The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be stopping at Silverado-Franklin Casino in Deadwood, South Dakota later this month for the South Dakota State Poker Championship.
The South Dakota State Poker Championship will feature the $1,110 buy-in Main Event, a two-day event with two starting flights that will run from May 20-22.
At Least $100K Up for Grabs
This year's Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, though it is likely to surpass that. The MSPT Main Event at the 2019 MSPT South Dakota Deadwood Shootout attracted 387 runners to generate a prize pool of $373,886, nearly quadrupling the guaranteed $100,000.
Players will begin with a starting stack of 25,000 tournament chips and blinds at 100/100/100. Both starting flights will play through the end of Level 15 or until approximately 12% of the field remains.
Each level will last 40 minutes in duration until heads-up play is reached, at which point levels will shorten to 30 minutes.
Day 2 will commence on May 22 at 11 a.m. local time and will play down to a winner, who will take home the bulk of the prize pool and the glorious MSPT trophy.
The MSPT stop will wrap up with $250 Last Chance Showdown NLH, a one-day event that gets underway on May 22 at noon.
Players can satellite into the Main Event by either playing a $65 satellite where one in five advances to a $260 satellite, or buying directly into the higher buy-in satellite, where one in five players will advance to the Main Event.
After South Dakota, MSPT will head to the Venetian in Las Vegas for the $1,600 Main Event, which runs from June 6-10 and has a huge $2 million guarantee.
A full schedule for the MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship is available in the table below.
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MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship Schedule
| | DATE | EVENT | BUY-IN |
|---|
| | April 22, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | April 26, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | April 29, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | April 30, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | April 30, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 03, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 06, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 07, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 07, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 10, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 13, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 14, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 14, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 15, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 15, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em -Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 16, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 17, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 17, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 18, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Step Satellite | Buy-in: $65 |
| | May 18, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 19, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 19, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 20, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Ironman Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 20, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event - Day 1A | Buy-in: $1,110 |
| | May 21, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Ironman Main Event Satellite | Buy-in: $260 |
| | May 21, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event - Day 1B | Buy-in: $1,110 |
| | May 22, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Main Event - Day 2 | Buy-in: $0 |
| | May 22, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em - Last Chance Showdown | Buy-in: $250 |
giving no improvement to the king-queen and Davis exited the final table in 9th place.
saw Tryba check to Fitzhugh who bet 105,000 and Tryba called. 
peeled off and Tryba turned over two sixes for aces-up and it was good against Fitzhugh who mucked.
checked over to Rizzo who continued for 210,000 and was called by Kerchinski only. 
saw action check throught to the 
that saw Kerchinski check and Rizzo fired 400,000. Kerchinski thought briefly before tossing in his chips to call and Rizzo turned over 
for a pair of kings. It was no good against the 
and action checked over to Gillian who bet 630,000 and Dustin Mcelhaney moved all-in for 2,670,000 and Chris Tryba moved all-in with the covering stack of both of them. Gillian called and all three hands were exposed. 
and Mcelhaney nearly tripled up, while Gillian was eliminated from the tournament.
and Dave Holmes exited the tournament in 8th place.
