Wisconsin State Poker Tournament

Find the best tournament in town with our real-time list of all upcoming poker tournaments in the Minneapolis area, including Duluth-Superior, Greater Grand Forks, Greater Minnesota, and Minneapolis & St. To customize your search, you can filter this list by game type, buy-in, day, starting time and location. WSOP 2020C/D STATE TOURNAMENT INFO Welcome to Minnesota’s Premier Bar Poker League! New to the game of Texas Hold’em? Looking to improve your tournament game? Are you tired of playing poker where there is no structure? Straight Flush players not only have more fun because of our structure, they go on to play in casino events and win! The Mid States Poker Tour has been running since 2009. It started off as the Minnesota State Poker Tour but quickly grew to surpass the state's border, expanding to Iowa and beyond, eventually leading to the name change. The MSPT entered 2021 strong, with a $1,100 event at the Venetian.

Minnesota State Poker Tournaments

Latest stop on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) was the Canterbury Park Card Club in Shakopee, Minnesota with 475 players entering its $1,100 Main Event to set a record for the highest tournament field ever recorded in state history. The impressive attendance figure resulted in a prize pool worth $459,250, and eventually triumphing over the competition following three days of action was Mark Wadekamper, who collected $110,220 for his hard-fought efforts.
In the final phase of the tournament, Mark Wadekamper faced Jon Kim for the title, who in December overcame a field of 464 in the same event to claim its $107,659 first place prize. Wadekamper subsequently succeeded in preventing Kim from winning two of the top three poker tournaments in Minnesota state’s history, and commenting later on his impressive victory, said:
“There were a lot of good players in this tournament, a lot of former MSPT champs. I was just happy to cash. I didn’t think there was a possibility I’d win until the last hand.”
Amongst those recognizable names taking part in the MSPT main event was the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer, who failed to make one of its 45 paid money spots, while faring better was Venezuelan footballer Bernando Anor, who finished in 24th for $3,444, as well as Mike Ross in 20th for $3,444, and 3-times MSPT winner Carl Carodenuto in 14th for $5,970.
After the final table got underway, chip leader Loki Abboud sent three players to the rail in quick succession, before he suffered a fortune reversal after slow playing pocket kings against Wadekamper with 9-x. Abboud then managed to get his opponent to commit all his chips on the turn with top pair, but another 9 on the river saw Wadekamper’s stack given a major boost, and as he explained:
“I was surprised. I was expecting to be done, to go cash out and get something to eat. That was a big one.”
Wadekamper eventually took an 8 to 1 chip advantage over Jon Kim into heads-up play, and soon after Kim shoved holding A-2 into the pocket jacks of his opponent. A Q-7-9-8-3 subsequently saw Jon Kim consigned to a runner-up finish worth $66,593, while Mark Wadekamper claimed top honors.
Final Table Results
1: Mark Wadekamper $110,220
2: Jon Kim $66,593
3: George Shabatura $43,399
4: Loki Abboud $30,081
5: Bryan Andrews $22,963
6: Paul Eidem $17,681
7: Nes Coburn $14,696
8: Joe Maas $12,170
9: Nathan Boyer $10,287
10: Peixin Liu $7,807