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FireKeepers Casino

October 10 - 13, 2024
Main Event: 2819 Entrants
Winner: Nick Murray
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EVENT RECAP

The MSPT returned to FireKeepers Casino for the final time this season to host the Season 15 Michigan Poker State Championship, and the turnout was another mouth dropper.

The $1,110 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event was one to remember, as a total of 2,819 entries (600 from Day 1a; 1,012 from 1b; 1,207 from 1c) were tallied, which put it just behind the venue’s record field of 2,883 set last October.

After an action-packed weekend, it was MSPT newcomer Nick Murray who emerged victorious to claim his first MSPT title along with a career-best $295,494 first-place prize.

“This is a dream come true,” said the newly crowned champ after his victory, “My previous best cash before this was $8,700 so I’m feeling on top of the world.”

Murray continued, “I literally flipped a quarter to come here, and I ran it up so I couldn’t be happier.”

The Michigan native finished by saying, “To say that I came in first place out of 2,819 is honestly a lot to take in, but I’ve been working on my game for years now and it just means a lot to me to be called a champion.”

Final Day Action

The final day came back with all 309 players already in the money, so action kicked right into gear with players liked MSPT champ Satish Thakur, Brad Sailor, Blake Whittington, and fellow MSPT champ Alex Cruz all falling in the first batch of eliminations.

The rush of players to the payout line continued with MSPT champ’s Jonathan Lewis, (234th Place $2,571), Chris Moon (233rd Place $2,571), Michael Berk (228th Place $2,571), and Max Havlish (218th Place $2,571) all had their final day cut much shorter than anticipated.

With players dropping like wildfire, MSPT Hall of Famer Umut Ozturk was still in the mix building a stack but ultimately walked away with his 15th cash this season in 132nd place finish for $3,789

With the march to the final table in full swing, others to fall along the way albeit with a payday, were Season 14 Michigan Poker State Champion Travis Young (125th place - $3,789), MSPT Hall of Famer Richard Alsup (120th place - $3,789), MSPT top casher DJ Buckley (78th place - $4,874), MSPT champ Hall of Famer’s Aaron Johnson (23rd place - $16,240) & Patrick Steele (15th place - $25,712), along with MSPT champ’s Danny Sepiol (13th place - $25,712), and Angela Jordison (10th place - $3,2478).

Final Table Action

Once players took their seats at the final table, it didn't take long for action to kick into gear with a three-way all in which led to MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz taking a quick exit after notching his record 20th final table appearance on the tour.

Shortly after WazWaz’s departure, Mike Iacovone found himself on a losing end of a race against MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard who turned around and dropped Tim Capretta with a made hand of nines.

Six-handed action saw Reichard and Nicola DiTrapani holding over half of the chips in play and the two big stacks got into a monster hand which saw DiTrapani river a set of kings to take a commanding chip lead while Reichard dropped to the bottom of the counts.

Reichad was able to chip-up a little but rand his pocket nines into Murray’s pocket queens and took a sixth place exit for $86,609 as he jumped into the top spot in both the tight 2024 ICON standings as well as the Player of the Year standings.

After catching an early triple-up at the start of the final table, Dapreesch Scates wasn’t able to get much traction going afterwards and watched his stack dwindle to a fifth place finish for $108,261.

With four players remaining, it didn’t take long before an ICM chop was discussed but it got shot down by Murray as he wanted to play for the title.

After the chop was denied, short-stack Amir Kamari got his chips in good holding ace-queen only to get straightened out by David Evans to take a fourth place finish for $140,739.

Three-way action then saw chips shuffle around the table for a few levels which prompted another ICM which came to an agreement as long as they played for the title.

Once the agreement came to be, action hit a new gear as each player got their chips in the middle multiple times which eventually saw Evans make a third place departure for $212,849 while DiTrapani took a runner-up finish for $295,492.

This wraps up our coverage of yet another amazing tournament so make sure you join us next when we make our way back to Riverside, Iowa for their $1,110 Main Event at the Riverside Casino October 29th - November 3rd!

