The Mid-States Poker Tour held the first event of season three at Running Aces Harness Park in February. the MSPT events have been steadily gaining popularity and resulting in ever growing prize pools. This season's events will have both a Day 1A and a Day 1B, and allow people to re-enter into day 1B if the played and busted from day 1A.
February's event attracted 311 entrants. This was an record number for both the MSPT and Running Aces for $1,000 events. I believe this is the record for all of Minnesota. When standing next to Gregg Barktu, Running Aces poker room manager,watching the final table, he mentioned they may consider multiple day ones for some of their other events.
I also watch some of the live stream for the final table. It more compelling than I would have guessed. Maybe I was more interested than the average person because I had to cover it for the magazine, but I thought it was very entertaining. Seeing the hole cards made it much more interesting, and Bryan Mileski gave audio commentary to fill in information about stack sizes, blinds and antes.
Running Aces also put the stream on their big screen in the card room. I heard many people in the card room talking about the the final table. Many people assumed that repeat powerhouse Erick Wright would take down the final table, but in the end Rodger Johnson won the RF Moeller Diamond Championship Bracelet and $79,185.
Mileski deserves a big congratulations for the continued success of the MSPT.
Click here for more information about February's event.
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