2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$64,655
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
238
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Thomas Lynde
Thomas Lynde
61,000
-9,000
-9,000
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
40,525
20,025
20,025
Matt Alexander us
Matt Alexander
37,400
900
900
MSPT
Mike Lang us
Mike Lang
34,100
1,100
1,100
Larry Ormson us
Larry Ormson
33,800
Duane Gerleman us
Duane Gerleman
17,500
-9,500
-9,500
Dan Hendrickson us
Dan Hendrickson
17,000
-3,000
-3,000
Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
13,000
-7,000
-7,000
Dan Dykhouse us
Dan Dykhouse
11,850
-8,150
-8,150
Mark Fink us
Mark Fink
11,400
-8,600
-8,600
Ernest Garrett
Ernest Garrett
3,700
-16,300
-16,300

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Skalsky's Boat is Bigger

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

In an already bloated pot, Ryan Skalsky moved all in for 8,700 from the small blind, and his opponent in the big blind called on the {q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} board. Skalsky held {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for queens full, and his opponent showed the bad luck: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for an underfull.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Skalsky
Ryan Skalsky
40,000

Tags: Ryan Skalsky

Ross Survives

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

"East Coast" Mike Ross put in his last 5,100 on a board of {6-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and an opponent who had checked from early position made what was clearly a crying call after about a minute. Ross turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} and had the player with {9-}{9-} crushed. The river was the {7-Diamonds}, and Ross doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Ross us
Mike Ross
19,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Mike Ross

"Better to Be Lucky Than Good" for Lang

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

After an early limp, Mike Lang made it 1,200 to go and got two callers, the small blind and the limper. The {8-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop prompted a couple of checks, and Lang bet 3,000. The small blind called, and the limper jammed for 9,850. Lang thought a bit and reshipped. The small blind got a count but folded.

Lang: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Small blind: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

Lang needed help against the two pair, and running {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} gave it to him for jacks up.

"Better to be lucky than good," he said.

Lang booked a pair of runner-up finishes in 2014 on the Mid-States Poker Tour, each worth north of $60,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Lang us
Mike Lang
30,000

Tags: Mike Lang

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Dosch Outflops Aces

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

On a {j-}{4-}{6-} flop, a player shoved all in for about 5,000 well over the pot, which contained around 1,500. Brandon Dosch was the only caller, as he had flopped a set on the button with {4-}{4-}, and he had the all-in player's {a-}{a-} crushed. No ace arrived, and Dosch collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Dosch
Brandon Dosch
28,000

Tags: Brandon Dosch

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25