Champion to be Crowned Today in the 2021 MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship!

Anthony Thompson

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Deadwood comes to its conclusion as the final day of the $1,110 buy-in, $100K GTD 2021 South Dakota State Poker Championship gets underway at 11 a.m. local time.

The two starting flights pulled together a staggering Deadwood record with 585 total entries, which was enough to blast by the $100,000 guarantee.

A total of 82 players found a bag during the two starting flights and those lucky enough to do so will be returning for Day 2 action.

Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Dale Belden who bagged large in Day 1b and he will look to add his first MSPT title to his poker resume.

Top 10 Stacks After Day 1 Flights

Position	Player	Hometown	MSPT South Dakota State Poker	Chip Count
1	Dale Belden	-	0	548,000
2	Howard Dion	Trent, SD	0	476,000
3	John Schroer	-	0	474,000
4	Paul Jain	Bismark, ND	0	468,000
5	Nick Pupillo	Addison, IL	0	468,000
6	Phil Mader	Grand Island, NE	0	433,000
7	Paul Camby	Guernville, CA	0	392,000
8	Michael Baker	-	0	367,000
9	Sergio Mireles	Newcastle, WY	1	321,000
10	Chris Shebat	Fairfax, VA	0	295,000

Many other familiar faces will be battling it out for a shot at the six-figure top prize which include a list of former MSPT Main Event winners; Taylor Howard (245,000), Adam Friedman (185,000), Matt Kirby (117,000), Aaron Johnson (92,000,000) and a list of MSPT grinders; Tom Hammers (292,000), Jason Crews (209,000), Terence Reid (175,000), DJ Buckley (158,00,000), Blake Whittington (131,000), Dave Sanderson (124,000), Cy Church (87,000), and Mark Fink (75,000).

2021 MSPT Deadwood South Dakota State Poker Championship Payouts

A min-cash will be paying $2,156, but all eyes will be on the $119,165 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home, along with the coveted custom Deadwood trophy.

Place	Prize	MSPT POY Points
1	$119,165	1,700
2	$73,201	1,500
3	$53,340	1,400
4	$39,722	1,300
5	$30,075	1,200
6	$22,698	1,100
7	$17,591	1,000
8	$13,616	900
9	$10,782	800
10-12	$8,512	700
13-15	$6,809	600
16-18	$5,675	500
19-21	$4,994	400
22-24	$4,142	300
25-27	$3,518	200
28-36	$2,724	150
37-45	$2,440	100
46-54	$2,270	75
55-63	$2,156	50

Day 2 Schedule

Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time with action picking up from level 16 where blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Blinds will remain 40-minutes in length for the duration of the tournament until heads-up action at which point 30-minute blind levels will come into affect.

There will be 82 players returning for Day 2 action and only 63 spots will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool. Starting the day fairly close to the money might make for some conservative play, but judging by the first two flights the tournament should retain the action-filled play that has been up to this point.

A transition from the big blind ante to a standard ante will come into play when 27 players remain.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante	Standard Ante
16	40 minutes	3,000	6,000	6,000	1,000
17	40 minutes	4,000	8,000	8,000	1,000
18	40 minutes	5,000	10,000	10,000	2,000
19	40 minutes	6,000	12,000	12,000	2,000
20	40 minutes	10,000	15,000	15,000	3,000
21	40 minutes	10,000	20,000	20,000	3,000
22	40 minutes	15,000	25,000	25,000	4,000
23	40 minutes	15,000	30,000	30,000	4,000
24	40 minutes	20,000	40,000	40,000	5,000
25	40 minutes	25,000	50,000	50,000	5,000
26	40 minutes	30,000	60,000	60,000	10,000
27	40 minutes	40,000	80,000	80,000	10,000
28	40 minutes	50,000	100,000	100,000	20,000
29	40 minutes	60,000	120,000	120,000	20,000
30	40 minutes	100,000	150,000	150,000	30,000