Jeffrey Copeland received the Mid-States Poker Tour cease on the Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 8 for a payday price $85,871, taking his profession earnings near $800,000. The native participant now holds 15 event victories, with this being his first MSPT title. It was the biggest rating on his poker resume, and it got here at his hometown on line casino.
“I can’t even describe it right now. It’s something we all dream about as poker players,” stated Copeland after the win to reporters. He continued, “Not only to win but one of these, an MSPT, it’s the epitome of what we seek out to achieve, and to do it in my home casino is just indescribable.”
The $1,110 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event attracted 402 entries over three beginning flights to place the overall prize pool at $388,480 to high the assure. The high 43 gamers took residence at the least $2,245 in prize cash.
All of these gamers returned for Day 2 with the march all the way down to a champion set to complete the final day of the event. Notables that made a deep run within the event included MSPT champion Keith Heine (twentieth), Josh Wisdom (seventeenth), Mark Lafata, MSPT champion Tim Thorp, and MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (tenth).
Copeland was in the midst of the pack when playing cards received into the air among the many closing 9 gamers, however he rapidly elevated his stack by taking out Brad Heitmeyer in ninth place. Bill Romer (eighth) and MSPT Player of the Year factors chief Umut Ozturk (seventh) have been the following two to fall in the identical hand, which was received by John Ro.
The subsequent bustout was scored by Copeland, who eradicated Benjamin Teston in sixth place to climb towards the chip lead. Brett Reichard then fell in fifth place, and Copeland scored one other knockout when he disposed of Casey Blakeley in fourth place. Three-handed play noticed a few double ups transpire earlier than Copeland took out Cody Bartlett in third place to proceed his heater on the closing desk.
Copeland took a 7:5 benefit into the beginning of the heads-up closing towards Ro. The first main conflict between the ultimate two gamers bumped that benefit as much as a 3:1 ratio for Copeland, and the following huge hand settled the event outcome.
In that closing hand the chips received all in with the flop studying 8
65
, and Ro had his event hopes pinned on A
9 within the gap. Copeland hit the flop nicely holding 8
6 for high two pair, and he pale the straight draw of Ro because the flip and river fell 2 and Ok. Ro took residence $53,132 for the runner-up end, and that was the biggest rating of his event profession by far.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Jeffrey Copeland | $85,871 | 720 |
| 2 | John Ro | $53,132 | 600 |
| 3 | Cody Bartlett | $38,704 | 480 |
| 4 | Casey Blakeley | $28,566 | 360 |
| 5 | Brett Reichard | $21,547 | 300 |
| 6 | Benjamin Teston | $16,477 | 240 |
| 7 | Umut Ozturk | $12,968 | 180 |
| 8 | Bill Romer | $10,238 | 120 |
| 9 | Brad Heitmeyer | $7,509 | 60 |
The next MSPT main event will likely be hosted on the Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio, and it’s happening from Dec. 12-15.
Photo Credit: Mid-States Poker Tour
