The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is making its round, ready to take to ane of its favorite haunts. The next kibosh on the electric circuit is the Venetian in Las Vegas, coming upwardly Sept 3-5.
The Venetian will legion the MSPT’s Main Event, a $1,100 buy-in tourney with a warrant of $500,000. In a similar MSPT case inwards June, Argentinian poker player Federico Roberto shipped the top out prize of $294,327.
Days 1a and 1b occupy place on September 3 and 4, respectively. Then, all survivors regroup on Sept 5 to caper for the last table. 2,154 players participated in the event that Roberto finally won, despite the World Series of Poker taking shoes at the same time.
MSPT Makes Its Rounds
The upcoming Venetian tournament is parting of the MSPT’s year-long jaunt crossways the US. There are seven Main Events inward the series, as fountainhead as a number of other $360 buy-in events.
The finally MSPT Main Event was at the Grand Falls Casino inwards Sioux Falls, SD. It didn’t draw a large crowd – only when 503 players – but had a spinning top prize of $104,579. Beau Wilshire of Shawnee, KS, was the openhanded winner.
Following the layover at the Venetian, the MSPT heads to California. The Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego testament boniface the US Poker Championship from Sept 15-25. That series’ main case has $570,000 GTD for players.
After that, the MSPT will lead to Firekeepers Casino inwards Michigan, where the Michigan State Poker Championship puts $1 jillion on the table. That series runs October 13-16. Next in rail line will live another stop over in South Dakota, at the Silverado Casino inwards Deadwood, from October 21-23.
Riverside Casino inwards Ioway follows from October 27-30. The MSPT so returns to the Venetian for to a greater extent events from Nov 1-6. Last up, Running Aces Casino in capital of Ohio testament legion the Winter Poker Classic Series from December 1-11.
Venetian Handing Out Millions
The Venetian is not just now a regular stop for the MSPT. It also on a regular basis hosts its own salamander tourney series, one of which kicks turned today.
The DeepStack Extravaganza III serial will lead through and through October 2, with o'er $3.8 jillion inwards guaranteed award pools available. It comes on the heels of the DeepStack Showdown, which ran August 1-29.
The initiatory event is a $400 Monster Stack NLHE event, which offers a secure of $15,000. Most of the events offering five-figure guarantees, but in that respect are several that go a great deal higher.
The $400 NLHE UltimateStack case has a warrantee of $150,000. There’s also the $1,640 NLHE Stairway to Millions (STM), which has a warranty of $100,000. Going upward from there, the $10,400 STM case offers $200,000 GTD.
The $15,800 STM testament honour $300,000 and the $26,000 STM case has a $500,000 guarantee. The magnanimous event is the $52,000 STM tourney, which has $600,000 on the table.