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
MI 
$295,494
1,700
2
IL 
$295,492
1,700
3
PA 
$212,849
1,700
4
OH 
$140,739
1,600
5
MI 
$108,261
1,500
6
WI 
$86,609
1,400
7
OH 
$67,663
1,300
8
Mentor 
OH 
$51,153
1,200
9
MN 
$40,598
1,100
10
OR 
$32,478
1,000
11
IN 
$32,478
1,000
12
MI 
$32,478
1,000
13
IN 
$25,712
900
14
MI 
$25,712
900
15
MI 
$25,712
900
16
Estero 
FL 
$23,546
800
17
Niles 
IL 
$23,546
800
18
GA 
$23,546
800
19
MI 
$19,487
750
20
Hixon 
TN 
$19,487
750
21
WI 
$19,487
750
22
IL 
$16,240
700
23
MN 
$16,240
700
25
Wixom 
MI 
$13,262
650
26
WI 
$13,262
650
27
CA 
$13,262
650
28
IA 
$9,473
600
29
Albion 
MI 
$9,473
600
30
OH 
$9,473
600
31
MI 
$9,473
600
32
MN 
$9,473
600
33
IL 
$9,473
600
34
MI 
$9,473
600
35
OH 
$9,473
600
36
MI 
$9,473
600
37
IL 
$7,308
550
38
Albion 
MI 
$7,308
550
39
IL 
$7,308
550
40
MI 
$7,308
550
41
WI 
$7,308
550
42
MI 
$7,308
550
43
Denver 
CO 
$7,308
550
44
MI 
$7,308
550
45
WI 
$7,308
550
46
MI 
$6,225
500
47
MI 
$6,225
500
48
MI 
$6,225
500
49
MI 
$6,225
500
50
MI 
$6,225
500
51
IL 
$6,225
500
52
MI 
$6,225
500
53
IN 
$6,225
500
54
MI 
$6,225
500
55
IL 
$5,684
450
56
OH 
$5,684
450
57
Taylor 
MI 
$5,684
450
58
Perry 
MI 
$5,684
450
60
MI 
$5,684
450
61
OH 
$5,684
450
62
IN 
$5,684
450
63
MI 
$5,684
450
64
Solon 
OH 
$5,278
400
65
MI 
$5,278
400
66
TX 
$5,278
400
67
WI 
$5,278
400
68
MI 
$5,278
400
69
MI 
$5,278
400
70
OH 
$5,278
400
71
MI 
$5,278
400
72
NC 
$5,278
400
73
MI 
$4,871
350
74
MI 
$4,871
350
75
IL 
$4,871
350
76
Novi 
MI 
$4,871
350
77
MI 
$4,871
350
78
MN 
$4,871
350
79
MI 
$4,871
350
80
CA 
$4,871
350
81
WI 
$4,871
350
82
IL 
$4,465
300
83
MI 
$4,465
300
84
MI 
$4,465
300
85
MI 
$4,465
300
87
MI 
$4,465
300
88
MI 
$4,465
300
89
MI 
$4,465
300
90
TX 
$4,465
300
91
MD 
$4,195
250
92
WI 
$4,195
250
93
MI 
$4,195
250
94
MI 
$4,195
250
95
MI 
$4,195
250
96
Omaha 
NE 
$4,195
250
97
MI 
$4,195
250
98
IL 
$4,195
250
99
IL 
$4,195
250
100
MN 
$3,789
200
101
MI 
$3,789
200
102
IN 
$3,789
200
103
MI 
$3,789
200
104
MN 
$3,789
200
105
IL 
$3,789
200
106
OH 
$3,789
200
107
UT 
$3,789
200
108
MI 
$3,789
200
109
IL 
$3,789
200
110
MI 
$3,789
200
111
August 
MI 
$3,789
200
112
NY 
$3,789
200
113
MI 
$3,789
200
114
MI 
$3,789
200
115
IL 
$3,789
200
116
Gurnee 
IL 
$3,789
200
117
MI 
$3,789
200
118
OH 
$3,789
200
119
WI 
$3,789
200
120
MN 
$3,789
200
121
MN 
$3,789
200
122
MS 
$3,789
200
123
MI 
$3,789
200
124
IN 
$3,789
200
125
WI 
$3,789
200
126
IL 
$3,789
200
127
Lima 
OH 
$3,789
200
128
IA 
$3,789
200
129
MI 
$3,789
200
130
MI 
$3,789
200
131
MI 
$3,789
200
132
MN 
$3,789
200
133
MI 
$3,789
200
134
Ada 
MI 
$3,789
200
135
MI 
$3,789
200
136
PA 
$3,383
150
137
WI 
$3,383
150
138
GA 
$3,383
150
139
MI 
$3,383
150
140
MI 
$3,383
150
141
OH 
$3,383
150
142
ND 
$3,383
150
143
ND 
$3,383
150
144
IA 
$3,383
150
145
OH 
$3,383
150
146
MI 
$3,383
150
147
MI 
$3,383
150
148
MI 
$3,383
150
149
MI 
$3,383
150
150
MI 
$3,383
150
151
Toledo 
OH 
$3,383
150
152
MN 
$3,383
150
153
WI 
$3,383
150
154
NY 
$3,383
150
155
Warren 
MI 
$3,383
150
156
IL 
$3,383
150
157
