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That’s Wrap on 2025 – MSPT Player of the Year Winners & a New Millionaire

MSPT Podcast Presented By PokerNews

Release Date: 12/24/2025

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In the 10th episode, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are back to recap the latest MSPT stop, which took place at Running Aces in Minnesota. The Winter Poker Classic marked the last opportunity for players to accumulate coveted Season 16 Player of the Year (POY) points, and both Umut Ozturk and Jacob Long were in attendance to do just that. Their tight race literally came down to the final table of the final side event of the season. 

Speaking of those side events, Josh Reichard claimed two more gold cards, while Kou Vang finished runner-up in the Main Event to become the MSPT's second millionaire and to surpass Rich Alsup atop the MSPT all-time money leaderboard. Meanwhile, MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson became a millionaire on his own accord by taking down the WPT Prime Championship in Las Vegas, learn about the Senior POY and ICON of the Year winners, and take a look ahead to Season 17, which included a pretigious new event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open (RRPO).

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MSPT Podcast Presented By PokerNews will air every other week and release at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. PT on Wednesdays. The show will be available on the PokerNews YouTube channel as well as on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Time Stamps
*Time | Topic*
00:00 | Welcome to the show
01:02 | MSPT Season 16 POY Results
04:15 | MSPT Winter Poker Classic side event winners
05:45 | ICON of the Year
06:24 | Jeff Copeland wins Senior of the Year
08:50 | MSPT Running Aces Main Event
10:00 | Kou Vang becomes MSPT millionaire
12:35 | Mini Main Event champ
13:50 | Aaron Johnson wins WPT Prime
17:45 | Tilted Compass – use code “KYNA” to save 15%
19:25 | A look ahead to Season 17 in 2026
25:17 | Upcoming stops
27:25 | MSPT partners with Seminole Hard Rock Florida
29:22 | MSPT World Rankins
30:38 | New Year’s Resolutions