Young Winner of 2017 MSPT Poker Bowl

Season 8 of the Mid-States Poker Tour kicked-off last week with the MSPT Poker Bowl in Las Vegas. The $1,100 buy-in Main Event subsequently attracted 695 players to create a prize pool worth $681,100, and after three days of action the tournament was eventually won by Michigan pro Jordan Young for $117,381.
Following his latest victory, Young now boasts $439,678 in live winnings, to go with the $5,692,717 he has won online playing under the screen name Jymaster0011.
The 2017 MSPT Poker Bowl saw a number of notable pros turn out for the event, and amongst those seeing a return on their money was Chris Staats in 71st ($2,248), Anthony Spinella in 59th ($2,384), Lily Kiletto in 55th ($2,384), Darren Rabinowitz in 54th ($2,520), Eric Baldwin in 48th ($2,520) and Dutch Boyd in 35th ($2,997).
Jordan Young was then one of the shortest stacks with just two tables remaining, but managed to score a key double up after his 6d-5d shove on a 3d-2c-9d flop hit a 6 on the turn against his opponent holding Ad-Qd.
Jordan Young would later enter the final table of ten as a big stack together with WSOP bracelet winner Ankush Mandavia. However, it was Chris Moon dominating the early action after eliminating a slew of players including Joseph Alban (10th), Mark Hamilton (8th), Mike Vanier (7th), and Jason Vanstrom (6th).
When just four players were left, though, Jordan Young scored a double elimination over Jordan Christos (4th) and Chris Moon (3rd) to take a slight chip advantage over Ankush Mandavia into the heads-up phase of the competition. After going back and forth a while, the players subsequently agreed to split the prize money, while leaving $10,000 for the eventual winner. That came after Young’s preflop J-4 shove beat Mandavia’s K-10 call, and later commenting on his final opponent, Young explained:
“Andy is just really good. He’s really strong especially heads-up. My card distribution was solid heads-up, so it made it easier to play against him.”
Final Table Results:
1: Jordan Young $117,381*
2: Ankush Mandavia $107,381*
3: Chris Moon $63,342
4: Jordan Christos $46,996
5: Patrick Gunraj $35,417
6: Jason Vanstrom $26,563
7: Mike Vanier $20,433
8: Mark Hamilton $16,346
9: Gary Bolden $12,260
10: Joseph Alban $10,217


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