2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$106,483
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
432
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Crooks Isolates and Eliminates One With Six-Bet

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Derek Crooks made it 700 to go from an early position and was called by Sam De Silva in the cutoff. The player on the button reraised to 1,800, and Crooks made it 3,700. De Silva cold-called, and the player on the button jammed for about 9,000. Crooks raised to 15,500, and De Silva finally dumped {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} face-up. It was a wise decision, as Crooks had {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}, and the third player was disappointed to show {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}, knowing he needed a straight. The board ran out {j-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, and Crooks took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sam De Silva us
Sam De Silva
43,000
23,000
23,000
Derek Crooks us
Derek Crooks
40,000
-3,000
-3,000

Tags: Derek CrooksSam De Silva

"Joker" Silenced

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jared Mohnen opened for a raise under the gun and got a slew of callers before Marc "Poker Joker" Powers shoved all in for about 10,000 in the big blind. Mohnen moved in as well, and everyone else folded.

Powers: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Mohnen: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Mohnen flopped a third queen as it came {q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, and the {3-Spades} turn left the Joker drawing dead.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Mohnen
Jared Mohnen
25,500
25,500
25,500
Marc Powers
Marc Powers
Busted

Tags: Marc PowersJared Mohnen

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Dresch Takes Three-Way All in

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jeremy Dresch tripled up.
Jeremy Dresch tripled up.

We found Jeremy Dresch all in for 12,150 on the button after a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. A player put his stack in from the big blind for slightly less, and Jonathan Olson leaned back in amazement, double-checked his cards, and tossed out a call.

Olson: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Dresch: {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Big blind: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Everyone had seen a good flop, as the big blind had top set, Olson flopped the best hand with a flush, while Dresch needed a club for a better flush. The turn gave it to him as the {5-Clubs} hit, leaving Olson disappointed and asking for the {8-Clubs}. The {4-Hearts} neither paired the board nor gave Olson his straight flush on the river, and Dresch smiled and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Dresch us
Jeremy Dresch
47,500
47,500
47,500
Jonathan Olson us
Jonathan Olson
24,400
24,400
24,400

Tags: Jeremy DreschJonathan Olson

Sell, Thiem Get There

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jason Sell
Jason Sell

Jason Sell called from the button when a shorter stack shoved for 8,775 on a {q-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop. Sell had flopped a pair and a flush draw with {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, while the cutoff had {a-Spades}{10-Hearts} for top pair. The cutoff turned two pair with the {10-Clubs}, but it ended up being his downfall as a {j-Spades} river gave Sell a backdoor straight.

On another table, Thao Thiem put a shorter stack at risk and hit a wheel with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} against {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Sell us
Jason Sell
56,000
56,000
56,000
Thao Thiem us
Thao Thiem
48,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Jason SellThao Thiem

Updated Chip Counts at Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Players are on break for 10 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
John Morgan us
John Morgan
90,000
70,000
70,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
39,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
39,050
39,050
39,050
Mario Hudson us
Mario Hudson
18,250
18,250
18,250
Nick Kost us
Nick Kost
18,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Todd Breyfogle us
Todd Breyfogle
17,200
-2,800
-2,800
Brett Kuznia
Brett Kuznia
16,725
-275
-275
Tyler Caspers us
Tyler Caspers
15,500
4,500
4,500
Jason Seefeld
Jason Seefeld
14,400
-21,600
-21,600
Robert O'Connell
Robert O'Connell
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Odds Compel Kuznia to Call Off

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

A player in early position shoved all in for 2,925, and Brett Kuznia raised to 8,000 on his left. Action folded to the button, Quon Tran, who shoved all in.

"That's not what I wanted to happen," Kuznia said with a sigh. He only had about 7,000 more and decided to call it off.

Kuznia: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Early position: {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}
Tran: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Tran's queens held as the board ran out {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Quon Tran
Quon Tran
50,500
Brett Kuznia
Brett Kuznia
Busted

Tags: Quon TranBrett Kuznia

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jeff Fielder us
Jeff Fielder
48,500
14,500
14,500
Loki Abboud us
Loki Abboud
48,500
28,500
28,500
Ken Pates us
Ken Pates
44,000
24,000
24,000
Eric Loehr
Eric Loehr
32,500
1,500
1,500
Ben Marsh us
Ben Marsh
32,350
8,250
8,250
Mike Lang us
Mike Lang
27,875
-1,625
-1,625
Lance Harris
Lance Harris
24,000
10,900
10,900
Tony Hartmann us
Tony Hartmann
22,000
22,000
22,000
Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
21,000
21,000
21,000
Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
18,300
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
16,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Hartmann us
Ryan Hartmann
15,000
David Gonia us
David Gonia
11,000
-9,000
-9,000
Robert O'Connell
Robert O'Connell
9,075
9,075
9,075