Four players saw a flop of , and action checked to Lou Mortellaro, who bet 3,100 into a pot of about 4,000. Small blind Blake Bohn made it 7,000 to go, and Mortellaro called after the other two players folded. Both players quickly checked the , and an fell, prompting 15,000 from Bohn. Mortellaro thought for a bit.
"Two queens might be good here," Bohn said.
Mortellaro mucked, saying he actually had two nines, and Bohn showed for a straight and then flush on the river.
Brady Bullard won an early pot after being seated at his new table, though he's still below the starting stack. He bet 1,025 on a flop of from early position and was called by the small blind. Both players checked the , and a hit the river. Bullard's opponent checked, and Bullard bet 2,000. His opponent quickly called, and Bullard showed .
"I had a pair, I just couldn't beat aces," the player said. "Or kings."
According to Bullard, he dumped his first bullet when he three-bet after a raise and a call with and was called by both opponents. On a flop with two diamonds, the preflop flat-caller bet 700, which Bullard raised to 2,050. Alex Greenblatt, a California-based player with about $400,000 in live cashes, made it 6,000 to go and was called by Bullard. On the turn, Greenblatt bet 12,000 and called Bullard's 20,000 shove with , binking the flush on the river.
Aaron Frei, on the button had 2,100 in front of him, as did a player in early position. To the latter's left, Josh Reichard raised to 5,075 on the flop, and both players decided they wanted to see the turn, which brought a . The first two players checked, and Frei bet 9,000, inducing a fast fold and then a bit of a slower one from Reichard.
One week after circuit grinder Nick Jivkov snagged more than $100,000 for winning Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki, the tour is back in action for its second Colorado stop of the year at Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, just outside of Denver.
Last time the tour came through town, Dan Colpoys topped a field of 453 entrants to claim a $114,156 first-place prize, one of the bigger ones awarded this season by the MSPT. Colpoys has not made an appearance on the tour since, so we'll see if he comes back to defend his title. He bested a final table that included notable pros Will Givens and Kou Vang.
This stop features some slight tweaks that will be a bit different to those familiar with the tour. For one thing, we'll see three starting Day 1s instead of the usual two. Also, those starting flights will begin at noon rather than the usual 4 p.m. Furthermore, players may reenter multiple times rather than the usual once. Finally, starting stacks will be 30,000 instead of the usual 20,000. Other than that, the normal Allen Kessler-approved blind structure will be in place, with 40-minute levels starting at 50/100. Fifteen levels are scheduled today, so don't go anywhere as one of the bigger events on the tour this year should be on tap.
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, and action checked to Lou Mortellaro, who bet 3,100 into a pot of about 4,000. Small blind Blake Bohn made it 7,000 to go, and Mortellaro called after the other two players folded. Both players quickly checked the 
, and an 
fell, prompting 15,000 from Bohn. Mortellaro thought for a bit.
for a straight and then flush on the river.
, and a 
and was called by both opponents. On a 
flop with two diamonds, the preflop flat-caller bet 700, which Bullard raised to 2,050. Alex Greenblatt, a California-based player with about $400,000 in live cashes, made it 6,000 to go and was called by Bullard. On the 
turn, Greenblatt bet 12,000 and called Bullard's 20,000 shove with 
, binking the flush on the river.
flop, and both players decided they wanted to see the turn, which brought a 
.
