MSPT Ho-Chunk Wisconsin Dells Main Event Begins Today

The penultimate event of the Mid-States Poker Tour Season 6 kicks off with Day 1a today at 4 p.m. local time. As usual, the MSPT has been running satellites leading up the main event and is expecting a higher turnout than last year’s Ho-Chunk Wisconsin Dells Main Event.

Mark Hodge, who leads the MSPT Player of the Year race, was seen in last night’s satellite and is expected to be part of the field. Hodge leads by more than 500 points after finishing in 6th place at MSPT Meskwaki earlier this month. Hodge has never won an MSPT event and will be looking to cap off season six with his first MSPT title and lock up the player of the year.

Several MSPT regulars have also been spotted and are expected to join the field. Howard Hankin, a crowd favorite from Chicago, will be looking for his third MSPT cash and his first outside of Milwaukee. Terry Ring is also here and will be looking for his second MSPT cash of the year.

The last time the MSPT was in Wisconsin Dells, they drew 463 entrants and Ben Wiora took home $114,512. This field is expected to be a little bit smaller than that, but still bigger than last year at this time. Last September, the MSPT Wisconsin Dells event drew 349 entrants and a first place prize of just over $90,000.

There will be two day one flights, today and tomorrow and the tournament will end on Day 2 Sunday evening. Stay tuned to pokernews.com for live updates throughout the weekend. Also, the MSPT crew will be broadcasting the final table on a 15-minute delay Sunday evening.