After a 90% increase in entrants year-over-year on the Wednesday evening $250 qualifier, the Thursday noon $250 event drove a 95% increase in attendance.  Definitely a good start to the week for the MSPT at Northern Lights.  The next $250 Qualifier is Thursday evening at 7PM. 

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The Mid-States Poker Tour at Northern Lights has officially hit full stride.  The Wednesday night $250 qualifier drew almost double the entrants for the same Wednesday night qualifier a year ago, a 90% increase year-over-year. … READ MORE

Erick Wright continues to stretch his MNPokerMag Player of the Year point lead.  Wright picked up another win this week at the weekly Treasure Island event earning his 12th POY cash in 2012 and another 5 points.  That makes Wright the first player to reach 200 points this season and extends his lead to 70 … READ MORE

Leo Fussy accomplished the difficult task of winning back-to-back MNPokerMag POY tournaments at Running Aces last week.  On Tuesday, May, 8 – Fussy outlasted a 77-entrant field to earn $3,634 in the $125+$25 buy-in event.  Then on Thursday, May 10 – Fussy did it again.  This time he defeated a 63-entrant field to earn $3,048. … READ MORE

Where is your name on the MSPT Wall of Fame/Leaderboard?  Complete list will be posted at MSPT Northern Lights event!… READ MORE

Come help the MSPT break a 3rd consecutive location attendance record this week at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN, just 2.5 hours north of Minneapolis. 

17 players have already earned a Main Event seat in preliminary satellites & qualifiers before the heart of the event schedule kicks off Wednesday evening.  2011 MSPT Northern Lights Champion Tom Stambaugh … READ MORE

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The final results are in for the Canterbury Park “Big One” satellite.  77 players entered the $450+$50 buy-in event, Peter Vanderwerf was the last man standing, earning a $25,300 satellite seat for a chance to win a seat into the $1 Million WSOP “Big One” event.  … READ MORE

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Recently launched website TourneyTracks.com, created by local poker pros Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace and Adam Stemple, will now be tracking every major tournament series in North America.  … READ MORE