Steve Pint opened for a raise to 9,000 and got shoved on by the button, Jason Seitz. The total wager was 32,000, and Pint softly announced a call after thinking things over.
Pint:
Seitz:
The flop came , and Pint jumped ahead with jacks. The was a blank, and the sealed Seitz's fate. The former champion, who took down an MSPT event when it was still called the Minnesota State Poker Tour, made his way to the exits.
We found a player all in for about 45,000 in middle position, having been called by Don Morency II in the cutoff. Everyone else folded.
Morency II:
Middle position:
Morency II took the lead in the race on the flop. A turn and river kept his queens good, and he's now among the chip leaders after an early rush here on Day 2.
Mike "Schneids" Schneider flopped a set in a big pot.
Four players put in 10,000 preflop, and the hit the felt. Action checked to the last man in the pot, Mike "Schneids" Schneider, who bet 22,500. Brian Zekus called out of the blinds, and Steve Pint shipped all in. Schneider pushed as well.
"You have to have a set, right?" Zekus asked as he tossed his cards into the muck, flipping the by accident or on purpose, we couldn't tell.
Schneider nodded as he revealed for middle set, miles ahead of Pint's . The turn left Pint drawing dead.
It won't be two Mid-States Poker Tour titles in his home state for Mark Sandness, at least not for awhile. Kou Vang, it seems, is his kryptonite.
According to players at the table, Sandness opened for 11,500 in early position and got shoved on by Kou Vang in the big blind. Sandness called it off.
Sandness:
Vang:
Vang's three-outer materialized immediately on the flop. Fourth and fifth streets were and , no help to Sandness.
"Sorry, man," Vang said.
Vang, who ousted Sandness from MSPT Golden Gates in March by turning a set of nines all in preflop against Sandness' overcards, now holds two wins by KO over the MSPT Running Aces champion this season.
David Abramowicz had already dusted off most of his formerly-leading stack when he opened for what looked like 20,000 in early position. One player called from the cutoff, and Jason Smith made it about 80,000 in the small blind. Abramowicz shoved for not much more, and the cutoff quickly folded before Smith called.
Smith:
Abramowicz:
Smith was dominated, but he found some chop possibility on a flop. A turned, but the river brought a sweet for Smith, leading to Abramowicz's demise. Smith now has a castle of chips in front of him.
Three players saw the flop in a raised pot, and raiser Scott Sitron fired 30,000 on a flop from under the gun. Adam Dahlin called in the cutoff, and Ryan Hohenstein check-shipped from the big blind for 120,000. Sitron folded, and Dahlin quickly called.
Dahlin:
Hohenstein:
Dahlin had flatted aces and paid the price, as he now had two outs against Hohenstein's set. The gave Dahlin more outs with a straight draw, but the was no help.
In the last before the break, a couple of players went busto, and we're now in the money. Players are redrawing and tournament staff are chipping up the purple T500 chips.
, and Pint jumped ahead with jacks. The 
was a blank, and the 
sealed Seitz's fate. The former champion, who took down an MSPT event when it was still called the Minnesota State Poker Tour, made his way to the exits.
flop. A 
turn and 
river kept his queens good, and he's now among the chip leaders after an early rush here on Day 2.
hit the felt. Action checked to the last man in the pot, Mike "Schneids" Schneider, who bet 22,500. Brian Zekus called out of the blinds, and Steve Pint shipped all in. Schneider pushed as well.
. The 
turn left Pint drawing dead.
flop. Fourth and fifth streets were 
and 
, no help to Sandness.
turned, but the river brought a sweet 
for Smith, leading to Abramowicz's demise. Smith now has a castle of chips in front of him.
