Created (10/5/2025 1:30:05 AM by Anthony Thompson)
Day 1c of the MSPT 2025 $1,110 Wisconsin Poker State Championship has come to an end at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, as the final starting flight brought in an astonishing 784 runners, which, along with 1a's 346 and 1b’s 568, brought the field total up to 1,698 entries.
The 1,698 total tally was able to claim the top spot for the most entries recorded in a poker tournament in Wisconsin history, and the $1,645,560 prize pool that was generated went down in the history books as well.
At the end of the final flight, just 87 players bagged and tagged with Arturas Astrauskas, bagging the top stack of 2,900,000, leading the charge into Day 2. Astrauskas was able to catapult to the top of the chip counts after he called a huge bluff on the river against MSPT champ Antonio Vargas.
2025 Colorado Poker State Champion Antonio Vargas
Following behind Astrauskas was Keith McKuin, whose 2,480,000 stack will put him second in chips for Day 2, while back-to-back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (2,070,000), Patrick Shields (2,060,000), and Mykel Robble (2,050,000) rounded out the top five stacks and were the only others to clip the two-milly mark.
Back-to-Back Player of the Year Umut Ozturk
They were joined by MSPT champ Jeffrey Copeland (1,600,000), Maurice Hawkins (1,510,000), WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mitchell (1,355,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Gerald Cunniff (1,260,000), MSPT champ Travis Young (1,120,000), Nic DiTrapani (755,000), and two-time MSPT champ Angela Jordison (430,000).
Jackie Burkhart
Among those who took their shot but fell short on Day 1c included Jackie Burkhart, two-time MSPT champ Dave Gonia, Jennifer Lin, MSPT champ John 'Farmboy' Kurfman, and defending champ Tim Thorp just to name a few.
John 'Farmboy' Kurfman
Day 2 will get underway at 11:00 a.m. local time and play to a winner, with 189 players (39 from Day 1a, 63 from 1b, and 87 from 1c) returning to the felt.
Each of the returning Day 2 players is guaranteed at least $2,090, with the eventual winner walking away with a $269,330 first-place prize.
MSPT Season 16 Wisconsin Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
| Date |
Time |
Tournament |
Chips |
Blind Levels |
Gold Card Event |
| 5-Oct |
9:00 AM |
$400 Seniors (50+) Ultimate Stack NLH |
30,000 |
30 Minutes |
9 |
| 5-Oct |
11:00 AM |
$1,110 WPSC Main Event NLH Day 2 (2-Day Event) |
- |
40 Minutes |
5 |
| 5-Oct |
12:00 PM |
$300 Black Chip Bounty Ultimate Stack NLH |
40,000 |
20 Minutes |
10 |
| 5-Oct |
3:00 PM |
$300 Last Chance Monster Stack NLH |
30,000 |
20 Minutes |
11 |
Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2! We will see you at 11:00 a.m. for final day coverage of the MSPT 2025 Wisconsin Poker State Championship at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino!