It took around an hour of play before the 113 remaining players became 81 when Paul Cross was eliminated from the tournament on the same hand as the bubble boy. 'I feel good,' Atchison stated after taking down his second title, 'I definitely enjoy playing poker, I mean I'm up so it's fun. He previously won the Season 10 $360 Regional Event for $22,457. From there, he picked his spots wisely and eliminated three of his eight competitors on his way to claiming his second MSPT title. Of those, 113 players found their way into Sunday's Day 2 with their eyes set on the title.Īfter 12 hours of play, it was Eric Atchison who navigated his way to the finish line to capture a $46,020 first-place prize along with his second MSPT Grand Falls Regional title.Ītchison came into the final day with a stack of 121,000 but continued to grind it out until there were 12 players left where he went on a little heater, taking a top four stack into the final table.

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) returned to Iowa's Grand Falls Casino, which is situated just outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a $360 Regional Event and it set the bar high with 794 entries over three days.

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