Main Event | 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

10-19-2014 18:55 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dykhouse	2,916,000 316,000	316,000
Adam Friedman	2,355,000 218,000	218,000

Nick Pupillo	1,902,000 302,000	302,000

Jeremy Ehrke	1,500,000
Phung Ngo	928,000 465,000	465,000
Mark Johnson	753,000 100,000	100,000

Steve Anderson Eliminated in 7th Place ($18,250)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Phung Ngo raised to 115,000 from early position and Adam Friedman called from the hijack. Steve Anderson reraised all in from the big blind for 669,000 total and Ngo folded. Friedman quickly called.

Friedman:

Anderson:

The flop was and the turn gave Friedman a set and changed Anderson's outs. The on the river though sealed Anderson's fate as he headed to the rail in 7th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	2,573,000 911,000	911,000

Steve Anderson	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Phung Ngo Steve Anderson

10-19-2014 18:33 UTC-6

Blinds Battle

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Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded around to Mark Johnson in the small blind and he called. Adam Friedman checked his option and the flop was . Both players checked and the turn was the . Johnson bet 55,000 and Friedman called. The river was the and Johnson bet 82,000.

Friedman raised to 206,000 and Johnson thought for a moment before eventually tossing a chip out for the call. Friedman showed for two pair and Johnson mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	1,662,000 462,000	462,000

Mark Johnson	853,000 271,000	271,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Mark Johnson

10-19-2014 18:18 UTC-6

Johnson's Push Gets Through

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Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Phung Ngo opened to 105,000 from the button and Mark Johnson moved all in from the small blind for around 900,000. After a count and some thought, Ngo folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phung Ngo	1,393,000 307,000	307,000
Mark Johnson	1,124,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Mark Johnson Phung Ngo

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

10-19-2014 18:00 UTC-6

Updated Counts

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Updated chip counts for the remaining seven players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dykhouse	2,600,000 256,000	256,000
Phung Ngo	1,700,000 112,000	112,000
Nick Pupillo	1,600,000 80,000	80,000

Jeremy Ehrke	1,500,000 210,000	210,000
Adam Friedman	1,200,000 705,000	705,000

Mark Johnson	939,000 21,000	21,000
Steve Anderson	871,000 29,000	29,000

10-19-2014 17:55 UTC-6

Jim Dominique Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,250)

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jeremy Ehrke opened to 85,000 from middle position and Ryan Dykhouse three-bet from the small blind. Jim Dominique moved all in from the big blind for 501,000 total. Ehrke folded and Dykhouse made the call.

Dykhouse:

Dominique:

The board ran out and Dominique shook hands and headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dykhouse	2,856,000 656,000	656,000
Jim Dominique	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Ehrke Ryan Dykhouse Jim Dominique

10-19-2014 17:46 UTC-6

Chad Bienz Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,000)

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Chad Bienz opened to 92,000 from early position and Michael Johnson reraised all in for 490,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Bienz and he made the call.

Bienz:

Johnson:

The board ran out and Bienz hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Johnson	960,000 266,000	266,000
Chad Bienz	Busted

Tags: Chad Bienz Mark Johnson

10-19-2014 17:35 UTC-6

Huge Call = Big Pot for Pupillo

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

We picked up the action after a flop and Nick Pupillo and Chad Bienz heads up. Both players checked and the turn was the . Again both players checked.

The river brought another check from Pupillo, but Bienz wasn't having it and moved all in, having Pupillo covered. Pupillo thought for a while, before eventually announcing "call." We could see the disappointment on Bienz's face as he rolled over . Pupillo tabled and two pair was good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	1,680,000 700,000	700,000

Chad Bienz	420,000 880,000	880,000

Tags: Chad Bienz Nick Pupillo

10-19-2014 17:27 UTC-6

Nikolas Stone Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,500)

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Nik Stone open-shoved all in from the cutoff for 261,000 and Steve Anderson moved all in over the top from the small blind. Jeremy Ehrke folded his big blind and they were heads up.

Anderson:

Stone:

The board ran out and Stone was the first casualty at the final table.