Day 1c of the MSPT (Mid-States Poker Tour) $1,110 Minnesota State Poker Championship at Running Aces Casino attracted a massive 386 runners, which along with 1a's 172 and 1b’s 303 brought the total field up to 861 entries, blasting past the $500k guarantee.
The massive field generated a $833,670 prize pool and the top 90 players will get paid a minimum of $2,168, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $162,566 first-place prize, along with the Minnesota State Poker Championship trophy.
At the end of the third and final flight, 49 players bagged and tagged with Leo Fussy bagging the top stack 831,000, edging out MSPT champ Mark Jaroslawski (723,000) to take the overall chip lead into Day 2.
Others to bag big where Tanner Pray (691,000), Pete Bigelow (650,000), Leo Pinamonti (602,000), and MSPT champ Gerald Cunniff (543,000) who rounded out the top five stacks.
They were joined by Dan Warner (517,000), three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto (321,00), Ian Pearson (365,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer’s “DQ” Dan Hendrickson (280,000), Aaron Johnson (230,000), and Kou Vang (146,000).
The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 105 (20 from Day 1A, 36 from 1B, and 52 from 1C) – will return at 11:00 a.m. local time tomorrow, Sunday, April 28th to play down to a winner.
Season 15 Minnesota Poker State Championships $1,110 Main Event Payouts
| Place |
Prize |
POY |
| 1 |
$162,566 |
1,800 |
| 2 |
$100,041 |
1,600 |
| 3 |
$73,696 |
1,500 |
| 4 |
$55,022 |
1,400 |
| 5 |
$41,684 |
1,300 |
| 6 |
$31,679 |
1,200 |
| 7 |
$24,176 |
1,100 |
| 8 |
$19,174 |
1,000 |
| 9 |
$15,006 |
900 |
| 10-12 |
$11,671 |
800 |
| 13-15 |
$10,004 |
700 |
| 16-18 |
$8,337 |
600 |
| 19-21 |
$7,003 |
500 |
| 22-24 |
$5,919 |
400 |
| 25-27 |
$4,835 |
350 |
| 28-36 |
$3,668 |
300 |
| 37-45 |
$3,001 |
250 |
| 46-54 |
$2,668 |
200 |
| 55-63 |
$2,501 |
150 |
| 64-72 |
$2,334 |
100 |
| 73-81 |
$2,251 |
75 |
| 82-90 |
$2,168 |
50 |
Season 15 MSPT Minnesota Poker State Championship Remaining Schedule
| Date |
Time (CDT) |
Tournament |
Chips |
Blind Levels |
| 28-Apr |
11:00 AM |
$1,110 MSPT $500K GTD Main Event NLH Day 2 |
- |
40 Minutes |
| 28-Apr |
Noon |
$265 Black Chip Bounty NLH |
15,000 |
20 Minutes |
| 28-Apr |
3:00 PM |
$150 Last Dance NLH |
12,000 |
20 Minutes |