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Alex Aqel Wins MSPT Potawatomi ($138,385)
- Updated: November 22, 2016
A week after a big event in Colorado, the Mid-States Poker Tour was back in action with a trip to Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee. The event drew 596 runners and Alex Aqel of Illinois outlasted them all for a payday of $138,385, more than all of his other tournament cashes combined.
Official Final Table Results
The tournament paid out 54 places, and a number of notable players managed to cash, including Mike Shin, James McManus, Rich Alsup, Jeremy Dresch, John Reading, Vlad Revniaga, Jason Seitz and Rob Wazwaz.
Aqel started out the day second in chips out of 111 remaining players, according to the live updates, and it wasn’t a stack he allowed to slip much during the course of Day 2. He scored a number of eliminations en route to the final table, which he entered with over 50 big blinds and a slight chip lead over Randy Perkins.
Right off the bat, Perkins and Aqel clashed in a huge hand. With blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000, Perkins came in …
