2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
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Smith Chokes on Rice

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jason Smith
Jason Smith

We noticed Jason Smith was standing on the rail as players came back from break. Sure enough, a quick check with his former table revealed that he had been eliminated in Level 9.

According to Justin Rice, who did the deed, it happened when an under-the-gun player opened for 1,800 and another player called. Rice then three-bet to 7,200 from the button, Smith four-bet jammed for right around 25,000 from the big blind, and action folded back to Rice, who made the call.

Rice: {a-}{k-}
Smith: {k-}{j-}

Smith was in dire straits, and while he paired his jack on the {a-}{j-}{q-} flop, Rice also paired his ace. A {5-} on the turn was no help to Smith, and neither was the {A-} river. Smith was eliminated from the tournament while Rice chipped up to 75K.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Rice
75,000
44,500
44,500
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Jason Smith
Busted

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Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Hebden Drowned on the River

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Last August, Elliott Hebden finished sixth in this event. He no doubt had high hopes of another deep run, but they were just cut short due to a nasty river.

We missed the hand as it unfolded, but we learned after the fact Hebden had gotten the last of his chips all in preflop holding the {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and was racing against the {10-}{10-} of Mike Ermie.

A jack on the flop gave Hebden a pair and made him a massive favorite to double, but then the {10-Diamonds} spiked on the river to send him packing. Whether or not he opts to rebuy either today or tomorrow remains to be seen.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Ermie
80,000
19,000
19,000
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Elliott Hebden
Busted

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Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Michael Menck
110,000
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Gary Farhat
95,000
14,000
14,000
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Bryan Moon
90,000
48,000
48,000
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Nick Jivkov
90,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jason Smith
90,000
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Jack Rolnitzky
72,000
3,000
3,000
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Tyler Caspers
67,000
4,000
4,000
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Darrell Newcomer
65,000
20,000
20,000
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Mike Ermie
61,000
18,000
18,000
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Mike Holm
41,000
1,000
1,000
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Carter Myers
31,500
31,500
31,500
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Justin Rice
30,500
3,500
3,500
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Dee Bell
30,000
24,000
24,000
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Denny Robinson
30,000
4,000
4,000
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Ken Payne
26,000
27,000
27,000
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Elliott Hebden
14,000
6,000
6,000

Robinson is not "Walking The Dog"

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Denny Robinson
Denny Robinson

Denny Robinson is continuing to get involved in big pots. We walked up to a three-way pot with 11,000 in the middle preflop. After a flop of {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, Robinson bet 4,000 and Roger Isaac moved all in for 15,675. The third player folded and Robinson made the call. Isaac had flopped a set of fours and was ahead of Robinson's {k-}{k-}.

Isaac dodged the two outs as the board finished with {7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. In the last level and a half, Robinson has yo-yoed from over 50,000 to near starting stack, then back up to over 50,000 and now down to 34,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Roger Isaac
41,000
41,000
41,000
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Denny Robinson
34,000
10,000
10,000

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"You Show Me, I'll Show You"

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Action folded to a player in the cutoff and he opened for 2,000. The button and small blind both folded, and then Mike Holm defended from the big. When the flop fell {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Spades}, Holm checked and the cutoff continued for 3,000. Holm responded with a check-raise to 9,000, and his opponent thought long and hard before releasing his hand.

"You show me, I'll show you," Holm offered. The cutoff did not show, but Holm couldn't resist and tabled the {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

Meanwhile, Bruce “The Hammer” Swart has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Holm
40,000
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Bruce “The Hammer” Swart
Busted

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Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Smith Doesn't Like Rice

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

With 6,275 in the pot and a flop of {a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}, the two players in the blinds checked to Justin Rice, who bet 3,500 from the under-the-gun position. Jason Smith then raised to 8,500 from middle position, the blinds folded, and Rice called the additional 5,000.

After the dealer burned and turned the {4-Clubs}, Rice checked and Smith wasted little time in betting out 6,700. It did the trick as Rice snap-folded his cards.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Smith
90,000
70,000
70,000
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Justin Rice
34,000
24,000
24,000

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