Just four stops remain in Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), which recently saw Ryan Dykhouse top a field of 517 entries to win the FireKeepers Casino stop in Battle Creek, Michigan, for $124,500. The next stop for the MSPT will be at Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa, from November 1-9 for an $1,100 buy-in $300,000 guaranteed Main Event.
Meskwaki has been one of the MSPT’s best-performing stops due partially to the fact that players only need to be 18 years old to play. The last time the MSPT visited the property, which was back in July, Jonathan Olson topped a field of 368 entries to win a $95,741 first-place prize after defeating MSPT regular Mike Holm in heads-up play.
Other past winners of the MSPT Meskwaki include Muneer Ahmed ($89,184), Dan Sun ($77,103), Michael Reynolds ($81,060), Terry Ring ($87,694), Andy Van Blair ($88,958), Jesse Spooner ($81,060), and Matthew Anderson ($100,075). As you can see, the winner of the event can expect a high five-figure score.
“The MSPT looks forward to returning to Iowa for the last time in Season 5," MSPT owner and operator Bryan Mileski told PokerNews. "Time and again Meskwaki proves to be one of the more popular stops on the schedule, and we expect the players to turn out in full force. The last time we rolled into town we crushed the $300,000 guarantee, and we expect to do the same come November.”