MSPT Schedule

The Mid States Poker Tour fills the gap between the price points of the big national poker tours and the low-stakes local series that casinos host regularly. The main events of the MSPT are all $1,100 to buy into.

The MSPT started out in 2009 under the name Minnesota State Poker Tour. At the time it was confined to the one state. In the company's own words, "before long expansion saw the tour rebranded as the Mid-States Poker Tour [...], a series of affordable deepstack no-limit hold'em tournaments designed for 'weekend warriors.'"

The MSPT is one of the U.S.'s most widespread mid-stakes poker tours, catering to players who are bankrolled for a serious gamble, but not so high as the mid-four-figure events and up.

The MSPT advertises itself strongly as being for the players. The series often invites big-name players to enter, giving the other entrants the chance to play with poker royalty. WSOP bracelet winners Carlos Mortensen, Greg Raymer, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, Joe Cada, and Ryan Riess have all stopped by. Chance Kornuth even won one of the $1,100 main events this year.

Event the tournament structure was put together for them not by a tournament director, but by Allen Kessler, a poker pro.

This structure allows players to enjoy deep-stacked play with starting chips set at 25,000 and blinds at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. The ante switches to a distributed ante on Day 2. Blind levels are 40 minutes, changing to 30 minutes when heads-up play begins.

Each $1,100 Main Event is accompanied by a range of smaller side events and satellites.

The series takes place in casinos across the U.S. with 30 or more events per year — when there's not a pandemic on.

As poker rooms began to reopen in the U.S. after COVID, MSPT's location in the middle of the market allowed it to be one of the leaders returning to poker. In particular, its enormously successful partnership with the Venetian in Las Vegas has produced several record-breaking events.

The 2021 schedule is dominated by these Venetian events. However, players in South Dakota and the series' home state of Minnesota will get additional events before the year is out.

There will be multiple series in October and December, though the MSPT will be hibernating through November as the WSOP Main Event closes in.

The final tables are frequently live-streamed, allowing amateurs a chance at enjoying the thrill of a TV final table.

