Brian Johnson wins MSPT Northern Lights
After an epic heads-up battle against Jeremy Ensrud, Brian Johnson prevailed, thanks to a few timely turn and river cards, to win the Minnesota State Poker Tour event at Northern Lights Casino, and 23,854.
The most crucial hand of heads-up play came with blinds at 20/40K, when Ensrud raised to 90K on the button with … READ MORE
Video: MSPT Northern Lights day one
Just chillin’ here at Northern Lights, kicking off Minnesota State Poker Tour week. Last time we invaded Northern Lights was in May of 2009, when we threw a “launch” party for the upstart MNPokerMag. We gave away free beer and played a ton of beer pong.
Glory times.
Expect more of the same this week.… READ MORE
Video: MSPT Day 2 – Introducing Showdown Poker Gear
After today, we will have already qualified 45 players into Saturday’s MSPT Main Event here at Running Aces, which is well ahead of our pace from the first two events back in December and February (in which we drew 130 and 124 Main Event entrants… which was awesome).
We’re well on pace for 150+ Main Event … READ MORE
Video & Photos: Jeremy Dresch wins MSPT Mille Lacs
If a Fall Poker Classic final table followed by back-to-back Heartland Poker Tour victories wasn’t enough back in October and November, Jeremy Dresch went out and took down the Minnesota State Poker Tour Mille Lacs event for $36,084 on Sunday night.
Dresch’s run probably won’t get as much national attention as it deserves, but he … READ MORE
Video: On the bubble at MSPT qualifier
We’re hanging out here in the event center at Grand Casino Mille Lacs as the first qualifier of the weekend grinds down to the bubble. I won a Main Event seat last Sunday, because I run better than God himself, but then I squandered a massive pile of chips with 37 left in this morning’s … READ MORE
MSPT Bling
I qualified for the MSPT Main Event today, which is cool. Hit a set of sixes halfway through and played standard late-SNG game the rest of the way.
After the satellite, Bryan Mileski and I went down to the front entrance area of the Grand Casino Mille Lacs event center to finish setting stuff up … READ MORE
A Valiant Beer Pong Comeback
Phil Mackey introduces poker pro Gavin Smith to the game of beer pong. This video was filmed just a few hours after the MNPokerMag crew finished 3rd in the 2009 Doyle Brunson Beer Pong Invitational.
Glory times.
An Empty Amazon Room
Two months before the official launch of Minnesota Poker Magazine, PMac tapes a WSOP message from an empty Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas — home of the World Series of Poker.
