MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas

MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$880,760
Entries
908
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
5,675,000
Total Chips
22,700,000
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
412
Players Left
45

History of MSPT Poker Bowl at Venetian

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event Day 1a
MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl IV Main Event Day 1a

Back in 2017, the Mid-States Poker Tour expanded its deal with Venetian to include an early February event coinciding with the Super Bowl. Dubbed the Poker Bowl, the tournament built on a relationship that already included a series of monstrous summer events that built some memorable prize pools.

The Poker Bowl began with a somewhat modest $300,000 guarantee, one that proved to be quite a bit smaller than the actual turnout. More than double the required number of entries turned up (695) and it came down to well-known pros Jordan Young and Ankush Mandavia. The two struck a deal that saw both players earn more than $100K, with Young as the official winner.

In 2018, the Poker Bowl returned with an expanded guarantee of $500K. The number would be easily beaten again with 827 entries, and this time, the final four came to a deal. Kfir Nahum and Matthias De Cercq would get the lion's share with $108,410 apiece — the former took home the title via the slightest of chip leads — and John Ploski ($84,743) and Bob Shao ($76,926) got the rest.

The guarantee was upped once again for 2019 with $650,000, but it was again easily surpassed with more than 1,000 entries and a prize pool just shy of $1 million. This time, the last three made a deal, with Eli Ross and Pedro Mendes each getting about $119K but Canada's Brian Wilson snagging $143,929 and the title.

Venetian bumped to number to an even $1 million for 2020 and they finally had a mild sweat with the turnout, but 1,093 entries still made for a prize pool of $1,060,210. Another deal ended play, with five players this time divvying up the remaining monies. Bob Whalen had the most chips by a fair amount, so he secured $140,152 while three European players (Grachia Minasian, George Brady, Thomas Lust) and one other American (Oluwashola Akindele) got between $85K and $100K.

MSPT Poker Bowl at Venetian Event History

YearEventEntriesPrize PoolWinner (Prize)
2017MSPT Poker Bowl695$681,100Jordan Young ($117,381)*
2018MSPT Poker Bowl II827$806,325Kfir Nahum ($108,410)*
2019MSPT Poker Bowl III1,022$996,450Brian Wilson ($143,929)*
2020MSPT Poker Bowl IV1,093$1,060,210Bob Whalen ($140,152)*

*reflects final table deal