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Potawatomi Casino

February 19 - 22, 2026

 
 
 
  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
Joseph Elpayaa Soars to the Top to Lead the 65 Survivors After Day 1B of the Inaugural MSPT $1,110 Club Poker Championship
Created (2/21/2026 12:30:58 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Day 1b of the first-ever MSPT Club Poker Championship has come to an end at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino after seeing an impressive 588 entries recorded, taking the two-day total thus far to 977, solidifying that the $1,000,000 GTD will be broken with one flight still to go.

Another full day of action took course, knocking down the 588 entries to just 65 players as the hard stop was reached in Level 17 with 11:53 remaining when Illinois native Joseph Elpayaa put on a display to end the night with 998,000 to edge out Sung Pil Kim (860,000) and Nathan Rivera (851,000) for the top stack this flight.

MSPT Hall of Famer Chris Moon

Rounding out the top five stacks were Jeff Petronack (708,000) & John McVoy (578,000), while Jesse Green (528,000), MSPT Hall of Famer Chris Moon (487,000), MSPT Champ Craig Trost (496,000), fellow Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (341,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 43 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

John Volgren

Among those to try and fall on Day 1b included John Volgren, Kristin Dahl, Jackie Burkhart, Ryan Eamon, and WSOP bracelet winner Jean “Prince” Gaspard, just to name a few.

WSOP Bracelet Winner Jean “Prince” Gaspard

The final starting flight begins tomorrow at noon local time, giving players their last chance to secure a spot in Sunday's Day 2.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.)

MSPT Season 17 Club Poker Championship Remaining Schedule
Date Time Tournament Chips Blind Levels Gold Card Event
21-Feb 9:00 AM $265 Turob Iornman Satellite - 1 in 5 advance to $1,110 20,000 15 Minutes
21-Feb 12:00 PM $1,110 Club Poker Championship NLH Day 1C (2-Day Event) 30,000 40 Minutes 5C
21-Feb 7:00 PM $250 Monster Stack NLH 30,000 20 Minutes 8
22-Feb 9:00 AM $400 Seniors (50+) Ultimate Stack NLH 30,000 30 Minutes 9
22-Feb 11:00 AM $1,110 Club Poker Championship NLH Day 2 (2-Day Event) - 40 Minutes 5
22-Feb 12:00 PM $300 Black Chip Bounty Ultimate Stack NLH 40,000 20 Minutes 10
22-Feb 3:00 PM $250 Last Chance NLH 30,000 20 Minutes 11

Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
End Day 1B Chip Counts
Created (2/21/2026 12:20:03 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Joseph Elpayaa 998,000 650,000
Sung Pil Kim 860,000 860,000
Nathan Rivera 851,000 851,000
Jeff Petronack 708,000 605,000
John McVoy 578,000 578,000
Jesse Green 528,000 465,000
Dan O'Connor 526,000 526,000
Chris Moon 496,000 192,000
Craig Trost 487,000 360,000
Ben Castle 455,000 455,000
David Grandin 449,000 535,000
Matthew Lubawski 447,000 447,000
John Dennehey 434,000 280,000
Joco Zaric 426,000 426,000
Dustin Ethridge 419,000 335,000
Angelo Fisher 382,000 382,000
Nino Papava 344,000 344,000
Josh Reichard 341,000 230,000
Lee Rzentkowski 330,000 360,000
Michael Snyder 323,000 323,000
Nerijus Kvedaras 323,000 195,000
George Pappas 316,000 440,000
Hunter Anderson 304,000 304,000
Louie Brazzoni 289,000 289,000
Milan Patel 288,000 288,000
Joseph Reiman 276,000 276,000
Mark Johnson (WI) 274,000 274,000
Steven Stout 267,000 267,000
Gurunagaraju Salla 257,000 257,000
Cody Brinn 256,000 343,000
David Bashel 255,000 290,000
James Engelbrecht 246,000 246,000
Mykel Robble 246,000 246,000
Milton Thomas 206,000 235,000
Dimitre Dimitrov 206,000 206,000
Jessica Anderson 205,000 330,000
Tanner Smith 202,000 202,000
Chad Haney 198,000 198,000
Wesley Cannon 189,000 305,000
Anselmo Villarreal 183,000 183,000
Brent Strittmater 178,000 178,000
Blake Borden 171,000 171,000
Jason Kupkovits 145,000 145,000
Jeffrey Olson 144,000 144,000
Andrew Celchtle 142,000 142,000
Curtis Vierstraete 137,000 275,000
Nicholas Clarizio 117,000 117,000
Haroldo Perez 110,000 220,000
Linas Kasputis 108,000 90,000
Gabriel Ascher 100,000 100,000
Josh Chase 96,000 96,000
Tim Jurasewicz 90,000 90,000
Byron Ziebell 86,000 75,000
Arthur Zabronsky 82,000 70,000
Shawn Quinn 80,000 80,000
Angela Jordison 72,000 127,000
Nissar David 65,000 65,000
Cassandra Rosenfeldt 61,000 61,000
Leo Pinamonti 60,000 70,000
Derek Hanauer 60,000 60,000
William Wagner 59,000 59,000
Bob Heffner 50,000 50,000
Donald Madden 45,000 45,000
David Nawrocki 38,000 38,000
John Vogel 33,000 33,000

