Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star Casino
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
228
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Casper Leaps Chow Late to Bag Lead
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
In a race for the chip lead between two Illinois natives, Joel Casper bagged 263,000 to top the 228,500 of Bob Chow at the end of Day 1a of Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star. According to Casper, he made a huge call with ace-high on the river during one of the final hands of the night to vault past Chow on the leader board. Both players have more than $600,000 in live tournament cashes, and each is hoping to repeat a past success: both have claimed a victory worth more than $100,000 in this very venue.
Other notables among the 25 to bag at end of the 14-level grind: World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner Bryan Schultz (160,000), Mike Mustafa (158,000), Brian Zimcosky (156,500), Mike Deis (105,000), Brandon Meyers (70,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway (61,500).
A total of 122 runners registered for the first of two Day 1s, and many fell by the wayside over the course of the 10 hours of play. They included Nicholas Aranda, Zal Irani, Paul Bianchi, Mike Holm, Bryan Moon, Larry Ormson, Brett Kuznia, David Gutfreund and Leon Morford, who finished second at this event in March.
Irani met his end painfully at the hands of Holloway when the latter pushed all in from the blinds after Irani bet 6,000 from late position on a board of 
. Two players in between folded, and Irani splashed the rest of his stack in.
Holloway: 
Irani: 
Holloway had the best of it with a straight, but he needed to dodge the board pairing. A harmless 
fell, and he collected his opponent's stack.
Deis, meanwhile, spent the majority of the day at the top of the chip counts, but a late setback cost him a huge chunk of his stack. He called a five-bet shove from Schultz with 
but was unable to catch Schultz's 
as the board ran out nine-high. Still, if Deis can book a cash he looks likely to catch Kou Vang at the top of the MSPT Player of the Year leader board, as Vang did not make a Day 1a appearance.
Day 1b begins on Saturday at 4 p.m. local time here in Gary, Ind., so be sure to come back for more coverage right here on PokerNews.
End of Day 1a Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
263,000 | 131,000 |
|
228,500 | 20,500 |
|
160,000 | 23,000 |
|
158,000 | -1,500 |
|
156,500 | 67,800 |
|
154,000 | 71,000 |
|
123,500 | |
|
117,000 | 74,500 |
|
105,000 | -14,000 |
|
100,000 | -10,000 |
|
95,500 | |
|
70,000 | 45,900 |
|
70,000 | -4,500 |
|
69,000 | |
|
|
69,000 | 5,700 |
|
|
66,000 | |
|
64,000 | |
|
|
62,000 | |
|
61,500 | 15,500 |
|
47,000 | |
|
44,500 | |
|
44,000 | -49,000 |
|
41,500 | |
|
|
39,500 | -500 |
|
38,000 |
Gutfreund Makes a Late Exit
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
David Gutfreund busted on one of the last hands of the night when he got it all in preflop with 
and lost to an opponent holding 
. The board ran out 
.
Players are now bagging up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Photos: MSPT Majestic Star Day 1a
Chow Breaks 200,000
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Bob Chow bet about 15,000 against two opponents on a board of 
. Brandon Meyers folded, but a short-stacked player called off for less.
Chow: 
Opponent: 
Only a deuce would lose Chow the pot, while some pairs on the board would chop it. The was not such a card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
208,000 | 92,000 |
Schultz Gets Revenge on Deis
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Mike Deis opened to 5,000 under the gun, and Bryan Schultz made it 12,000 from middle position. Deis came back with an immediate reraise to 30,000 when it was folded to him, and Schultz thought briefly, took a drink of his beer, and slid his whole stack in. Deis called.
Deis:
Schultz:
Schultz's pair held up as the board ran out with nothing higher than a nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000 | 87,000 |
|
|
119,000 | -91,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
A Late Boon for Boone
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We didn't see the exact action, but Jim Boone got all in from the cutoff against a player in the blinds.
Boone:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, and Boone doubled to more than 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,000 | 28,500 |
Photos: MSPT Majestic Star Day 1a
