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Riverside Casino

July 18 - 21, 2024
Main Event: 716 Entrants
Winner: Phirom Peterschmidt
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EVENT RECAP

For the second time this season, the MSPT traveled to Riverside Casino to host the Season 15 Iowa State Poker Championship, and the turnouts did not disappoint.

A total of 716 entries were tallied through the starting flights and generated a $693,020 prize pool.

On Sunday, 75 players returned for Day 2 action, and after roughly 12 hours of action it was local hero Phirom Peterschmidt who walked away on top to win the $141,978 first-place prize and his first MSPT title!

“I’m in disbelief”, Peterschmidt stated after his win, “We’ve talked about this all the time but actually doing it is just so crazy, this is amazing and just awesome.”

Peterschmidt, an Iowa native who calls Riverside his hometown casino, only had $24,136 in live tournament earnings before taking down the six-figure score and was fortunate to have a rail of support throughout the final table.

“Those are my boys”, Peterschmidt added after the victory, “I love them all and to have them here while taking this down at my hometown casino is just an amazing feeling”.

Day 2 Action

The final day came back with 75 players already in the money, so action kicked right into gear with Miroslav Semanisin’s pocket kings being set-up by Dave Kenniston’s pocket jacks in one of the first hands of the day.

Coolers across the room would continue with Jesse Green collecting an early double with pocket queens against Frank Lagodich’s pocket eights, and then he found another double after he flopped a set of aces against Phil Mader’s flopped set of kings.

Eliminations would continue like wildfire, and those to fall along the way, albeit with a payday were two-time MSPT champ Chris Meyers (45th Place - $2,612), Matt Porter (24th Place - $4,899), defending Riverside champ Jake Wilding (18th Place - $6,839), Nic DiTrapani (13th Place - $8,335), and Dennis Stevermer (11th Place - $10,304).

Final Table Action

Once the player took their seats, it took a while for the action to heat up until Spence Madole’s pocket aces were cracked on the river by MSPT champ Steve Federspiel’s pocket eights to become the first final table elimination.

After Madole’s departure, action slowed down for almost three full levels before a spree of eliminations occurred as MSPT champ Federspiel would be the first to fall after he lost a flip holding a made hand of fives against soon to be champ Peterschmidt’s king-queen off.

Directly after Federspiel made his way to the payout desk, two-time MSPT champ John Sun secured a huge double with a pair of cowboys against Trey Bartlett’s pocket eights.

Bartlett was then left the short stack at the table, and he got his remaining stack in once again with a pair of snowmen only to get tripped-up in seventh place by Peterschmidt.

After Bartlett’s elimination, DJ Aryasomayajula followed him to the payout desk in sixth place after he failed to hit live cards against Dustin Hoffmann.

The crazy flurry of eliminations continued after Jack Armstrong ran his made hand of tens into Sun’s superior pair of kings to make a fifth place exit for $35,946 while Justin Gish departed the very next hand in fourth place for $47,727.

With three players remaining, an ICM chop was discussed but ultimately declined and Hoffmann was next on the chopping block after he failed to connect with the runout as he left in third place for $64,360.

The heads-up match saw the chips pretty evenly dispersed and Sun tried once again to work out a deal, but the young buck Peterschmidt had a goal to win outright.

Once the duel officially began, Peterschmidt went on a relentless tear, winning majority of the hands to deny Sun his third MSPT title as he finished runner-up in second place for $86,499 while Peterschmidt became newest MSPT Iowa State Poker Champion!

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
IA 
$141,978
1,700
2
WI 
$86,499
1,500
3
Elroy 
WI 
$64,360
1,400
4
NE 
$47,727
1,300
5
NE 
$35,946
1,200
6
IA 
$26,937
1,100
7
IL 
$20,700
1,000
8
Tiffin 
IA 
$16,541
900
9
IA 
$12,383
800
10
MO 
$10,304
700
11
MN 
$10,304
700
12
MO 
$10,304
700
13
IL 
$8,225
600
14
IA 
$8,225
600
15
Milan 
IL 
$8,225
600
16
Duluth 
MN 
$6,839
500
17
NV 
$6,839
500
18
IA 
$6,839
500
19
IL 
$5,869
400
20
MN 
$5,869
400
21
IA 
$5,869
400
22
IL 
$4,899
300
23
IA 
$4,899
300
24
IL 
$4,899
300
25
IA 
$3,929
250
26
WI 
$3,929
250
27
IA 
$3,929
250
28
IL 
$2,958
200
29
MI 
$2,958
200
30
Keota 
IA 
$2,958
200
31
IA 
$2,958
200
32
IL 
$2,958
200
33
IA 
$2,958
200
34
MN 
$2,958
200
35
WI 
$2,958
200
36
IL 
$2,958
200
37
MN 
$2,612
150
38
Ankeny 
IA 
$2,612
150
39
IL 
$2,612
150
40
IL 
$2,612
150
41
MN 
$2,612
150
42
IA 
$2,612
150
43
NE 
$2,612
150
44
IA 
$2,612
150
45
NY 
$2,612
150
46
IA 
$2,473
100
47
IL 
$2,473
100
48
Canton 
OH 
$2,473
100
49
IL 
$2,473
100
50
IL 
$2,473
100
51
IL 
$2,473
100
52
IA 
$2,473
100
53
NV 
$2,473
100
54
WI 
$2,473
100
55
WI 
$2,335
75
56
IA 
$2,335
75
57
AZ 
$2,335
75
58
Ekhara 
NE 
$2,335
75
59
IA 
$2,335
75
60
NV 
$2,335
75
61
FL 
$2,335
75
62
IA 
$2,335
75
63
NE 
$2,335
75
64
MN 
$2,196
50
65
WI 
$2,196
50
66
MN 
$2,196
50
67
IL 
$2,196
50
68
WI 
$2,196
50
69
IA 
$2,196
50
70
Albia 
IA 
$2,196
50
71
Adrian 
ND 
$2,196
50
72
WI 
$2,196
50
73
MN 
$2,196
50
74
IA 
$2,196
50