Revniaga got it in good with the K♦9♦ but was bested by Marsh’s Q♣10♦ after a 10♥Q♦8♣4♠10♣ runout.

Marsh then got his first elimination of the final table when he defended his big blind against Vlad Revniaga’s short-stack shove in the small blind.

Former champ David Gonia was next to go after his A♥9♦ didn’t hold against the A♦8♦ of 2017 Minnesota State Poker Champ Jon Hanner, who rivered a flush. On just the third hand of the final table, James Huynh fell after getting his short stack all in preflop holding the K♦J♦ and failing to get there against the A♣K♣ of Thomas Wu. Matheson’s failure to cash in Season 8 means Kou Vang, Matt Kirby, Dan “DQ” Hendrickson and Jeremy Dresch are the only four players in the world to have cashes each and every season of the MSPT. I think in general poker is a lot tougher these days.”Ī Streak Falls, Final Table Action & MoreĪmong those to make the trip to the Minnesota venue were 2016 MSPT Michigan State Poker Champion Brett Blackwood, MSPT first-timer and poker Twitter legend Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers, and Joe Matheson, who saw his streak of cashing every MSPT season come to an end when he fell on Day 1B. Now they’re tournaments that you can’t miss. Everyone involved with the tour has done a great job growing the events. “When I won the first time, first place was only $40K. “The tour has grown so much,” Marsh said when asked about the six-year gap between wins. This is only my second tournament since the WSOP in Las Vegas.”Īll told, Marsh now has four MSPT final tables, two wins, and seven cashes totaling $189,438. “I haven’t played a ton of live poker this year and didn’t have any luck when I did. “I am feeling pretty great,” said Marsh, who spends most of his time playing online.

Marsh, who way back in Season 2 won the MSPT Treasure Island for $40,071, became the ninth player in tour history to win multiple titles. The MSPT Season 8 finale $1,100 Main Event at Canterbury Park attracted a record 493 entries, which surpassed the spring event (475 entries) as the largest major poker tournament ($1K+ buy-in) in Minnesota history.īy the time the stop wrapped, 32-year-old poker pro Ben Marsh finished as the last player standing for $102,493 and his second MSPT title.

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