Carl Carodenuto Goes Back-to-Back at MSPT Canterbury To Win $90,805

In December, Carl Carodenuto more than doubled his lifetime tournament earnings by winning Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park for $116,103. He repeated the trick Sunday night to become the first back-to-back winner at the same venue in the tour’s history, topping a field of 376 to bank $90,805 and become the seventh two-time winner in MSPT history.

Carodenuto bested a final table that included World Series of Poker bracelet winner Adam Friedman and former MSPT Canterbury champ “DQ” Dan Hendrickson.

Final Table Results

The $1,100 event paid out to 36 places, and among the players making the money were Tony Hartmann (31st), Josh Reichard (30th), John Hayes (23rd), Scott Sitron (21st), Travis Lauson (18th), and WSOP bracelet winner John Reading (17th).

According to the live updates, Carodenuto held a narrow chip lead over Friedman when the final table began, but it was short stack Gennady Shimelfarb who was the star early. After winning two early races, he shot …

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