Kou Vang, who has been the hottest player on the Mid-States Poker Tour this year, just walked to the payout desk, busting in a hand we didn't see.
Kou Vang, who has been the hottest player on the Mid-States Poker Tour this year, just walked to the payout desk, busting in a hand we didn't see.
We found Jason Smith with a bet of 40,000 in front of him on a ![]()
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flop. Rooster Oien announced all in, and Smith snap-called.
Oien: ![]()
Smith: ![]()
The dealer brought out a sweat card: the
, giving Oien a flush draw. It wasn't to be, however, as an
completed the board and ended his tournament.
In a pot that occurred during the last level, Brian Zekus dragged a huge three-way all in with ![]()
against a player holding ![]()
and another with ![]()
.
More recently, he opened to 16,000 in early position and got three-bet shoved on by a player in the cutoff for 82,000. Zekus called.
Zekus: ![]()
Cutoff: ![]()
The cutoff got up after the ![]()
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gave Zekus a flush draw. The
hit the turn, and the
the river, eliminating the cutoff from contention and putting Zekus over the 500k mark.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
We found Jason Smith putting a player all in after a flop of ![]()
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. His opponent made the call.
Smith: ![]()
Opponent: ![]()
The dealer burned and turned the
shipping Smith a lock immediately. An
hit the river, making him an even bigger straight.
Adam Dahlin moved all in from the button in an unopened pot for 30,000, and Al Ahmann reshoved in the small blind. The big blind folded.
Ahmann: ![]()
Dahlin: ![]()
Dahlin turned a gutter when the first four came ![]()
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, but a
river sent him to the rail.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
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.
Three players saw the flop in a raised pot, and raiser Scott Sitron fired 30,000 on a ![]()
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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.
The players are on a 10-minute break.