Season 13 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues into the winter months and will stop at Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minnesota from Dec. 1-11 for the Winter Poker Classic.
The MSPT Winter Poker Classic will feature 11 trophy events with over $770,000 in guarantees, including the $1,110 buy-in Main Event with a $300,000 guarantee Dec. 8-11.
The MSPT Winter Poker Classic will kick off on Dec 2 with a $360 Mystery Bounty event, a two-day tournament with a $100,000 guarantee.
After that, a $250 Sunday Feast tournament will play out on Dec. 4 as a two-day $185 Deepstack event with a $20,000 guarantee gets underway later in the evening.
Other events that will play out in the following days include a $250 Seniors event, a $250 Pot-Limit Omaha event, a $300 Tag Team Championship and a $2,500 MSPT Hall of Fame High Roller, which will run for two days beginning Dec. 7.
The $1,110 guaranteed Main Event will feature three starting flights, the first of which will get underway on Dec. 8. Players will begin with a starting stack of 25,000 chips with blinds of 100/100/100 and levels lasting 40 minutes in duration.
Day 2 of the event will play out on Dec. 11 and will play to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The full schedule for the MSPT Winter Poker open is available in the table below.
Landon Tice raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Jesse Lonis called from the big blind. The flop was . Lonis check-folded when Tice tossed out a 5,000 bet.
Meanwhile, Mike Hack has chipped up to 90,000 at the same table. Elsewhere in the room, Vid Zagar is above 200,000.
A player raised to 2,200 from under the gun and Jesse Lonis three-bet to 7,000. A player in the big blind shoved for list last 15,000 and the under-the-gun player got out of the way before Lonis called without hesitation.
Opponent:
Jesse Lonis:
The board ran out and Lonis held on with pocket queens to secure the elimination.
A player in middle position raised to 2,300 and Noam Muallem called from the next seat over before Landon Tice shoved with 22,300. Muallem folded and the player in middle position called. Action was heads up and Tice was at risk.
Landon Tice:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Tice secured the double with a pair of jacks.