Matt Porter took down the win on the Major Series of Poker – The Tour cease at Riverside Casino in Iowa on March 30. He booked the biggest win of his profession value $106,078 alongside along with his first MSPT title. Porter is above $250,000 in profession earnings now, and this was his fourth event victory total, together with two World Series of Poker Circuit gold rings.
“Oh my god, it feels so great, I’ve worked so hard for this and have come close with some deep runs, but my hands just never held, they just couldn’t hold … but they did in this tournament. I started playing tournament poker back in 2018. I’ve won a couple of WSOP Circuit rings with the biggest being about $30k, so this was by far my biggest score, but the win is more important,” Porter informed MSPT reporters after the victory.
“Don’t get me wrong, the cash means a lot, $100k means a lot to a guy like me but a win is so hard to get, especially in such a tough field like this. There were so many good players in this field, every table I looked at had markings on the seat chart of people in the Hall of Fame and players with wins so to be able to get through this field, I couldn’t be more proud. Highlight of my year.”
The $1,110 buy-in no-limit maintain’em poker event amassed a turnout of 618 entries, greater than doubling the $300,000 assure to create a last prize pool of $608,630. The prime 67 finishers all cashed for a minimum of $1,800, with all of these gamers within the cash advancing to the ultimate day for one more lengthy march right down to a champion on this tour.
Notables that exited on the trail to the ultimate desk included MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson (67th) and Angela Jordison (59th), who just lately earned her second title on this tour. The prime 50 included different stalwarts of this tour with Umut Ozturk (fiftieth), Rob Wazwaz (fortieth), Gerald Cunniff (thirty first), Kou Vang (twenty fifth), Rich Alsup (twenty third), Mo Nuwwarah (seventeenth), Ken Baime (sixteenth), and Keith Haine (tenth) all making deep runs.
The last desk started round 9:00 p.m. native time with Porter second in chips. Action acquired off to a fast begin with Jake Wilding falling in ninth and Dustin Hoffman out in eighth. Porter scored his first knockout by busting Varun Uppal in seventh.
Dave Grandin hit the rail subsequent in sixth place, after which Porter scored a triple-up into the chip lead because of a pocket aces holding up. Jeff Petronack met the tip of his event run subsequent in fifth place. It was a fourth-place end dealt to Mark Lafata after that, and Porter settled the matter of third place by ending Carl Carodenuto’s event in third place.
The begin of heads-up play noticed an almost 2:1 chip benefit for Porter over Ramon Ziadeh. With the hour near midnight, the ultimate two gamers then determined to cut up the remaining prize pool to deliver the event to a detailed. Ziadeh grabbed an excellent $100,000 for the biggest money of his profession by far, whereas Porter grabbed $106,078 and the title because the bigger stack on the time.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Matthew Porter | $106,078 | 840 |
| 2 | Ramon Ziadeh | $100,000 | 700 |
| 3 | Carl Carodenuto | $57,097 | 560 |
| 4 | Mark LaFata | $42,490 | 420 |
| 5 | Jeff Petronack | $32,143 | 350 |
| 6 | Dave Grandin | $24,231 | 280 |
| 7 | Varun Uppal | $18,754 | 210 |
| 8 | Dustin Hoffman | $14,493 | 140 |
| 9 | Jake Wilding | $11,450 | 70 |
The MSPT tour will proceed with one other most important occasion in Minnesota on the Running Aces Casino that can run from April 10-13.
Photo Credit: Major Series of Poker.
