Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$635,000
Entries
635
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
MSPT Potawatomi Day 1b Is Done; Zalewski Leads
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Records fell hard Saturday as the second starting flight of the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino Main Event played out in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The flight drew a total of 323 entries and when added to the 309 from Day 1a, a grand total of 632 entries was achieved, easily surpassing the Wisconsin state record of 487 recorded the last time the MSPT came to Potawatomi in September 2014.
The big number also added up to a new record for the most entries in an MSPT event outside of Las Vegas, pushing well past the 517 entries recorded at Battle Creek, Michigan in October of 2014, and while the 854 entries the MSPT drew at The Venetian in Las Vegas still remains the largest event in the tour's history, MSPT Potawatomi now stands as the second biggest.
Many came, but many fell as they played down to 66 remaining through 14 levels. Included in the fallen was PokerNews Managing Editor and WSOP Bracelet Winner Chad Holloway, who fired two bullets on the day and did build a stack, but could not hold on to it.
Early chip leaders like Ami Sharma, Tony Hough and Hassan Tahsildar and 2014 MSPT Potawami finalist Robert Edelstein also suffered a similar fate.
As the day wore on, the chip lead changed hands several times, but Racine, Wisconsin's Andreas Wagner doubled with kings over queens late and emerged as the first player past the 200,000-chip mark, holding on to bag 215,400.
However, a late flurry from Paul Zalewski saw him bag 254,600 chips and the Day 1b chip lead.
Day 1a chip leader Brett Reichard and the 290,500-chip stack still make him the man everyone will be chasing Sunday.
Others building contending stacks on Day 1b included 2014 MSPT Columbus champ Mark Sandness, MSPT Pro Matthew Alexander, Chicago's Marianne Deguzman and Heartland Poker Tour winner and MSPT finalist David Gutfreund.
And while he's a little below average, well-known pro and structure junkie Allen Kessler will also be back with a shot at the money on Day 2.
All 66 players who made it through the day will be joined by the 69 Day 1a survivors when play resumes at 10:30 a.m. local time Sunday with plans to play down to a winner.
Prizepool information will be released in the morning, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover all the action from start to finish.
Plus, the final table, featuring 60-minute levels, will be broadcast live (15-minute delay) with hole cards on msptpoker.com and PokerNews.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
254,500
84,500
|
84,500 |
|
252,500
252,500
|
252,500 |
|
215,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
196,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
190,500 | |
|
|
180,500
180,500
|
180,500 |
|
180,500
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
178,500
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
174,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
169,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
|
159,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
|
148,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
136,500
136,500
|
136,500 |
|
|
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
131,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
127,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
125,500
125,500
|
125,500 |
|
|
119,500
119,500
|
119,500 |
|
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
115,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
98,500
98,500
|
98,500 |
|
98,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
96,000 |
The Last Three Hands
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
With 10 minutes left in the 14th level the clock was stopped.
Tournament staff then drew to determine the number of hands left to play on the day and came up with three.
Meet The New Boss
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Racine, Wisconsin's Andreas Wagner managed to get it in with kings versus queens to double up huge and is not only the first player past the 200,000 chip mark, but the chip leader as well.
In the meantime, at the same table, Paul Zalewski has moved up close to 200,000 and into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | |
|
|
170,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
A New Leader Emerges
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
While it's tight at the top right now, David Gutfreund appears to have jumped into the chip lead.
He made most of his stack in a massive hand where he flopped a set of sixes, rivered sixes full of kings and still managed to get paid on the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The Stacked And The Not So Much
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Below are updated counts for the chip leaders and those who once led, but have since gone broke:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
150,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
150,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
150,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
135,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
130,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
120,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
110,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
100,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
99,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
94,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
55,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
30,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Break!
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The players are now off on a 10-minute break and will return to play two more levels before Day 1b is done.