Rich Alsup Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,088)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Rich Alsup open shipped and Ryan Tyler came over the top all in for more. The rest folded and it was Alsup's needing help versus Tyler's .

Alsup did not get enough on the board and said goodbye ninth.

With Alsup's and DJ Buckley's eliminations, Mark Hodge is now officially the 2015 MSPT Player of the Year.