The second of two Mid-States Poker Tour principal occasions wrapped up this week at The Venetian Las Vegas. The 2023 MSPT Venetian $1,600 buy-in event drew 238 gamers, surpassing the $300,000 assure to construct a ultimate prize pool of $339,150. After two beginning flights and a ultimate day of combined-field motion, Sergei Kislinskii emerged victorious with the title and the highest prize of $73,019.
“It feels good to win something,” Kislinski advised MSPT reporters after popping out on prime. “I’m a cash player, I’ve been playing poker since 2007, and I’d play tournaments here and there but never won any, so this is nice.”
Prior to this win, Kislinskii’s prime event rating had been a fourth-place end in a $5,300 buy-in six-max occasion throughout this yr’s WSOP Online competition for $32,918. He now has greater than $138,000 in lifetime earnings to his identify regardless of not being targeted on the event grind.
Kislinskii had loads of robust competitors to take care of down the stretch, together with bracelet winner Giuseppe Pantaleo (eighth), 2019 WPT Venetian principal occasion champion Ben Palmer (fifth), 2022 WSOP Monster Stack third-place finisher Francis Anderson (4th), bracelet winner Nicholas Pupillo (third), and 2023 WSOP principal occasion third-place finisher Adam Walton (2nd).
This was the 18th final-table end of the yr for Pupillo, with two titles received alongside the best way. The 256 Card Player Player of the Year factors he earned for his newest deep run elevated his whole to five,842, which is sweet for eleventh place within the 2023 POY standings offered by Global Poker.
Walton moved to forty fifth place within the rankings due to his runner-up end. He has now made six ultimate tables in whole, with practically $4.2 million in whole POY earnings throughout these scores, with the bulk coming from his podium end on this yr’s World Championship.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Sergei Kislinskii | $73,019 | 384 |
| 2 | Adam Walton | $52,010 | 320 |
| 3 | Nicholas Pupillo | $37,695 | 256 |
| 4 | Francis Anderson | $27,807 | 192 |
| 5 | Benjamin Palmer | $20,884 | 160 |
| 6 | Jose Demeyere | $15,975 | 128 |
| 7 | Sergio Fernandez | $12,450 | 96 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | $9,888 | 64 |
| 9 | Chad Lipton | $8,008 | 32 |
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