2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$97,539
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$381,000
Entries
383
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Stone Puts a Beat on Lauson

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Nik Stone pushed all in from the button for about 500,000 when action folded to him, and Travis Lauson snap-called in the big blind.

Lauson: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Stone: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Stone had three outs, but there was no waiting as the flop came {10-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. The {9-Spades} gave Lauson a straight draw, but a {q-Clubs} river was a brick.

Player Chips Progress
Nik Stone us
Nik Stone
1,130,000 595,000
Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
160,000 -595,000

Tags: Nik StoneTravis Lauson

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Take a Break

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on a 10-minute break while tournament staff colors up some of the chips at the table.

DJ Buckley Eliminated in 8th Place ($11,040)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
DJ Buckley - Eighth Place
DJ Buckley - Eighth Place

Jun Kim open-shoved the button, and Jason Sell called in the small blind. DJ Buckley called off his 200,000 or so stack in the big.

Kim: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Sell: {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Buckley: {k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Kim had both opponents dominated, and only Sell was drawing live after the first four cards came {9-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Sell's club didn't hit the river, and Buckley exited in eighth since he had the least chips, while Kim tripled up.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Sell us
Jason Sell
1,817,000 215,000
Jun Kim us
Jun Kim
603,000 208,000
DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
Busted

Tags: DJ BuckleyJason SellJun Kim

Nick Jivkov Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,202); Jason Seefeld Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,361)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Nick Jivkov - Ninth Place
Nick Jivkov - Ninth Place

Nick Jivkov pushed all in under the gun, and action folded to Ryan Jefferson, who shipped over in the cutoff. Jason Seefeld thought for about 30 seconds before pushing his 300,000 stack forward. The blinds got out of the way.

Jivkov: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Jefferson: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Seefeld: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Right after Jason Sell had joked about the slowness of the final table, we had a three-way all in with Jefferson leading the way with aces. His lead only grew on the {5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} flop, and only Seefeld had an out after the {10-Clubs} turn. No king materialized on the river, and Jefferson collected two opponents' stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Jefferson
Ryan Jefferson
2,132,000 1,096,000
Nick Jivkov bg
Nick Jivkov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Jason Seefeld
Jason Seefeld
Busted

Tags: Jason SeefeldJason SellNick JivkovRyan Jefferson

Stone Doubles Through Jivkov

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Nik Stone doubled up.
Nik Stone doubled up.

Nick Jivkov opened for 80,000 in middle position, and Nik Stone shoved for 296,000 behind him. Jivkov made the call.

Jivkov: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Stone: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

They two were racing, and Stone managed to double when the community came {6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs}, giving him queens and fours.

Player Chips Progress
Nik Stone us
Nik Stone
694,000 126,000
Nick Jivkov bg
Nick Jivkov
WSOP 1X Winner
515,000 -652,000

Tags: Nick JivkovNik Stone

Buckley Survives

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
DJ Buckley survived his all in with a chop.
DJ Buckley survived his all in with a chop.

We thought we finally had some notable action when DJ Buckley shoved the button for 179,000 and was called by Mike Deis in the big blind. Deis had Buckley dominated with {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts} against {j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, but they chopped when the board ran out {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
DJ Buckley us
DJ Buckley
210,000 -226,000

Tags: DJ BuckleyMike Deis

A Flop

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

We just saw our first flop of the final table, when Jason Sell opened to 85,000, and Ryan Jefferson defended his big blind. Jefferson check-folded the {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Spades} flop.

Tags: Ryan JeffersonJason Sell