2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
According to Brett Kuznia, he got in a raising war with another player preflop and ended up all in with ![]()
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. Unfortunately for the Minnesotan, his opponent spiked a six on the flop and eliminated him, ending a frustrating two-day stretch for Kuznia.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Winning big pots with aces seems to be the thing to do today,and Mandi Hruska was the latest to join the trend. Her opponent shoved all in on a flop of ![]()
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, and Hruska snap-called. The player tabled ![]()
and shook his head, knowing he was beat, and Hruska showed him the ![]()
. The
and
made it nothing but babies on the board, and Hruska dragged the pot.
Brett Kuznia checked a ![]()
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flop from the small blind, and David Gonia bet 1,000 from early position. Nick Owen made it 2,500 to go, and Kuznia cold-called. Gonia tanked a long time, and the dealer asked him if he knew it was his action. He nodded an affirmative before tossing out a call. Action checked to Owen on the
turn, and he bet 6,000. Kuznia called, and Gonia folded. Kuznia check-called 4,000 more on the
river and was shown ![]()
for top two. He rapped the table before slowly mucking his hand.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
A small pot quickly turned huge at one of the outer tables. We found Veronica Weaber with 9,000 in front of her on a board of ![]()
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. Her opponent had fired 3,000, and he then moved all in. Weaber called, showing ![]()
for second set. Her unfortunate opponent had ![]()
for a turned lower set. After the
hit, Weaber received a total of 21,300 from her foe.
Players are now on a 10-minute break.
We found Adam Zych with a bet of 4,500 in front of him on a ![]()
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board. His Patriots-gear-clad opponent was agonizing over the decision before finally calling. Zych showed ![]()
for the nut straight, and his disappointed opponent showed that he had turned a lower straight with ![]()
.
"Wow, how do you only lose that much?" Allen Kessler asked.
A player in middle position bet 1,000 into Jeff Bryan, who was seated in the hijack on a flop of ![]()
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. Bryan raised to 3,000, and he was called, seeing a
turn. The middle-position player got aggressive again, coming out with 3,200, and Bryan thought only briefly before calling. Bryan quickly called a river bet, the amount of which we didn't catch, and he was shown ![]()
for top pair on the flop. That wasn't enough to top Bryan's ![]()
.
Bryan is a resident of Fort Calhoun, Neb., best known for a deep run in the 2007 Main Event. He cashed for $333,490 after busting in 27th in the tournament eventually won by Jerry Yang.