Umut Ozturk Wins Third Main Event Title of MSPT Season 17

Minnesota's Umut Ozturk won the third tournament of MSPT Season 17. Last weekend, he finished first in the $1,100 Main Event at MSPT Riverside Casino, which had a 406-player field, and earned $69,451. About a month earlier, he won the MSPT Spade Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino in Michigan, beating a 2,442-player field for $280,290.

Ozturk won $89,638 at MSPT JACK Cleveland in February. Those tournaments, combined with his victory at Bally's Black Hawk Casino in Season 14, brought his total title count to four. That ties Dan Bekavac and is one short of Blake Bohn's five titles, the all-time leader. With career earnings of $1,406,628, Ozturk remains at the top of the MSPT all-time money list.

Ozturk was named MSPT Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024. In 2025, he finished second, losing the award to Jacob Long. He currently sits third in the Season 17 standings. Two stops remain in the season: the Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open, held in Florida in partnership with Seminole Hard Rock between November 17 and December 2, and the Winter Poker Classic at Running Aces Casino in Minnesota, running from December 1 to 13. The final Season 17 standings will be decided at the Winter Poker Classic.