Main Event Day 1b | 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

10-17-2014 21:53 UTC-5

Day 1b Draws Large Crowd

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

After 14 levels of play here on Day 1b, 23 players have made their way through to Day 2. Entries closed following the break after the end of level nine and the number stood at an impressive 180 for the second of three flights.

Of the 35 remaining, Jeremy Ehrke leads the way with a ridiculous 360,000 in chips. Jeffrey Freese finished second in chips and bagged up 236,000. Ryan Austin (230,500), Steve Anderson (163,500) and Adam Lamphere (140,500) are notables that finished toward the top of the leaderboard.

Notables that entered but failed to advance thus far included Nick Guagenti, Allen Kessler and Pat Steele.

The third and final starting flight will take place on Saturday and 14 levels will be played for a third straight day. Watch out for a ton of weekend warriors to join the fray and push the prize pool close to $500,000.

Join PokerNews back here at 12:00 p.m. ET on Saturday as we continue to bring you MSPT action from Battle Creek, Michigan.

Tags: Adam Lamphere Allen Kessler Nick Guagenti Pat Steele Ryan Austin Steve Anderson

10-17-2014 21:46 UTC-5

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ehrke	360,000	360,000
Jeffrey Freese	236,000	236,000
Ryan Austin	230,500	52,500
Mike Dolehanty	169,000	84,000
Paul Stoddard	166,000	6,000
Steve Anderson	163,500
Adam Lamphere	140,500	62,500
Nick Pupillo	136,000	136,000
John Hertel	124,500	124,500
Tommy Midena	123,500	110,800
Eric Sarrazine	119,000	119,000
Bryan Gwin	116,000	-19,000
Michael Ermie	107,500	-4,500
Brian Newman	104,000	104,000
Philip Chandler	103,500	103,500
Philip Clements	83,500	83,500
Ryan Dykhouse	83,000	83,000
Greg Lamson	82,500	82,500
Christopher Maiberger	81,500	81,500
Brandon Heller	75,500	75,500
Ben Sedlecky	72,500	72,500
Steven Williams	71,000	71,000
Jim Dominique	70,500	70,500
Ronald Bell	66,500	66,500
Samuel Angott	66,500	66,500

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10-17-2014 20:45 UTC-5

Ermie Extinguishes Eklund

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The player under the gun raised to 6,000 and Brian Eklund reraised all in. Michael Ermie also moved all in from the small blind and the original bettor folded, leaving Eklund and Ermie heads up.

Ermie:

Eklund:

The board ran out and Eklund hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Ermie	112,000	112,000
Brian Eklund	Busted

Tags: Brian Eklund Michael Ermie

10-17-2014 20:24 UTC-5

Dolehanty Finds a Double

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

On a flop of , Mike Dolehanty got all of his chips in against the of his opponent. Dolehanty was drawing huge with the and the on the turn gave him the straight. The turn faded outs for his opponent and improved Dolehanty to a flush. Dolehanty stayed alive as Day 1b heads to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Dolehanty	85,000	28,000

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

10-17-2014 20:04 UTC-5

Gwin Takes a Big One

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We caught the three-way action after a flop of and a bet and a call for 8,500 from Paul Stoddard. Bryan Gwin moved all in when the action came around to him from early position. The original bettor thought for awhile before calling and Stoddard also took some time before finally folding.

Gwin:

Opponent:

The turn sealed it and the meaningless on the river gave the pot to Gwin. Stoddard claimed to have folded the flush draw and Gwin sat happy that he didn't pay to see the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Stoddard	160,000	108,000
Bryan Gwin	135,000	135,000

Tags: Bryan Gwin Paul Stoddard

10-17-2014 19:52 UTC-5

Anderson Straight Up Killing It

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Steve Anderson just can't help finding the big hand so far here on Day 1b. We picked up the action with the board reading and Anderson bet 10,000. His heads-up opponent gave it some thought before sending his cards to the muck.