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
Jeff Petronack Hooks Mike Wilkow on the Bubble
Created (2/21/2026 12:10:26 AM by Anthony Thompson)

Photo: Mike Wilklow

There was all-in action preflop between Jeff Petronack from the button and WSOP bracelet winner Mike Wilklow from the small blind, with Wilklow holding the effective stack.

Mike Wilklow:
Jeff Petronack:

Wilklow was at risk needing help, and found some after the flop took away Petronack’s outs, giving him a Broadway draw.

The turn then added more, giving Wilklow the nut flush draw, but the that followed on the river was a brick, ending his night on the bubble.

Jeff Petronack - 708,000
Mike Wilklow - 0

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
Hand-for-Hand Begins
Created (2/21/2026 12:04:22 AM by Anthony Thompson)

After the elimination of Maureen Barnow, 66 players remain, meaning the hand-for-hand process has now begun, as only 65 of them will be making Day 2.

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
Check Out Episode 13 of the MSPT Podcast!
Created (2/20/2026 11:52:03 PM by Anthony Thompson)

📺 WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway & MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year Kyna England talk about the huge Diamond Championship at Talking Stick Resort and how each of them fared, along with interviews with Michelle McGinna and Dustin Skarra, a round-up of Team Jones vs Team Stiner, and discuss Alex Foxen winning his second MSPT title!

Watch here ⬇️

  • Level: 16
  • Blinds: 4000
  • Ante: 8000
Day 1A Chip Counts
Created (2/20/2026 11:33:29 PM by Anthony Thompson)

So far, just 43 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and another group of 65 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.

The surviving players from the three starting flights will then return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 22nd, and will play until a winner is crowned.

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Zhargal Tysdypov 1,006,000
2 Tyler Schmidt 549,000
3 Eric Seeliger 507,000
4 Christie Yau 487,000
5 Xay Xiong 479,000
6 Kou Vang 477,000
7 Tanner Pray 463,000
8 Marcin Michalski 452,000
9 Jason Hoffman 446,000
10 Matthew Porter 391,000
11 Jamie Payne 378,000
12 Stephen Ma 355,000
13 Eric Woodward 338,000
14 Timothy Gundrum 331,000
15 Ati Khatri 322,000
16 Steven Downey 304,000
17 Alex Watts 290,000
18 Robert Mitchell 278,000
19 Chueyee Yang 267,000
20 Jeff Kenny 264,000
21 Kirby Rogers 247,000
22 Greg Sessler 246,000
23 Waiken Soo 243,000
24 Jeffrey Copeland 233,000
25 Kelly Mahana 219,000
26 Daniel Bekavac 217,000
27 Charlie Reichard 210,000
28 Richard Yau 176,000
29 Nicholas Rogers 164,000
30 Barry Komlhoff 158,000
31 Anthony McCoy 154,000
32 Eric Smidinger 148,000
33 Joseph Capesias 137,000
34 Jorge Galarza 102,000
35 Imran Sajwani 97,000
36 DJ Buckley 93,000
37 Jacob Long 88,000
38 Daniel Johnson 87,000
39 Li Shen 86,000
40 William Henricks 69,000
41 Mike Scheferman 40,000
42 Menum Lor 39,000
43 Jason Rice 33,000

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000
  • Ante: 6000
Martin Masar Tames the Monster Stack
Created (2/20/2026 11:14:41 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Over the past week, players have been inside Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, duking it out for the first-ever MSPT $1,110 Club Poker Championship in Milwaukee, WI.

