a flop.

Tweeton check-jammed after Barksdale made a continuation bet and was called.

Wayne Tweeton:
Nick Barksdale:

Barksdale was relieved to see he was ahead holding the better diamond draw and faded the turn along with the river to secured his third MSPT title in just one full Calander year.

Nick Barksdale - 17,730,000
Wayne Tweeton - Eliminated

For the second and final time this season, the MSPT heads back to the Ameristar Casino Hotel in East Chicago, Illinois November 19th - 24th!

The 11-event trophy festival will start with Event #1: $400 NLH Monster Stack at noon on Tuesday, November 19th, followed by Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha at 4:00 p.m. on the same day.

A series of $100, and $265 satellites will feed into the $1,110 buy-in MSPT269 Main Event, which requires players be 21+ to play.

The tournament holds a $300K GTD and will once again offer three starting flights with Day 1a beginning at noon on Thursday, November 21st.

Day 1b will take place at the same time on Friday, November 22nd, with Day 1c following suit on Saturday, November 23rd with a noon start time as well.

The surviving players from all starting flights will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 24th, and will play down to a winner.

Also, held that Sunday will be the final two events of the festival with Event #10: $250 Black Chip Bounty NLH starting at noon while Event #11: $200 Last Chance Monster Stack NLH starts at 3:00 p.m.

Wayne Tweeton raised to 300,000 from the button and Andy Rogowski defended his big blind to see a flop.

Rogowski then got his remaining chips in the middle and was called.

Andy Rogowski:
Wayne Tweeton:

Rogowski was behind drawing to a none-nine heart, but the turn followed by the river ended his tournament.

Wayne Tweeton - 13,630,000
Nick Barksdale - 4,100,000
Andy Rogowski - Eliminated

The MSPT has traveled back to Riverside Casino in Riverside, IA for their second Trophy Series of Season 15!

In Event #4: $150 No-Limit Hold'em Nightly, 73-night walkers took to the felt for one of the final trophy events of the series and walking away the victor was Illinois native Ryne "Pyzza" Teston who claimed the top prize along with the Spadey trophy!

Results

Wayne Tweeton raised the button only to call a 650,000 three-bet from two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale from the small blind.

Once the flop hit the felt, Barksdale made a 650,000 continuation bet and Tweeton called bringing about the turn.

Barksdale kept his foot on the gas leading out with a 1,200,000 bet only to be faced with an all-in raise from Tweeton.

The bet shook Barksdale in his seat and after some careful thought, he decided to lay his hand down.

Wayne Tweeton - 9,380,000
Nick Barksdale - 3,900,000

John McVoy was all in preflop from the small blind and was called by two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale from the big blind.

John McVoy:
Nick Barksdale:

McVoy rolled over a premium made hand, but he unfortunately ran into the Barksdale’s hot streak with the runout pairing his ace ending McVoy’s Main Event run.

Nick Barksdale - 8,800,000
John McVoy - Eliminated

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale raised from the cutoff and then called MSPT Hall of Famer Rich Alsup’s 400,000 three-bet jam from the big blind.

Rich Alsup:
Nick Barksdale:

Alsup was ahead but Barksdale found a pretty lady on the flop.

The turn did give Alsup a diamond flush draw, but the river improved Barksdale and ended his Main Event run.

Nick Barksdale - 6,400,000
Rich Alsup - Eliminated

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale raised the button and then called Nathan Masingill’s 1,100,000 three-bet jam from the big

Nathan Masingill:
Nick Barksdale:

Masingill rolled over a dominating ace but the runout paired Barksdale’s nine sending him home.

Nick Barksdale - 5,600,000
Nathan Masingill - Eliminated

Defending champ Phirom Peterschmidt got his 700,000 stack in the middle from the hijack and John McVoy isolated from the small blind.

Phirom Peterschmidt:
John McVoy:

Peterschmidt rolled over the worse of the two made hands and his hopes of defending his title came to an end after the board ran out.

John McVoy - 1,900,000
Phirom Peterschmidt - Eliminated