Mid States Poker Tour (MSPT) full 2021 season schedule

Date	Event #	Event	Start Time	Prize Pool	Levels	Chips	Prize
9/27/21	1	$400 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$25,000	30	30,000	Bronze Coin
	2	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
9/28/21	3	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	4	$600 Limit Omaha 8/B Day 1A (2Day)	15:10	$50,000	40	15,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
9/29/21	3	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	4	$600 Limit Omaha 8/B Day 1B (2Day)	15:10	$50,000	40	15,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
9/30/21	3	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 1C (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	4	$600 Limit Omaha 8/B Day 2 Restart	15:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
10/1/21	3	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	5	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
10/2/21	6	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	7	$800 Pot Limit Omaha 8/B (1Day)	15:10	$40,000	30	25,000	Silver Coin
10/3/21	8	$600 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$200,000	40	40,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	9	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
10/4/21	8	$600 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$200,000	40	40,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	10	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
10/5/21	8	$600 NLH UltimateStack Day 1C (2Day)	11:10	$200,000	40	40,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
10/6/21	8	$600 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
	11	$800 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$75,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
10/7/21	12	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	13	$800 BIG O Day 1A (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/8/21	14	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	13	$800 BIG O Day 1B (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/9/21	15	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
	16	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	13	$800 BIG O Day 2 Restart	15:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
10/10/21	16	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/11/21	16	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	17	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	12:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
	18	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	19:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
10/12/21	19	$1,100 NLH MSPT Day 1A (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	20	$600 Pot Limit Omaha (1Day)	15:10	$40,000	30	25,000	Bronze Coin
10/13/21	19	$1,100 NLH MSPT Day 1B (3Day	11:10	$1 Million	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/14/21	19	$1,100 NLH MSPT Day 1C (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/15/21	19	$1,100 NLH MSPT Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	21	$1,100 NLH DoubleStack (1Day)	14:10	$150,000	30	30,000	Silver Coin
10/16/21	19	$1,100 NLH MSPT Day 3 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	22	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	23	$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha (1Day)	15:10	$75,000	30	30,000	Silver Coin
10/17/21	24	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
	25	$800 NLH UltimateStack (2Day)	11:10	$75,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	26	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	19:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
10/18/21	25	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	27	$1,600 NLH MSPT Day 1A (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	30,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
	28	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	19:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
10/19/21	27	$1,600 NLH MSPT Day 1B (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	30,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
10/20/21	27	$1,600 NLH MSPT Day 1C (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	30,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
10/21/21	27	$1,600 NLH MSPT Day 2 Restart	11:00				Gold Coin & Trophy
	29	$1,100 NLH DoubleStack (1Day)	14:10	$150,000	30	30,000	Silver Coin
10/22/21	27	$1,600 NLH MSPT Day 3 Restart	11:00				Gold Coin & Trophy
	30	$600 NLH MonsterStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	30\40	35,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	31	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
10/23/21	30	$600 NLH MonsterStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	30\40	35,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
10/24/21	30	$600 NLH MonsterStack Day 1C (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	30\40	35,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	32	$800 Pot Limit Omaha 8/B Day 1A (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/25/21	33	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
	30	$600 NLH MonsterStack Day 2 Restart	12:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
	32	$800 Pot Limit Omaha 8/B Day 1B (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/26/21	34	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 SEATS	20	12,000
	35	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	32	$800 Pot Limit Omaha 8/B Day 2 Restart	15:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
10/27/21	35	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$400,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
10/28/21	35	$1,100 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	36	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
10/29/21	37	$800 NLH Seniors (50+) Day 1A (2Day)	10:10	$300,000	40	30,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	38	$600 Pot Limit Omaha / Pot Limit Omaha 8/B (1Day)	15:10	$40,000	30	25,000	Bronze Coin
10/30/21	37	$800 NLH Seniors (50+) Day 1B (2Day)	10:10	$300,000	40	30,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	39	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	18:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
10/31/21	37	$800 NLH Seniors Day 2 Restart	10:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	40	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
	41	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	18:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
11/1/21	42	$800 NLH Super Seniors (60+) (2Day)	10:10	$50,000	40	30,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	43	$1,100 NLH Mini DeepStack Championship Day 1A (3Day	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/2/21	42	$800 NLH Super Seniors Day 2 Restart	10:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	43	$1,100 NLH Mini DeepStack Championship Day 1B (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/3/21	43	$1,100 NLH Mini DeepStack Championship Day 1C (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/4/21	43	$1,100 NLH Mini DeepStack Championship Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	44	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$100,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
11/5/21	43	$1,100 NLH Mini DeepStack Championship Day 3 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	45	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$100,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	46	$800 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1A (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/6/21	47	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$100,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	46	$800 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1B (2Day)	15:10	$75,000	40	25,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/7/21	48	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
	49	$1,600 NLH DeepStack Championship Day 1A (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
	46	$800 Pot Limit Omaha Day 2 Restart	15:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	50	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	19:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
11/8/21	51	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
	49	$1,600 NLH DeepStack Championship Day 1B (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
11/9/21	49	$1,600 NLH DeepStack Championship Day 1C (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40	40,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
11/10/21	49	$1,600 NLH DeepStack Championship Day 2 Restart	11:00				Gold Coin & Trophy
	52	$600 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty (1Day)	13:10	$30,000	30	25,000	Bronze Coin
	53	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	18:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
11/11/21	54	$300 NLH Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	5 Seats	20	12,000
	55	$2,500 NLH Card Player Poker Tour Day 1A (3Day	11:10	$1 Million	40/60	40,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
	56	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
11/12/21	57	$300 NLH Turbo Mega Satellite (1Day)	10:10	2 Seats	15	12,000
	55	$2,500 NLH Card Player Poker Tour Day 1B (3Day)	11:10	$1 Million	40/60	40,000	Gold Coin & Trophy
11/13/21	55	$2,500 NLH Card Player Poker Tour Day 2 Restart	11:00		60		Gold Coin & Trophy
	58	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
11/14/21	55	$2,500 NLH Card Player Poker Tour Day 3 Restart	11:00		60		Gold Coin & Trophy
	59	$1,100 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	11:10	$150,000	30	35,000	Silver Coin
	60	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
11/15/21	61	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$150,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
	62	$600 Limit Omaha 8/B (1Day)	15:10	$30,000	30	12,000	Bronze Coin
11/16/21	61	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$150,000	40	40,000	Silver Coin & Trophy
11/17/21	61	$800 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Silver Coin & Trophy
	63	$600 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	12:10	$50,000	30	35,000	Bronze Coin
	64	$400 NLH Survivor (1Day)	18:10	$15,000	30	12,000
11/18/21	65	$600 NLH EpicStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	40	50,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	66	$800 Pot Limit Omaha (1Day)	15:10	$40,000	30	25,000	Silver Coin
11/19/21	65	$600 NLH EpicStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	40	50,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
11/20/21	65	$600 NLH EpicStack Day 1C (2Day)	11:10	$250,000	40	50,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
11/21/21	65	$600 NLH EpicStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
	67	$400 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	14:10	$20,000	30	30,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
11/22/21	68	$400 NLH MonsterStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	$100,000	30/40	30,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	69	$300 NLH Bounty (1Day)	18:10	$12,000	30	12,000	Bronze Coin
11/23/21	68	$400 NLH MonsterStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$100,000	30/40	30,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
	70	$300 NLH Bounty (1Day)	18:10	$12,000	30	12,000	Bronze Coin
11/24/21	68	$400 NLH MonsterStack Day 2 Restart	12:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
	71	$400 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	12:10	$25,000	30	30,000	Bronze Coin
	72	$300 NLH Bounty (1Day)	18:10	$12,000	30	12,000	Bronze Coin
11/25/21	73	$300 NLH Turbo (1Day)	18:10	$10,000	20	20,000	Bronze Coin
	74	$300 NLH Bounty (1Day)	18:10	$12,000	30	12,000	Bronze Coin
11/26/21	75	$400 NLH UltimateStack Day 1A (2Day)	11:10	100,000	40	40,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
11/27/21	75	$400 NLH UltimateStack Day 1B (2Day)	11:10	$100,000	40	40,000	Bronze Coin & Trophy
11/28/21	75	$400 NLH UltimateStack Day 2 Restart	11:00				Bronze Coin & Trophy
	76	$400 NLH MonsterStack (1Day)	13:10	$20,000	30	30,000	Bronze Coin

SWIPE FOR MORE

TK table from: https://msptpoker.com/

Featured image source: Twitter