We found Sam De Silva tanking against an all-in wager of 19,350 from an opponent on a 
flop. De Silva thought for a couple of minutes and tossed in a call.
De Silva: 
Opponent: 
De Silva was far in front, and the 
and 
run out cemented it for him.
"You know why I called you?" De Silva said. "You bluffed me two years ago."
His opponent protested that she thought she had flopped a set of twos and hadn't known she was bluffing.
Tom Midena was all in with a very short stack when we arrived at Table 15, but he was ahead with 
against the 
of Adam Lamphere. The dealer spread a flop of 
.
"Good flop for you," Lamphere said.
A 
was bad on the turn though, as it gave Lamphere a straight draw, which he hit on the 
river.
Midena headed for the reentry desk to fire his last allotted bullet.
Jason Meyer check-called 2,600 from Drake Bronk after a 
flop, and both players checked the 
. Meyer bet out 4,000 on the 
river, and Bronk made it 13,000. Meyer called, and Bronk rolled over 
to take the pot with a rivered full house.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Ken Pates looks serious about another run to a second-straight Mid-States Poker Tour win, as he has quickly amassed a six-figure stack.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
In a three-bet pot after a flop of 
, Erich Ponath checked from early position to three-bettor Steve Belland, who bet 5,000 from late position. Ponath slid all of his large-denomination chips forward, and Belland took a deep breath and announced all in for about 22,000. Ponath called the extra few thousand.
Ponath: 
Belland: 
Another player said he folded a queen, so Ponath had flopped the case two queens, and Belland couldn't find his one-outer on the turn or 
river.
Gary Tsui bet 1,800 from the big blind on a board of 
, and Peter Ruszkiewicz made it 7,000 to go from the cutoff. Jonathan Olson cold-called in the small blind, and Tsui mucked. The completed the board, and Olson checked. Ruszkiewicz immediately announced all in, and Olson went into the tank.
"Ace-five?" he asked. "King-queen would be sick..."
He made the call, and sickness it was as Ruszkiewicz flipped 
for a straight.
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