In Event #3: $250 NLH Monster Stack, 268 monster hunters took to the felt and generated a $53,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 hunters.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Andrew Abromaitis (10th Place - $695), Aaron Reisinger (14th Place -$804), Michael Kuzak (16th Place - $691), MSPT Champ Jeff Copeland (20th Place - $590), Terry Romine (23rd Place - $493), and Tal McMahon (27th Place - $450)

In the end, it was Illinois native Martin Masar who claimed the top spot to take home the top prize!

Final Table Results
Place Name Prize POY
1 Martin Masar $8,069 120
2 Xay Xiong $7,954 120
3 Benjamin Stroemer $7,208 120
4 James Kennebrew $4,971 120
5 Jerry Herman $4,547 120
6 Gale Werner $4,316 120
7 David Wilbik $1,876 100
8 Sean Beinecke $1,501 80
9 Dylan Bialas $1,179 60

  • Level: 15
  • Blinds: 3000
  • Ante: 6000
Chip Collectors & Givers
Created (2/20/2026 10:58:58 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Player Name Chip Count Previous Progress
Joseph Elpayaa 650,000 390,000
Jeff Petronack 605,000 330,000
David Grandin 535,000 340,000
Jesse Green 465,000 435,000
George Pappas 440,000 55,500
Lee Rzentkowski 360,000 334,000
Craig Trost 360,000 240,000
Andrew Philips 325,000 170,000
Milton Thomas 235,000 110,000
Josh Reichard 230,000 141,000
Haroldo Perez 220,000 155,000
Mark Cahill 140,000 80,000
Linas Kasputis 90,000 125,000
Matthew Dodd 90,000 72,400
Leo Pinamonti 70,000 55,000
Blake Borden 69,000 73,000
Dalton Jones 0 150,000
Shane Thorne 0 175,000
Rob WazWaz 0 170,000
Jacob Woggon 0 70,000
Saad Ghanem 0 77,000
Yoon Kim 0 30,000
Greg Koutelidakis 0 30,000
Joe Matheson 0 100,000
Brian Landon 0 130,000
Joseph Larson (MN) 0 30,000
Jacob Long 0 60,000
Aaron Oas 0 60,000
Umut Ozturk 0 22,000
Nicola DiTrapani 0 150,000
Richard Bai 0 105,000
Casey Blakeley 0 100,000
Jeff Halcomb 0 72,000
Michael Estes (IA) 0 171,000
Boshuang Gao 0 30,000

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000
  • Ante: 5000
Missouri Poker State Championship Set for March 24th - 29th!
Created (2/20/2026 10:40:55 PM by Anthony Thompson)

⭐️ MISSOURI POKER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ⭐️

📍: Ameristar Casino St. Charles - St. Louis, MO

🗓️: March 24-29, 2026

💰: $1,110 / $300K GTD Main Event

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

🃏: 10 Gold Card Events

Event Schedule: https://msptpoker.com/showpdf.aspx?eventID=636msptpoker.com

  • Level: 14
  • Blinds: 3000
  • Ante: 5000
Barnow Cracks Ozturk's Cowboys
Created (2/20/2026 10:23:34 PM by Anthony Thompson)

Photo: Maureen Barnow

Maureen Barnow limped in from middle position, only to have Nathan Rivera raise to 13,000 from the hijack, and MSPT Hall of Famer Unut Ozturk, toss out his last 22,000 from the big blind.

Both Barnow and Rivera called, bringing about a flop.

Barnow then led out with a 20,000 bet into the dry pot, and Rivera quickly folded, leaving her heads-up with Ozturk.

Umut Ozturk:
Maureen Barnow:

Ozturk fell behind after Barnow paired her ace on the flop to go along with her flush draw, and neither the turn nor the river improved Ozturk’s hand, securing her the pot.

