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Umut Ozturk, who won the MSPT Spade Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek for a career-best $280,290, has added a third Major Series of Poker: The Tour (MSPT) main event title in 2026, according to Card Player.
Ozturk won a 406-entry main event at Riverside Casino Golf Resort in Iowa. It was his fourth career MSPT main event trophy.
Heads-up deal decides the Iowa event
The main event had a $1,110 buy-in. Ozturk and Jacob Tourville made a heads-up deal, and each player received $69,451.
Brett Reichard finished third for $38,627. D.J. Buckley finished eighth for $10,145.
FireKeepers win part of a 2026 run
The FireKeepers victory in Battle Creek was the biggest payday of Ozturk’s career. Earlier in 2026, he also won the Ohio Poker State Championship for $89,638.
The Iowa win earned Ozturk 720 Card Player Player of the Year points. His total of 3,077 points moved him inside the top 100 in the 2026 standings.
His career earnings rose to just shy of $1.7 million, with more than $1.4 million coming from MSPT events. Josh Reichard is the closest competitor in MSPT earnings with nearly $1.2 million. Ozturk is tied with Daniel Bejkavac for the second-most wins on the tour.
Ozturk dedicated the victory to his wife, Alison. "This one, this one is for my wife, Alison. She is the rock in our family. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be able to play poker as much as I do, so I’m very grateful for her and everything she does for our family," he said.
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Source: As reported by Card Player.
