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Minnesota's Umut Ozturk won the $1,100 Main Event at MSPT Riverside Casino last weekend, topping 406 entries for $69,451, PokerNews reported.
It is his third title in Season 17 of the Major Series of Poker: The Tour (MSPT). Less than a month earlier he won the MSPT Spade Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino in Michigan, beating 2,442 entries for $280,290. In February he took the MSPT JACK Cleveland for $89,638.
Ozturk dedicated the win to his wife, Alison, saying he could not play as much poker without her support.
The result extended his lead on the MSPT all-time money list to $1,406,628. Counting his Season 14 win at Bally's Black Hawk Casino, he has four titles, level with Dan Bekavac and one behind Blake Bohn, the all-time leader with five. A member of the MSPT Hall of Fame, Ozturk was Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024, and he is third on the Season 17 leaderboard.
Others who cashed included Jeff Copeland (11th, $6,243), John "Farmboy" Kurfman (14th, $5,072) and Bill Romer (29th, $2,341). Two stops remain in 2026: the Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock in Florida, November 17 to December 2, and the Winter Poker Classic at Running Aces in Minnesota, December 1-13.
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