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Riverside Casino

October 29 - November 3, 2024
Main Event: 591 Entrants
Winner: Nick Barksdale
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EVENT RECAP

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.

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 5th - 10th) and our reporting team will be on hand providing updates for the $500K GTD $1,110 Main Event so make sure to come back!

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The RESULTS

Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
NE 
$120,072
1,700
2
Marion 
IA 
$73,754
1,500
3
IL 
$53,746
1,400
4
Asburg 
IA 
$40,024
1,300
5
MN 
$30,304
1,200
6
IL 
$22,871
1,100
7
IA 
$17,725
1,000
8
IA 
$13,722
900
9
MN 
$10,864
800
10
IL 
$8,577
700
11
MN 
$8,577
700
12
MO 
$8,577
700
13
MO 
$6,861
600
14
MI 
$6,861
600
15
IL 
$6,861
600
16
Tiffin 
IA 
$5,718
500
17
IA 
$5,718
500
18
Colona 
IL 
$5,718
500
19
Omaha 
NE 
$5,032
400
20
Marion 
IA 
$5,032
400
21
WI 
$5,032
400
22
IL 
$4,174
300
23
WI 
$4,174
300
24
Blaine 
MN 
$4,174
300
25
MO 
$3,545
200
26
IA 
$3,545
200
27
IN 
$3,545
200
28
Newton 
IA 
$2,744
150
29
ND 
$2,744
150
30
MN 
$2,744
150
31
MN 
$2,744
150
32
WI 
$2,744
150
33
MN 
$2,744
150
34
WI 
$2,744
150
35
MN 
$2,744
150
36
IA 
$2,744
150
38
Austin 
MN 
$2,459
100
39
IL 
$2,459
100
40
Ames 
IA 
$2,459
100
41
IA 
$2,459
100
42
IA 
$2,459
100
43
IA 
$2,459
100
44
IA 
$2,459
100
45
IL 
$2,459
100
46
IA 
$2,287
75
48
NV 
$2,287
75
49
IA 
$2,287
75
50
Fargo 
ND 
$2,287
75
51
IA 
$2,287
75
52
WI 
$2,287
75
53
IL 
$2,287
75
54
NE 
$2,287
75
55
IA 
$2,173
50
56
Ankeny 
IA 
$2,173
50
57
IA 
$2,173
50
58
WI 
$2,173
50
59
IL 
$2,173
50
60
MN 
$2,173
50
61
IA 
$2,173
50
62
IA 
$2,173
50
63
NV 
$2,173
50