Monroe 
WI 
$3,383
150
158
Toledo 
OH 
$3,383
150
159
MO 
$3,383
150
160
Laurel 
MS 
$3,383
150
161
Owosso 
MI 
$3,383
150
162
MI 
$3,383
150
163
OH 
$3,383
150
164
MI 
$3,383
150
165
Warren 
MI 
$3,383
150
166
Holt 
MI 
$3,383
150
167
MN 
$3,383
150
168
Fenton 
MI 
$3,383
150
169
IA 
$3,383
150
170
MI 
$3,383
150
171
MI 
$3,383
150
172
ND 
$2,977
100
173
MI 
$2,977
100
174
IL 
$2,977
100
175
MI 
$2,977
100
176
MN 
$2,977
100
177
WI 
$2,977
100
178
IA 
$2,977
100
179
Ramsey 
MN 
$2,977
100
180
Omaha 
NE 
$2,977
100
181
MI 
$2,977
100
182
MI 
$2,977
100
183
MI 
$2,977
100
184
Bremen 
IN 
$2,977
100
185
Novi 
MI 
$2,977
100
186
Tucson 
AZ 
$2,977
100
187
Eagle 
MI 
$2,977
100
188
WA 
$2,977
100
189
IL 
$2,977
100
190
MI 
$2,977
100
191
Powell 
OH 
$2,977
100
192
MI 
$2,977
100
193
MI 
$2,977
100
194
Niles 
MI 
$2,977
100
195
MT 
$2,977
100
196
Canton 
OH 
$2,977
100
197
OH 
$2,977
100
198
MI 
$2,977
100
199
Macomb 
MI 
$2,977
100
200
MI 
$2,977
100
201
OH 
$2,977
100
202
MI 
$2,977
100
203
MI 
$2,977
100
204
NH 
$2,977
100
205
Warren 
MI 
$2,977
100
206
MI 
$2,977
100
207
Verona 
WI 
$2,977
100
208
MI 
$2,571
75
209
IL 
$2,571
75
210
MN 
$2,571
75
211
IN 
$2,571
75
212
MI 
$2,571
75
213
MI 
$2,571
75
214
Austin 
TX 
$2,571
75
215
Kent 
OH 
$2,571
75
216
OH 
$2,571
75
217
MI 
$2,571
75
218
MN 
$2,571
75
219
WI 
$2,571
75
220
Albion 
IN 
$2,571
75
221
MI 
$2,571
75
222
OH 
$2,571
75
223
MI 
$2,571
75
224
OH 
$2,571
75
225
MN 
$2,571
75
226
MI 
$2,571
75
227
MI 
$2,571
75
228
IN 
$2,571
75
229
MI 
$2,571
75
230
MI 
$2,571
75
231
OH 
$2,571
75
232
MI 
$2,571
75
233
MI 
$2,571
75
234
MA 
$2,571
75
235
MA 
$2,571
75
236
Malta 
NY 
$2,571
75
237
Wilton 
MN 
$2,571
75
238
Novi 
MI 
$2,571
75
239
OH 
$2,571
75
240
IL 
$2,571
75
241
MI 
$2,571
75
242
IL 
$2,571
75
243
MI 
$2,571
75
244
AL 
$2,436
50
245
MI 
$2,436
50
246
MI 
$2,436
50
247
IL 
$2,436
50
248
MI 
$2,436
50
249
MN 
$2,436
50
250
MI 
$2,436
50
251
Mora 
MN 
$2,436
50
252
IN 
$2,436
50
253
MI 
$2,436
50
254
Elmira 
NY 
$2,436
50
255
MI 
$2,436
50
256
WI 
$2,436
50
257
MI 
$2,436
50
258
IN 
$2,436
50
259
MI 
$2,436
50
260
MI 
$2,436
50
261
MI 
$2,436
50
262
Boring 
OR 
$2,436
50
263
NV 
$2,436
50
264
Parma 
MI 
$2,436
50
265
MI 
$2,436
50
266
Mason 
MI 
$2,436
50
267
MI 
$2,436
50
268
Stow 
OH 
$2,436
50
269
MI 
$2,436
50
270
PA 
$2,436
50
271
MI 
$2,436
50
272
MI 
$2,436
50
274
MI 
$2,436
50
275
Alpena 
MI 
$2,436
50
276
MI 
$2,436
50
277
Flint 
MI 
$2,436
50
278
OH 
$2,436
50
279
PA 
$2,436
50
280
IA 
$2,355
50
281
MI 
$2,355
50
282
MI 
$2,355
50
283
MI 
$2,355
50
284
WI 
$2,355
50
285
MO 
$2,355
50
286
MI 
$2,355
50
287
Canton 
MI 
$2,355
50
288
IN 
$2,355
50
289
Leo 
IN 
$2,355
50
290
FL 
$2,355
50
291
IL 
$2,355
50
292
TX 
$2,355
50
293
MI 
$2,355
50
294
MI 
$2,355
50
295
IN 
$2,355
50
296
IL 
$2,355
50
297
Utica 
MI 
$2,355
50
298
 
$2,200
50
299
MI 
$2,200
50
300
KY 
$2,200
50
301
IN 
$2,200
50
302
Ripon 
WI 
$2,200
50
303
NE 
$2,200
50
304
MI 
$2,200
50
305
OH 
$2,200
50
306
MI 
$2,200
50
307
MI 
$2,200
50
308
 
$2,200
50
309
MI 
$2,200
50