Adam Lamphere bet 6,000 from the big blind on a board of , and Jesse Notz moved all in for 20,400 in the cutoff after thinking things over for awhile. Lamphere snapped it off, rolling over for top boat, and he needed to fade only two aces as Notz showed . The dealer burned and turned the though, causing some "wows" to come from the table.
Adam Friedman opened for 500 in middle position and then called a three-bet to 2,200 from the big blind. Both players checked to the river, when the board read , when the big blind bet 2,500.
"Alright, you're repping ace-king, show me ace-king," Friedman said as he tossed in a call.
Instead, he was shown , not enough to best his .
Friedman is an Ohio native who has more than $1.6 million in cashes in his live tournament career and owns a World Series of Poker bracelet, making him one of the most accomplished players in this tournament. He has recently attended a few Mid-States Poker Tour events, starting at Tropicana Evansville in August.
One of the players who just registered and took a seat at Table 15 is a name that will be familiar to anyone who has paid attention to televised poker over the past decade: Paul Wasicka, former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up. Wasicka was a little-known player coming up in the poker world with a few nice cashes when he entered the 2006 Main Event. There, he nearly made poker history by winning the biggest Main Event ever, finishing second to Jamie Gold for just over $6.1 million.
Wasicka continued to experience success on the felt, as he followed that up the next year with a $455,615 score for fourth in the LAPC and then a win in the National Heads-Up Championship for another $500,000. Wasicka also claimed a ring in a circuit main event for $139,422 in 2010. Since that year, his tournament cashes have come exclusively at the WSOP, with the last score coming in the Main Event last year for $24480.
The Denver resident evidently decided to dust off the poker chops and take a run at the Mid-States Poker Tour, and he's off to a good start after betting all three streets with on a run out and getting paid off.
Bracelet winner and Colorado native Will Givens has bought into the tournament. Givens made the final table the last time the Mid-States Poker Tour rolled through town, finishing sixth for $15,855.
, and Jesse Notz moved all in for 20,400 in the cutoff after thinking things over for awhile. Lamphere snapped it off, rolling over 
for top boat, and he needed to fade only two aces as Notz showed 
. The dealer burned and turned the 
though, causing some "wows" to come from the table.
, when the big blind bet 2,500.
, not enough to best his 
on a 
run out and getting paid off.
