Angela Jordison Wins Second Mid-States Poker Tour Title In Iowa

Angela Jordison scored the win on the Major Series of Poker Tour cease in Larchwood, Iowa on March 23. Jordison added her second MSPT title to go together with the one she received again in September 2024 at Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago, earlier than the tour’s recent renaming from its longtime Mid-States Poker Tour branding. This second win, which she scored on tour at Grand Falls Casino, was good for a payday value $95,381 to take her profession earnings above $1.7 million.

MSPT reporters on the scene caught up together with her after win for an interview. “I was short and card dead. I lost a big hand right before the final table against T.J. [Murphy] in a blind vs. blind. I had ace-eight with the nut draw while he had ace-nine with a pair, and I bricked out to be [one of] the short stack[s] at the final.”

She continued: “To come in short, it’s really something I’ve been working so much on lately, the ICM chops and these short-stack situations really came into play here, and it really helped me out. All that prep that I do off the felt, the stuff that seems to be really boring or worthless, really came in clutch here.”

To end the interview Jordison supplied these ideas on the victory. “It feels actually good … actually, actually good … actually nice; I used to be fairly disenchanted after seeing the Hall of Fame adjustments. It was one thing I used to be gunning for, after which felt prefer it was nearly unattainable – like nice now I’m by no means going to get it. It additionally took quite a lot of strain off of me as a result of I used to be actually pushing to get it this yr, however after seeing the brand new necessities I simply bought to play and have enjoyable,” said Jordison about clearing the new MSPT corridor of fame necessities that state you want a minimum of two match victories.

The $1,110 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion attracted a area of 513 entries over two beginning flights to set the entire prize pool at $496,110 to greater than double the $200,000 assure. The remaining 55 gamers all secured a min-cash value $2,199, and that’s what number of gamers returned for the ultimate day of play for a protracted march right down to the ultimate desk.

As she talked about within the interview above, Jordison was low in chips when the ultimate desk started. Murphy was on the high of the stacks at the moment, and he saved issues rolling by taking out Paul Cross in ninth place. D.J. Buckley was out subsequent in eighth place, and Jordison scored a much-needed double earlier than Jason Peterson busted in seventh.

Jordison then bought on the board by taking out Jason Sell in sixth place to continue to grow her stack, and he or she saved issues transferring in the fitting course by busting Kevin Berthelsen in fifth place as properly. Murphy saved working his stack up as properly when he eradicated Steve Funderman in fourth place.

The battle for third place ended with Aaron Knudson taking his depart to arrange the ultimate match between Jordison and Murphy. Jordison had chipped her approach as much as the benefit, however issues had been shut between them with an 8:7 ratio in her benefit. That’s when the ICM chop transpired between the ultimate two gamers standing. The remaining hand didn’t take too lengthy to transpire after that call.

The cash bought in with a flop studying QJ9 when Jordison check-raised to 675,000 after a continuation wager of 225,000 from Murphy. The flip then fell 2, Jordison wager 1,300,000 and Murphy got here alongside to the two on the river. Jordison moved all-in and Murphy referred to as off his remaining chips with J6 for jacks and deuces, nevertheless it was second greatest to Jordison’s 108 for a flopped straight. Murphy took residence $76,736, the largest money of his profession by far.

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The MSPT tour will proceed with one other primary occasion in Iowa on the Riverside Casino that may run from March 27-30.

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