Maureen Barnow - 180,000
Umut Ozturk - 0

 
 
Player Name
City
State
Country
Chips
Progress
IL 
998,000  
348,000 
 
Skokie 
IL 
860,000  
  
WI 
851,000  
  
Hugo 
MN 
708,000  
103,000 
 
Asbury 
IA 
578,000  
  
IA 
528,000  
63,000 
 
IL 
526,000  
  
MI 
496,000  
304,000 
 
WI 
487,000  
127,000 
 
IL 
455,000  
  
WI 
449,000  
86,000 
 
IL 
447,000  
  
Savage 
MN 
434,000  
154,000 
 
 
 
426,000  
  
Monroe 
WI 
419,000  
84,000 
 
IL 
382,000  
  
IL 
344,000  
  
WI 
341,000  
111,000 
 
WI 
330,000  
30,000 
 
MN 
323,000  
  
Darien 
IL 
323,000  
128,000 
 
IL 
316,000  
124,000 
 
WI 
304,000  
  
WI 
289,000  
  
IL 
288,000  
  
WI 
276,000  
  
WI 
274,000  
  
MI 
267,000  
  
IL 
257,000  
  
IL 
256,000  
87,000 
 
MN 
255,000  
35,000 
 
WI 
246,000  
  
WI 
246,000  
  
IL 
206,000  
  
Boston 
MA 
206,000  
29,000 
 
IA 
205,000  
125,000 
 
WI 
202,000  
  
WI 
198,000  
  
Edina 
MN 
189,000  
116,000 
 
WI 
183,000  
  
WI 
178,000  
  
WI 
171,000  
99,000 
 
WI 
145,000  
  
Sussex 
WI 
144,000  
  
 
 
142,000  
  
ND 
137,000  
138,000 
 
WI 
117,000  
  
Blaine 
MN 
110,000  
110,000 
 
MI 
108,000  
18,000 
 
WI 
100,000  
  
WI 
96,000  
  
WI 
90,000  
  
WI 
86,000  
11,000 
 
WI 
82,000  
12,000 
 
Verona 
WI 
80,000  
  
IA 
72,000  
55,000 
 
WI 
61,000  
  
IL 
60,000  
  
MN 
60,000  
10,000 
 
WI 
59,000  
  
IN 
50,000  
  
cudahy 
WI 
45,000  
  
WI 
38,000  
  
WI 
33,000  
  
Duluth 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
CO 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Athens 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Omaha 
NE 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Omaha 
NE 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MS 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Novi 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
SD 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
Joliet 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
NE 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
Joliet 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
NJ 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Boring 
OR 
0  
Busted 
 
Gurnee 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
Adrian 
ND 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MT 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IN 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
CO 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IA 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
Hugo 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
IL 
0  
Busted 
 
WI 
0  
Busted 
 
MI 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
MN 
0  
Busted 
 
 
 
0  
Busted 
 
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Country
Amount
Points
1
 
 
 
$278,444
2,850
2
 
 
 
$171,344
2,550
3
 
 
 
$131,083
2,400
4
 
 
 
$98,526
2,250
5
 
 
 
$76,079
2,100
6
 
 
 
$56,546
1,950
7
 
 
 
$44,551
1,800
8
 
 
 
$34,270
1,650
9
 
 
 
$27,416
1,500
10
WI 
$22,276
1,350
11
IL 
$22,276
1,350
13
 
 
$18,849
1,275
14
MN 
$18,849
1,275
15
IL 
$18,849
1,275
16
Hugo 
MN 
$15,422
1,200
17
FL 
$15,422
1,200
18
CA 
$15,422
1,200
19
WI 
$12,851
1,125
20
IL 
$12,851
1,125
21
WI 
$12,851
1,125
22
IL 
$10,452
1,050
23
WI 
$10,452
1,050
24
IA 
$10,452
1,050
25
IL 
$8,396
975
27
WI 
$8,396
975
28
IL 
$6,854
900
30
MN 
$6,854
900
34
IL 
$6,854
900
36
WI 
$6,854
900
41
IL 
$5,826
825
42
WI 
$5,826
825
44
Newton 
WI 
$5,826
825
45
WI 
$5,826
825
46
WI 
$4,969
750
47
IL 
$4,969
750
50
IL 
$4,969
750
52
Savage 
MN 
$4,969
750
54
MN 
$4,969
750
55
IL 
$4,112
675
60
WI 
$4,112
675
62
WI 
$4,112
675
64
WI 
$3,770
600
66
Darien 
IL 
$3,770
600
67
IL 
$3,770
600
68
IL 
$3,770
600
69
IL 
$3,770
600
72
 
