2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante:
At Table 14, we found two players with 700 in front of them, but Hamid Feiz wanted to play for more and made it 2,150 preflop. One player called, while the other folded, and Feiz got the rest of his chips in against his opponent on the ![]()
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flop.
Feiz: ![]()
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Feiz's bullets held as the turn brought a
and the river a
. There seemed to be no ill will between the players, as Feiz and another player at a neighboring player ribbed Feiz's opponent after the hand, all sharing a laugh as they debated the player with tens' nickname.
One of the participants in today's field is business mogul John Morgan, an Omaha, Neb., transplant who now resides in Minneapolis.
He played one of the biggest tournaments in the history of poker earlier this month. Morgan, the leader of the Winmark Corporation, bought into the Big One for One Drop, the historic second running of the $1 million buy in tournament at the World Series of Poker.
It wasn't Morgan's first $1 million buy in, as he played in the inaugural one in 2012. There, he played one of the most talked-about hands in the last few years of poker. On a board of ![]()
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, Morgan pushed all in for 3.4 million over a bet of 700,000 from Mikhail Smirnov, who decided to muck ![]()
face up.
Whether Morgan had it or not, he's no stranger to splashing his way through tournament pots, as he claimed during this year's One Drop that he "plays bad whether it's a $300 tournament or $1 million." He's managed to ring up about $160,000 in tournament cashes on the occasions he can take time from his busy work schedule, so perhaps he sells himself a bit short.
We'll keep an eye on Morgan as he tries to add to those winnings today, and his boisterous personality means he will always be highly visible.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
Terry Ring bet 3,100 out of the small blind on a board of ![]()
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against two opponents. One player folded, and the hijack decided to continue with the hand. Ring thought for about a minute after the
hit before startling himself.
"Oh, sorry," he said. "I was waiting for you."
Ring tossed out 5,000, and his opponent quickly folded. Ring showed ![]()
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Among the grinders in the second half of the room sits Matthew Anderson, who won this event in April.