Former Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Participant of the 12 months Kyna England is 2 steps nearer to becoming a member of the MSPT Corridor of Fame after back-to-back deep runs in MSPT Essential Occasions in Milwaukee and Las Vegas.
England completed Sixteenth within the MSPT 100 Grand Stack Competition $1,110 Essential Occasion at Potawatomi On line casino Lodge for $14,898 on Jan. 31 earlier than ending tenth within the MSPT Venetian $1,600 occasion for $19,250 every week later. The Chicago native was lately named an MSPT Icon and is now seven Essential Occasion cashes shy of the 25 cashes wanted for MSPT champions to make the Corridor of Fame.
Ought to she attain that milestone, she can be the primary girl to be inducted.
“It undoubtedly lit a fireplace beneath me now that I am seven cashes away,” the 2021 MSPT Canterbury Park winner informed PokerNews in an interview. “That is nonetheless quite a bit. And I do not put in as a lot quantity as I did in earlier years, so I type of attempt to play the handy ones. I’ve different focuses in life now; I’ve a job and I take pleasure in that.”
Kyna England Wins MSPT Canterbury Park Essential Occasion
Again to Her Roots
England, who co-hosts the PokerNews Podcast, has a historical past with Milwaukee’s Potawatomi On line casino Lodge. In her early poker days, England would drive from Chicago and play $250 satellites into the Essential Occasion. “After which I’d often promote them and play smaller tournaments,” she stated.
One journey, England gained three satellites and determined to play the Essential Occasion. She nonetheless remembers busting simply in need of the cash after “making all of it the way in which to the top of the day.”
“I nonetheless keep in mind it,” she stated. “It is nonetheless contemporary in my head.”
Now primarily based in Las Vegas, England hardly ever will get to play Midwest occasions however made the journey to Potawatomi because the MSPT returned to the small Wisconsin on line casino for the primary time since 2020. “I felt like that was a particular sufficient factor the place I needed to return and play it.”
It proved to be a profitable journey as England first completed ninth in a $200 Final Stack occasion for $1,043 earlier than her Sixteenth-place end within the Essential Occasion. Her PokerNews Podcast co-host Chad Holloway additionally cashed within the occasion.
Again house in Vegas, England navigated a subject of native execs within the $1,600 Venetian Essential Occasion earlier than ending in tenth, coming simply in need of enjoying on the debut stream of the Venetian Poker Studio.
MSPT Icon and Chasing HOF
England was lately named an MSPT Icon, making her one in all a handful of profitable MSPT grinders like Wealthy Alsup, Josh Reichard, Rob WazWaz and Blake Bohn who will battle this 12 months for a $10,000 Essential Occasion package deal.
The 2021 MSPT POY may even play as many MSPT stops as she will be able to as she chases the Corridor of Fame, together with the San Diego and Battle Creek stops.
“They’re actually nice fields,” England stated. “They’re large occasions, and for those who do effectively you’ll be able to earn some huge cash.”
For extra on England’s poker profession, hearken to her interview on the Life Exterior Poker podcast on the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas competition.
Connor Richards
Editor & Dwell Reporter U.S.
