Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,200
36,200
|
36,200 |
|
|
37,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
23,250
3,250
|
3,250 |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
19,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
15,925
4,075
|
4,075 |
|
|
14,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
13,300
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
|
9,200
10,800
|
10,800 |
Matt Kirby just busted out when his ![]()
was ran down by ![]()
, according to players at his former table. He's already seated for his last bullet. Judd Greenagel also went bust in a hand we didn't see.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
A massive pot once again fired up at Mike Ross' table, again involving the Chicago-based player who got fourth at Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk recently for more than $25,000. On a ![]()
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board, Ross, Jason Seefeld, and one other player got all in, with Ross easily covering both. The third player turned up ![]()
for trips.
"I can beat that," Ross said, tabling ![]()
for better trips.
Both were well behind Seefeld, who held ![]()
for a boat on the flop. Seefeld got the brick he desired as a
completed the board, and he eliminated the third player, who had slightly less chips, while Ross sent about 15,000 his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
18,600
22,400
|
22,400 |
Blair Hinkle bet 1,000 on a ![]()
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flop from early position and was called by the small blind. In the big blind, Scott Moses put in a raise, and Hinkle got it all in with him, forcing out the small blind.
Hinkle: ![]()
Moses: ![]()
"Don't do it to me, dealer," Moses prayed.
The dealer obliged, delivering a
and
, eliciting a big sigh of relief from Moses.
Hinkle was left with about 700 and busted shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 | |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
||
Sam Beavers just won one of the bigger early pots of the tournament when he made the nut flush with ![]()
on a board of ![]()
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and an opponent paid him off with ![]()
for a weaker flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000 |
Both Lance Harris and Mike Holm made the final table the last time the Mid-States Poker Tour was in town here. Harris busted eighth, while Holm fell to Jonathan Olson heads up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000 |
On a flop of ![]()
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, a player in middle position bet 1,000 and got raised to 3,200 by the hijack. Moe S. shoved 7,800 in the small blind, and a fourth player folded, as did the bettor. The raiser quickly called.
Hijack: ![]()
Moe S.: ![]()
The turn was a blank, the
, but the river
made both the straight and the flush for Moe S.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,000 |