Angela Jordison is approaching $1.5 million in profession event earnings, along with her most up-to-date deep run on the reside circuit leading to her largest rating but. The Oregon resident defeated a area of 861 entries within the 2024 Mid-States Poker tour East Chicago Ameristar $1,110 buy-in no-limit maintain’em essential occasion, securing $161,513 and the title.
“This has just really been on my bucket list. I love this tour, I love the price point, I love the staff, I love everything about it. Every year on January 1st I write down ‘Win an MSPT’,” Jordison advised MSPT reporters after popping out on high.
This was Jordison’s eighth recorded victory and 168th money. Prior to this win, her high rating had been the $151,544 she earned because the third-place finisher within the 2022 World Series of Poker $1,000 no-limit maintain’em freezeout.
This was Jordison’s first title in a MSPT essential occasion, having completed fifth at three prior closing tables earlier than breaking by way of with this win.
In addition to the trophy and the cash, Jordison was additionally awarded 912 C”ard Player Player of the Year”:https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/player-of-the-year/%20 factors because the champion. With 1,022 complete factors, she now sits simply outdoors the highest 500 within the 2024 POY race standings offered by Global Poker.
Plenty of huge names joined Jordison in operating deep on this occasion, together with three-time bracelet winner Ari Engel (thirtieth), present MSPT POY factors chief Chris Meyers (twenty eighth), latest MSPT Hollywood Casino St. Louis champion Chris Audrain (twenty fourth), MSPT Hall of Famer member Rob Wazwaz (twenty third), Sarah Stefan (sixteenth), and 2023 MSPT POY award winner Umut Ozturk (14th).
The high 12 finishers all earned five-figure payouts on this occasion. Runner-up Miguel Martinez walked away with $99,395 for his efforts. He obtained all-in with pocket tens main the A-7 suite of Jordison preflop within the closing hand. Jordison flopped the nut flush draw although, and it got here in on the flip. Martinez had outs to a full home on the river, however it introduced no assist and he was eradicated in second place. This was his second runner-up end in a MSPT essential occasion this yr, having additionally fallen one spot shy of the title on this yr’s Minnesota Poker State Championship.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Angela Jordison | $161,513 | 912 |
| 2 | Miguel Martinez | $99,395 | 760 |
| 3 | Craig Trost | $73,219 | 608 |
| 4 | Brad Siegel | $54,666 | 456 |
| 5 | Silvan Barbura | $41,414 | 380 |
| 6 | Michael Estes | $31,474 | 304 |
| 7 | Daniel Goepel | $24,020 | 228 |
| 8 | John Reading | $19,050 | 152 |
| 9 | Christopher Moon | $14,909 | 76 |
