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. Of those, 113 players found their way into Sunday's Day 2 with their eyes set on the title.
After 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.
Atchison 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.