The second of 2 Mid-States Poker Tour centerpieces concluded today at The Venetian Las Vegas. The 2023 MSPT Venetian$1,600 buy-in competition drew 238 gamers, exceeding the$300,000 warranty to construct a last reward swimming pool of $339,150. After 2 beginning flights and a last day of combined-field action, Sergei Kislinskii emerged triumphant with the title and the leading reward of $73,019.
“It feels excellent to win something,” Kislinski informed MSPT press reporters after triumphing. “I’m a money gamer, I’ve been playing poker considering that 2007, and I ‘d play competitions occasionally however never ever won any, so this is good.”
Prior to this win, Kislinskii’s leading competition rating had actually been a fourth-place surface in a $5,300 buy-in six-max occasion throughout this year’s WSOP Online celebration for $32,918. He now has more than $138,000 in life time incomes to his name regardless of not being concentrated on the competition grind.
Kislinskii had lots of hard competitors to compete with down the stretch, consisting of bracelet winner Giuseppe Pantaleo (8th), 2019 WPT Venetian centerpiece champ Ben Palmer (5th), 2022 WSOP Beast Stack third-place finisher Francis Anderson (4th), bracelet winner Nicholas Pupillo (3rd), and 2023 WSOP centerpiece third-place finisher Adam Walton (2nd).
This was the 18th final-table surface of the year for Pupillo, with 2 titles won along the method. The 256 Card Player of the Year points he made for his newest deep run increased his overall to 5,842, which benefits 11th location in the 2023 POY standings provided by Global Poker.
Walton transferred to 45th location in the rankings thanks to his runner-up surface. He has actually now made 6 last tables in overall, with almost $4.2 million in overall POY revenues throughout those ratings, with the bulk originating from his podium surface in this year’s World Championship.
Here is a take a look at the payments and POY points granted at the last table:
| Place | Gamer | Profits | POY Points |
| 1 | Sergei Kislinskii | $73,019 | 384 |
| 2 | Adam Walton | $52,010 | 320 |
| 3 | Nicholas Pupillo | $37,695 | 256 |
| 4 | Francis Anderson | $27,807 | 192 |
| 5 | Benjamin Palmer | $20,884 | 160 |
| 6 | Jose Demeyere | $15,975 | 128 |
| 7 | Sergio Fernandez | $12,450 | 96 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | $9,888 | 64 |
| 9 | Chad Lipton | $8,008 | 32 |
Picture credit: MSPT.
