The MAJOR Sequence of Poker: The Tour — previously often called the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour (however nonetheless abbreviated as MSPT) — rolled into FireKeepers On line casino in Michigan for its $1,100 Spade Poker Championship, and the gamers got here out for an opportunity at a really good payday.
The $1.5 million assure was simply shattered by 2,773 entries over three beginning flights, producing a prize pool of $2,688,310.
Formally a two-day occasion, 307 gamers returned for the second and ultimate day that would appear to go on ceaselessly. However when all of the mud was settled, it was Merritt Kuhn who would find yourself with all of the chips and a $339,115 payday. It’s his largest match poker money, dwarfing the $84,267 he simply gained for ending third within the $1,700 Most important Occasion at World Sequence of Poker Circuit Hammond simply final month.
Kuhn solely began including to his Hendon Mob web page final yr, and his high three cashes all got here in 2025.
Runner-up Raymond Mancini of Sarasota, Fla., additionally beat his career-best he gained by ending second within the $800 bracelet occasion on the 2024 World Sequence of Poker for $246,031. He gained $268,049 in Michigan. His money put him about $200,000 shy of breaking the $1 million lifetime match money mark.
Third-place finisher Brian Jones, who makes his house in Mebane, North Carolina, added $172,720 to his lifetime stack of $156,000. His finest earlier than making a deep run at FireKeepers On line casino was $20,972 for ending second in a $400 WSOP Circuit occasion in 2023 at Cherokee North Carolina.
Michael McFadden additionally bagged his first six-figure rating on this occasion, successful $134,711. His finest earlier than this was for $25,000 for making it to 792-place within the 2024 WSOP Most important Occasion.
Roger Khoury additionally pulled a six-figure money for the primary time in his life for ending fifth. He has loads of deep runs taking part in on-line, and though he’s made tons of ultimate tables in WSOP Circuit rings occasions, he has but to lock a victory up.
The MSPT is now on the Playground in Montreal for the Canada Poker Championship, a $1,150 occasion that begins tomorrow (Oct. 15). It then heads to Riverside On line casino in Iowa Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, earlier than heading again east to Ameristar East Chicago Nov. 18-23.
| Place | Participant | Payout |
| 1 | Merritt Kuhn | $339,115 |
| 2 | Raymond Mancini | $268,049 |
| 3 | Brian Jones | $172,720 |
| 4 | Michael McFadden | $134,711 |
| 5 | Roger Khoury | $102,343 |
| 6 | Robert Mitchell | $80,853 |
| 7 | Ben Luber | $61,782 |
| 9 | Anthony Babic | $39,218 |