 
$3,770
600
74
MN 
$3,427
525
76
IL 
$3,427
525
77
WI 
$3,427
525
78
WI 
$3,427
525
80
WI 
$3,427
525
81
WI 
$3,427
525
82
IL 
$3,084
450
84
MN 
$3,084
450
85
WI 
$3,084
450
87
Aurora 
IL 
$3,084
450
88
WI 
$3,084
450
89
WI 
$3,084
450
90
IL 
$3,084
450
92
MN 
$2,913
375
95
PA 
$2,913
375
100
IL 
$2,742
300
101
IL 
$2,742
300
103
IL 
$2,742
300
104
Niles 
IL 
$2,742
300
105
WI 
$2,742
300
106
Verona 
WI 
$2,742
300
107
MI 
$2,742
300
108
MN 
$2,742
300
109
Mequon 
WI 
$2,742
300
110
IL 
$2,742
300
111
WI 
$2,742
300
112
Blaine 
MN 
$2,742
300
113
IL 
$2,742
300
114
IL 
$2,742
300
115
Monroe 
WI 
$2,742
300
116
IL 
$2,742
300
118
Aurora 
IL 
$2,570
225
119
MN 
$2,570
225
120
Peoria 
IL 
$2,570
225
121
Newton 
IA 
$2,570
225
123
IL 
$2,570
225
124
IL 
$2,570
225
125
Ames 
IA 
$2,570
225
127
IL 
$2,570
225
128
IL 
$2,570
225
130
Sussex 
WI 
$2,570
225
131
Denver 
CO 
$2,570
225
133
WI 
$2,570
225
135
Omaha 
NE 
$2,570
225
136
WI 
$2,399
150
139
WI 
$2,399
150
140
MN 
$2,399
150
141
WI 
$2,399
150
142
IL 
$2,399
150
143
IL 
$2,399
150
144
WI 
$2,399
150
145
MI 
$2,399
150
147
Boston 
MA 
$2,399
150
148
IL 
$2,399
150
149
Edina 
MN 
$2,399
150
150
IL 
$2,399
150
151
WI 
$2,399
150
153
MT 
$2,399
150
154
WI 
$2,228
113
156
WI 
$2,228
113
157
WI 
$2,228
113
158
MN 
$2,228
113
159
WI 
$2,228
113
160
WI 
$2,228
113
162
Joliet 
IL 
$2,228
113
163
IL 
$2,228
113
164
WI 
$2,228
113
166
MN 
$2,228
113
167
 
 
$2,228
113
169
IL 
$2,228
113
171
IL 
$2,228
113
172
IN 
$2,228
113
174
MN 
$2,056
75
175
WI 
$2,056
75
176
WI 
$2,056
75
178
WI 
$2,056
75
179
IL 
$2,056
75
181
CT 
$2,056
75
183
WI 
$2,056
75
184
Verona 
WI 
$2,056
75
185
WI 
$2,056
75
190
cudahy 
WI 
$2,056
75
191
WI 
$2,056
75
192
WI 
$2,056
75
193
WI 
$2,056
75
195
IL 
$2,056
75
196
GA 
$2,056
75
LEVEL INFO
Level
16
Blinds
4,000 / 8,000
Ante
8,000
TOURNAMENT INFO
Entries
588
Players Remaining
65
Average Chip Stack
271,384
Total Chips
17,640,000
TOP 10 CHIP COUNT
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
998,000
860,000
851,000
708,000
578,000
528,000
526,000
496,000
487,000
10 
455,000
SEASON TOP 10 POY POINTS
RANK
PLAYER
CHIPS
3,800
2,850
2,400
2,400
2,250
2,183
10 
2,100