Ameristar Casino St. Charles

For the first time ever, the MSPT made its way to St. Charles, MO, and players have been duking it out over the past week inside the Ameristar Casino for their Season 17 Missouri Poker State Championship!

In Event #2: $400 Tag Team NLH, 343 players took to the field, generating a $54,880 prize pool paid out to the top 18 teams.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Brett Hagopian & Kevin Shipp (10^th Place - $1,044), Brian Lerner & Angela Williams (12^th Place - $1,044), Po Ying & Li Liang (14^th Place - $878), and Jeff Warren & Bradley Cunningham (18^th Place - $768).

Walking away the top team was MSPT Champ Chris Audrain & Benjamin "Pyzza" Teston, who took home the top prize along with their first Gold Cards!

Final Table Results

Photo: Lucus Drummonds

There were four players who took to a flop for 1,000 a pop, and David Wooden led out with a 2m000 bet from the big blind.

Only Lucus Drummonds called from the button, and the two went heads-up to the turn.

Wooden fired out another 2,000 bet and was met with a call from Drummonds, bringing the river.

With a double-paired board, Wooden led out with a final 1,100 bet, only to fold after Drummonds moved his 13,200 stack in the middle.

LESS THAN MONTH AWAY

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: April 7-19, 2026

: $1,110 / $500K GTD Main Event

: $400 / $100K GTD Mini Main

: $3,500 MSPT Championship Seat ADDED to Main Event 1st Place

: 19 Gold Card Events

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Cards are in the air here at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, MO, as Day 1a of the MSPT Season 17 $1,110 Missouri Poker State Championship is officially underway with registration and unlimited re-entry remaining open through the break after Level 12 (10:40 p.m.).

For the first time, the MSPT has traveled to the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Missouri, hosting a ten-event Gold Card Series, and the time has arrived for the headlined Season 17 $1,110 Missouri Poker State Championship!

While this may be the first time the MSPT has set foot inside the Ameristar Casino, we did make two stops in St. Louis last season, with the first seeing Iowa native Brian Landon run through a pack of 630 players to secure his first six-figure score and become the defending Missouri Poker State Champion.

MSPT Season 16 Missouri Poker State Championship Final Table Results

Starting Flight Outlook

Today’s Day 1a will mark the first of three starting flights, and play is set to get underway at 2:00 p.m. local time.

The standard MSPT Main Event structure is in play, with players receiving a 30,000 starting stack and blinds beginning at 100/200/200 with levels increasing every 40 minutes throughout the entirety of the tournament.

Players will receive 10-minute breaks after every three levels (two hours of play), and late registration is open until the beginning of Level 13 (approximately 10:40 p.m. local time), with unlimited re-entry available per flight, should players wish to use it.

All Day 1 flights will play until 11% of the field (rounded up) remains, meaning all players who advance to Day 2 will be in the money.

This is a best-stack forward event: If a player qualifies for Day 2 more than once, they may only play the higher chip stack; any lower stack(s) will be removed from play at the start of Day 2 and receive the lowest Day 2 payout.

Player of the Year points will only be awarded for the higher stack. Players will only receive credit for a single MSPT Main Event cash finish.

Those unable to find a bag at the end of today will have opportunities to re-enter on Days 1b and 1c, being held on Friday, March 27^th, and Saturday, March 28^th, with both flights starting at 2:00 p.m.

The survivors of all three flights will combine for Day 2 on Sunday, March 29^th, at 11:00 a.m. local time and will play until a winner is crowned.

A new addition to this season is that each Main Event winner will be awarded a $3,500 seat into the ROCK ‘N’ ROLL POKER OPEN MSPT Championship at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL, while the top 64 World Ranked MSPT Players as of December 2, 2026 will compete in a HEADS UP FREEROLL tournament at the 2026 MSPT Winter Poker Classic at Running Aces Poker Tournaments for $20,000!

MSPT Season 17 Missouri Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule

Stay tuned right here at MSPTpoker.com for live updates throughout the entire tournament