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By making his tenth final table, Alsup joined Vang as the only players to be inducted into the MSPT Hall of Fame. Rich Alsup Makes MSPT HoF MSPT Hall of Famer Rich AlsupĪnother big story coming out of the MSPT Canterbury Park was Rich Alsup finishing in third place. Just seven events remain in the MSPT’s current season, which runs the calendar year. With 4,400 and 3,900 points, Bohn and Vang jumped to second and third place respectively in the MSPT Season 9 Player of the Year race behind Aaron Johnson, who has 5,117 points. “It’s always fun to play against experienced opponents, makes it more interesting.” “Kou is a more experienced online player, but I think we all played well,” said Bohn. An ace on the flop sealed Vang’s fate, and he took home $58,238 for his runner-up finish. In the final hand of the tournament, Vang was at risk with pocket nines and flipping against Bohn’s ace-queen. Vang began heads-up play with a big chip lead, but Bohn prevailed in three big coinflip spots.

The latest win brought his lifetime tournament earnings up to $2,905,685. We’re from Minnesota and this tournament was in Minnesota,” he said, “but I think we stack up pretty well at any event across the nation.”īohn previously won the MSPT Season 5 Grand Falls for $54,607 and Season 6 Meskwaki for $101,229. I’m really grateful right now, really happy. People don’t get heads up too often and it’s tough to play. “Before this, I had two firsts and three seconds four seconds would’ve looked pretty bad. “Finishing second sucks,” Bohn said after the win. It was the third time he had finished runner-up in an MSPT Main Event, but now he’s tied with Carl Carodenuto who are the only two players to win three MSPT titles.īohn: “It’s always fun to play against experienced opponents, makes it more interesting.” The $1,100 MSPT Main Event at Canterbury Park – a tournament that attracted 456 entries – saw Minnesota’s all-time money leader Blake Bohn defeat well-known poker pro Kou Vang in heads-up play to win $94,776 and a record-tying third title.īohn, a Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer, found redemption from the same event in April when he finished second to Rob Wazwaz for $67,203. The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), which is in its ninth season, held one of its toughest final tables on Sunday.

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