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

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Myers	273,000 67,000	67,000
Jason Zarlenga	186,000 56,000	56,000
Dustin Hargis	181,500 181,500	181,500
Ken Baime	179,000 -1,000	-1,000
Roger Isaac	155,500 97,500	97,500
Jerry Gregory	148,500 148,500	148,500
Dash Dudley	134,000 134,000	134,000

Dee Bell	119,000 -1,000	-1,000
Denny Robinson	110,500 53,500	53,500
Ken Payne	96,500 -98,500	-98,500
Scott Sowers	95,000 95,000	95,000
Doug Cruce	94,500 94,500	94,500
Bob Hoag	86,000 86,000	86,000
Ken Stevenson	85,000 85,000	85,000
Pierre Armster	83,500 -6,500	-6,500
Andy Lupson	83,000 83,000	83,000
Kevin O'Connor	79,000 45,000	45,000
Jack Rolnitzky	71,000 -1,000	-1,000
Darrell Newcomer	69,000 -38,000	-38,000
Gary Farhat	64,000 -36,000	-36,000
Matt Solomon	57,500 -59,500	-59,500
David West	45,500 45,500	45,500
Jeffrey Ziegler	33,000 33,000	33,000
Zane Palmer	23,000 16,400	16,400

Player

Chips

Progress

Carter Myers

273,000

67,000

Jason Zarlenga

186,000

56,000

Dustin Hargis

181,500

Ken Baime

179,000

-1,000

Roger Isaac

155,500

97,500

Jerry Gregory

148,500

Dash Dudley

134,000

Dee Bell

119,000

-1,000

Denny Robinson

110,500

53,500

Ken Payne

96,500

-98,500

Scott Sowers

95,000

Doug Cruce

94,500

Bob Hoag

86,000

Ken Stevenson

85,000

Pierre Armster

83,500

-6,500

Andy Lupson

83,000

Kevin O'Connor

79,000

45,000

Jack Rolnitzky

71,000

-1,000

Darrell Newcomer

69,000

-38,000

Gary Farhat

64,000

-36,000

Matt Solomon

57,500

-59,500

David West

45,500

Jeffrey Ziegler

33,000

Zane Palmer

23,000

16,400

On Friday, Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continued with Day 1b action from FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. The second of three starting flights attracted 127 entries, which was up from the 75 and 121 Day 1b entries the last two times the MSPT was in town.

Along with Day 1a’s 106 runners, the current field stands at 233 entrants with another starting flight to go, which means it will no doubt pass it’s previous record of 301 entries. After 14 levels of play, just 24 players remained with Carter Myers and his stack of 273,000 leading the way. That’s quite a bit more than Day 1a chip leader Ben Hammnett, who lead the advancing 18 players with 212,500.

Carter was short in the early stages of the tournament, but he hit a big-time heater at the end of the night. In one notable hand, which happened in the last level of the night, a player in middle position raised to 7,500 and a late-position player made the call. Myers three-bet to 20,400 from the big blind, the original raiser made the call, and the late-position player folded. The flop was and Myers led out for 12,500. His opponent made the call and the turn was the . Myers checked to his opponent who went all in and Myers snap-called, showing . His opponent was behind with jacks and wafted as the hit the river.

Of course not everyone was so lucky. World Series of Poker bracelet winner and Heartland Poker Tour champ Adam Friedman was playing his first-ever MSPT event, but he ended up exiting in Level 7 (250/500/50). According to Friedman, he raised to 1,000 under the gun with and Wisconsin’s Ken Payne three-bet to 2,500 from the button. Friedman responded with a four-bet to 5,200, Payne called, and the flop came down with two diamonds.

Both players checked, and then Friedman put out a bet on the turn. Payne called and ended up moving all in after Friedman checked when a second appeared on the river. Friedman called off with his aces and kings, but it was no good as Payne had gotten extremely luck to make trips with . Friedman stated that he would return on Day 1c, while Payne went on to bag up 96,500.

Others who hit the rail on Day 1b were “Wild Bill” Romer, DJ Hirko, Rob Wood, Rick Terrill, Aaron Wallace, Rob Robitaille, Scott Miller, Tyler Caspers, Bruce “The Hammer” Swart, Nick Jivkov, and Justin Rice.

Rice’s demise came in just two hands, the first of which was losing a race with Big Slick to pocket jacks. A short time later in Level 11 (600/1,200/200), Rice opened the action with a raise to 2,700 from under the gun, which received two callers including Dee Bell in the big blind. The flop saw Bell, the last woman in the field, check and Rice continued for 4,200. Both his opponents called, the was put out on the turn, and Bell took the initiative and led out for 11,000. Two calls followed, the river blanked, and Bell fired out 22,000.

Rice moved all in for roughly 28,000, the other player folded, and Bell called with for the nuts. Rice showed for a set, and just like that he went from 100,000 in chips to out of the tournament.

While many fells, a select few made it through to Day 2 including MSPT Majestic champ Ken Baime (179,000), Jason Zarleng (186,000), and Dustin Hargis (181,500), just to name a few.

Day 1c is set to kick off at Noon local time on Saturday. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you all the action and eliminations, so be sure to check back then. In the meantime, check out this PokerNews Impromptu with the aforementioned Adam Friedman, who talks about playing his first-ever MSPT, this summer’s WSOP, and more.