Rodney Colson bet 80,000 against two opponents, who had called his preflop raise, on the flop. Only Leo Fussy called. The turned, and Colson checked. Fussy bet 150,000, and Colson raised to 300,000. Fussy called, and the river was a . Colson bet 100,000, and Fussy immediately called. Colson turned up , but it was no good as Fussy had trips with .
Peixin Liu opened to 50,000 in the hijack and called the shove of Judd Greenagel, who had about 200,000 in the big blind.
Greenagel:
Liu:
Greenagel was crushed, but he improved greatly on the flop, finding a straight draw. The closed out two of his outs though, and the was close but not the seven he needed.
Joe Barnard pushed all in, and Rodney Colson shoved over the top from the button, forcing the blinds to fold. He had , dominating Barnard's . The board ran out , and Colson took it with the better set.
The next hand, Ken Pates opened for a raise and then called the shove of Aaron Johnson, who had about 180,000. Pates held this time, and Johnson had . The board ran out dry, and Johnson headed for payouts.
Rodney Colson bet 30,000 on a board of from the big blind, and Everett Carlton raised to 74,000 from middle position. Colson made the call, and the two saw the hit the board. Colson checked, and Carlton moved all in. The count was 110,000, and Colson went deep into the tank as Carlton sat silently. After about three minutes, Colson splashed in a few chips.
Cat-quick, Carlton shot out of his chair and flipped , grabbing his coat as he knew his pair of kings could never be good. Colson turned over for two pair.
A player shoved all in for 23,500 under the gun and was called by his neighbor. Action folded around to James Wilson in the cutoff, who shoved all in for 155,000. The blinds folded, and Wilson turned over his . The only problem was, the player who had called the all in had yet to act. He had , and he called, slightly covering Wilson, who said he didn't see that the player had called. Now, he was stuck with the sevens against the eights and the short stack's .
The dealer spread a flop of , and fate decided to forgive Wilson as nothing else of note emerged from the deck and his set held up.
Jeremy Dresch busted out a short time later from the same table.
We found a three-way all in brewing at Table 3 between Nick Pupillo, Matt Alexander, and Adam Dahlin. The latter had 50,000 or so on the button with . Alexander had in the big blind, while Pupillo covered both by far and had .
Someone asked for a sweat, as Alexander looked to be in complete command, but instead of a mere sweat, Pupillo took a hammerlock on things as his only out flopped: . The turn and river meant he knocked out two dangerous players.
Todd Breyfogle bet 10,000 on a flop and was called by Everett Carlton in the cutoff. On the turn, Breyfogle shoved in for about 40,000 and was snap-called.
"You have a nine?" he asked, turning up .
Indeed, Carlton had , and he was fading aces and spades. The river was safe, and Breyfogle told him nice hand.
The stage is set and the players are arriving at Canterbury Park here in Shakopee, Minn., for Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park. Rodney Colson has pole position with 385,500 as the day is set to begin to lead the 93 contenders who have advanced from their respective Day 1s.
Nick Pupillo, Derek Crooks, Ken Pates, Peixin Liu, Judd Greenagel, Kou Vang, Matt Kirby, Jon Hanner, Jeremy Dresch, Jeff Fielder, and Matt Alexander are just some of the players whose names pop out when looking over the list of runners looking to overtake Colson and ultimately end up with all of the chips. One of the players will do just that over the course of play today, which will end with a champion crowned.
Play will resume at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500), with levels again lasting 40 minutes until the final table, at which point they will go to one hour apiece. The final day of the MSPT season is set to begin at 10:30 a.m., so don't go anywhere.