2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$101,482
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$397,170
Total Entries
411
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
1,000
Players Left 1 / 411

JC Chen Eliminated in 4th Place ($28,795)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
JC Chen - 4th Place
JC Chen - 4th Place

Not long ago JC Chen was on the top of the world, but two back-to-back hands has sent him to the rail.

The first was a major cooler and began when Mike Deis opened for 125,000 on the button. Chen caled from the small blind and then checked when the flop came down {3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}. Deis continued for 125,000, Chen check-raised to 375,000, and Deis pushed back to 750,000. Chen announced that he was all in, and Deis called off for 1.595 million!

Deis: {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Chen: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}

It was a brutal set-over-set situation, and unfortunately for Chen he was on the wrong end of it. The other players and spectators were in disbelief, and everyone watched quietly as the {q-Hearts} was put out on the turn followed by the {K-Spades} on the river. Chen was left with just 230,000.

In the very next hand, Chen moved all in from the button with the {a-Spades}{7-Diamonds} only to run into the {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Jason Zarlenga in the big blind. Chen called for a seven, but it never came as the board ran out {4-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. Many of the spectators offered Chen their condolences and agreed that it was just bad luck.

Tags: JC ChenMike DeisJason Zarlenga