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2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$201,000
Total Entries
201
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 201
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jim Boone was in the blinds, and he check-called 9,000 from cutoff Phil Mader on a board of 
. On the 
river, Boone again check-called, this time 13,000. Mader showed 
for a turned straight, and Boone mucked 
face up.
Players are on break for 10 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
54,000
21,900
|
21,900 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
James Gibson opened for 4,000, only to see the next two players go all in. The first player was short, but Brad Olson had 41,400 in the cutoff. Gibson let his hand go after action folded back to him.
"Let me have live cards," the at-risk player said.
Olson: 
Opponent: 
Instead, he was about as dead as could be, and a 
run out didn't bring enough help to keep him in the tournament.
Blake Bohn is also seated at the table, and he has amassed chips with frightening efficiency, lapping the field and passing the 300,000 mark.
"I don't even think I've had a showdown," Bohn said of his ascent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
341,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dale Berger shoved all in on a flop of 
for about 35,000 and was snap-called by Dustin Kern, who had checked from the blinds.
Berger: 
Kern: 
Berger's top pair was almost worthless, but he did have a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw to try to catch his opponent's set. The 
increased his outs by giving him an open-ended straight draw, but the river was a blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Herb Laney opened for a raise in late position and got jammed on the big blind for about 20,000 more. Laney made the call, and he was in a dominating spot with 
against 
. The board ran out 
, and Laney's kicker earned him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We found former Mid-States Poker Tour champion Mark Sandness all in with 
in front of him, but he couldn't catch the 
of Max Bergquist as the board ran out 
. The Minnesotan had about 34,000 left, and Bergquist had him covered by a few thousand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A player shoved all in for 16,200 in the cutoff, and Matt Alexander looked him up from the button.
Alexander: 
Cutoff:
Things turned sour for Alexander's dominating hand as the flop came 
, giving his opponent the nut flush draw and a pair of eights. The ended things on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,600
200
|
200 |
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The small blind bet 12,000 on a flop of 
and was called by Steve Belland in middle position. On the 
turn, the small blind bet 16,000, and Belland immediately moved in for 9,300 more. Despite getting a fabulous price, the small blind let his hand go after about a minute of thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
