We came across the action on a board of and about 90,000 in the middle.
Praise Ogwo was seated in the big blind and had checked to Satoshi Tanaka, playing from the under-the-gun position. Tanaka bet 65,000 and Ogwo elected to raise to 177,000. Tanaka made the call. At this point Ogwo had 230,000 behind and Tanaka 520,000.
On the river, Ogwo moved all-in and was quickly called by Tanaka.
Ogwo held and Tanaka . Ogwo was eliminated in 23rd place.
At another table, Alex Tremanis was eliminated, bringing us down to 21 remaining players.
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The action is fast and furious and we have seen the following players finding the rail as the consolidation of stacks continues.
Young Hoon Koh, Mike Sisiliano, Eric Salazar, Donnie Phan, and Matt Lubawski have been eliminated.
On a flop of we pick up the action with Pat Steele in the big blind checking to Mike Sisiliano in the cutoff. Sisiliano bet 27,000 and was called by Steele.
On the turn, Steele again check-called, this time 55,000.
An finally, on the river, Steele check-called once more, this time the all-in bet from Sisiliano who covered the remaining 183,000 of Steele. Sisiliano declared "I guess you got it then" as he turned over . Steele did, in fact, win the pot with his .
Amit Kuckreja was all-in with against the of his opponent. Although he flopped a jack, the board ran out giving his opponent a flush and he was sent to the rail in 31st place.
Meanwhile, at another table, Dennis Brady was busted in 30th.
Chris Bone, who was left short-stacked with 9,000 at the end of Day 1, was blinded off in 29th place.
Day 2 hasn't officially kicked off yet and already there have developments in the inaugural Midway Poker Tour.
All 31 players returning to action today are guaranteed a $2,300 prize, while the eventual winner is slated to receive $55,060. However, due to the Illinois Charitable Gaming Acts and regulations (230 ILCS30), organizers are only able to pay out $500 in cash atop the cost of the buy-in. As such, players will only receive $1,600 in cash no matter their finish, while the remainder of their prize will be awarded in gold/precious metals/collectibles.
Apparently, not all players had been aware of that fact. Tournament officials just informed the players that they have contact information for someone off-site willing to buy said gold/precious metals/collectibles if players are interested in selling after the fact.
The payouts are a topic of conversation among the seated players, many of whom seem to be unhappy with the situation and the fact the payout situation wasn't more clearly explained prior to the tournament.
Midway Poker Tour
Here's a look at how the prize pool is slated to be distributed in cash and prizes:
With 31 players remaining and a pause before the action begins, we thought it would be fun to analyze the distribution of stacks and table dynamics heading into Day 2.
First, let's take a look at the average Day 2 starting stack by table:
Day 2 Final Table Average Stacks
Now, let's take a look at the distribution of average stacks.