Matt Hyland wins MSPT Hinckley, $38,707
In September, 2009, Matt Hyland won the Heartland Poker Tour Mille Lacs event for $49,932.
Thirteen months later, he has added a Minnesota State Poker Tour championship to his resume — at Grand Casino Hinckley for a cash prize of $38,707.
Hyland outlasted a field of 139, as well as a stacked final table that included current MNPokerMag Player of the Year leader Everett Carlton and online stud Lance “kingpin023″ Harris.
For a recap of the day’s events and big hands, check the MNPokerMag Twitter log.
See the photo gallery below as well.
Final Results:
| MSPT Hinckley – $1,100 buy-in | ||
| November 27-28, 2010 – 139 entrants | ||
| Place | Player | Cash |
| 1 | Matt Hyland | $ 38,707 |
| 2 | Shawn Aaberg | $ 19,086 |
| 3 | Franco Cupello | $ 12,012 |
| 4 | Lance Harris | $ 9,343 |
| 5 | Yen Pham | $ 8,008 |
| 6 | Pete Bigelow | $ 6,006 |
| 7 | Marinela Selseth | $ 5,205 |
| 8 | Dmitri Soudakov | $ 4,538 |
| 9 | Everett Carlton | $ 3,737 |
| 10 | Kevin Davis | $ 3,070 |
| 11 | Bulut Ozturk | $ 2,669 |
| 12 | Kristin Lawson | $ 2,336 |
| 13 | Jeremy Dresch | $ 2,002 |
| 14 | Joe Big Bear | $ 1,668 |
| 15 | Samuel Lawerence | $ 1,468 |
| 16 | Hank Vejtruba | $ 1,335 |
| 17 | Babe O’Gorman | $ 1,335 |
| 18 | Paul Bigelow | $ 1,335 |
| 19 | Tom Stambaugh | $ 1,201 |
| 20 | Rob Westrom | $ 1,201 |
| 21 | Paul Schroeder | $ 1,201 |
| 22 | Joe Folz | $ 1,068 |
| 23 | Kye Longtin | $ 1,068 |
| 24 | Adam Dahlin | $ 1,068 |
| 25 | Jeremy Ensrud | $ 934 |
| 26 | Steven Peppin | $ 934 |
| 27 | Reg Powell | $ 934 |
November 28th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
not a surprise.very patient player.very strategic betting.after observing his play you know that with any luck at all he would be in the finals.
November 28th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Congrats Matt! Fun to watch that final table with several great players. Great accomplishment to get through that field. Well done.
November 29th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
My wife, Dianna, and I just wanted to thank all of you at MSPT and the staff at Grand Casino Hinckley for a wonderful tournament week. Congratulations to Matt and all the players who made the money.
November 30th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
A huge thank you to Brian, Phil, and Jocelyn for putting together a great tournament! Nice to see that so many people still enjoy the game and made it to Grand Casino this past week to play – our staff enjoyed having you!!