April 23 – 25: $200,000 guaranteed Main Event at Canterbury Park, Minnesota.

Mar 26 – 28: $200,000 Main Event at Riverside Casino, Iowa.Mar 17 – 21: $50,000 guaranteed regional tournament at Grand Falls.Feb 4 – 6: $350,000 guaranteed Poker Bowl event at the Venetian.If you’re looking for quality but affordable tournament action, there is plenty more to come this year. The Grand Falls tournament in January is just one of many on this year’s MSPT schedule. Satellites are available up until Saturday, January 23. Satellites feature a buy-in of $250, with one-fifth of the players advancing to the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event. Qualifying for the Mid State Poker Tour Main Eventįor those players who don’t have the bankroll to buy in directly or simply want to try and cut their costs, there are also numerous satellite events running already. The structure was created and approved by Allen Kessler and offers plenty of play for the affordable $1,100 buy-in, which is probably one of the reasons Mid State poker tournaments attract so many players from the US. Levels last 40 minutes, and antes come into play at Level 4. The Main Event will start with 25,000 in chips, but all players can usually receive an additional 5,000 as long as they pay the $10 dealer appreciation fee. The surviving players will come together on Sunday, January 24, to compete for the lion’s share of the prize pool, the trophy, and the prestigious title of the MSPT champion.

The 2021 Mid States Poker Tour Main Event will kick off on January 22 and feature two Day 1s – Day 1A on 22 nd and Day 1B on 23 rd. With many players probably itching to play live, the upcoming tournament could shatter the record once again. The latest MSPT Main Event took place in August of 2020 and gathered 518 players, becoming the largest No Limit Hold’em tournament in Iowa’s history. On January 22, the Mid States Poker tour will be back, this time coming to Grand Falls Casino in Iowa for the $1,100 Main Event with the guarantee of $200,000. When it was all said and done, it was James Caroll taking home the trophy and the six-figure cash, bringing his total live tournament earnings to over $4.5 million. The tournament gathered just over 1,000 entries, generating the first place prize of $180,500. The MSPT entered 2021 strong, with a $1,100 event at the Venetian. It started off as the Minnesota State Poker Tour but quickly grew to surpass the state's border, expanding to Iowa and beyond, eventually leading to the name change. The Mid States Poker Tour has been running since 2009.

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