2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces Harness Park

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces Harness Park

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$90,913
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$355,200
Entries
354
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Peixin Liu Eliminated in 4th Place ($22,297)

Level 20 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Peixin Liu - Fourth Place
Peixin Liu - Fourth Place

Mark Sandness three-bet to 420,000 out of the big blind after a raise from Peixin Liu. Liu made the call, and the two saw a flop of {j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}. Sandness checked, and Liu shoved all in for 800,000. Sandness made the call.

"Good call," Liu said.

Liu: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Sandness: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Sandness took even more of a stranglehold on the {2-Clubs} turn, cutting Liu's outs by one. The {3-Diamonds} completed the board, and Liu headed for the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Sandness us
Mark Sandness
3,000,000 1,250,000
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
Busted

Tags: Mark SandnessPeixin Liu

The Walk of Shame

Level 20 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

After everyone folded to his big blind, Peixin Liu, who hadn't looked at his cards, turned over first one queen, then another. He made a sound of disgust as he collected the pot.

Dustin Dirksen Eliminated in 5th Place ($17,152)

Level 20 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Dustin Dirksen - Fifth Place
Dustin Dirksen - Fifth Place

Dustin Dirksen shoved all in from under the gun for about 570,000, and Blake Bohn shoved over in the small blind. The big blind folded.

Bohn: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Dirksen: {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Both players claimed to have a bad feeling about the hand, but it was Dirksen who proved prescient when the board ran out {4-Spades}{a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
3,200,000 635,000
Dustin Dirksen us
Dustin Dirksen
Busted

Tags: Blake BohnDustin Dirksen

Level: 20

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Break

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Players left for a 10-minute break, and we'll have counts up shortly.

Jon Wurden Eliminated in 6th Place ($13,722)

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Tyler Caspers opened for 95,000, and Jon Wurden reraised to 250,000 from the cutoff. On the button, Blake Bohn immediately moved all in. Action folded back to Wurden, who leaned back in his seat.

Bohn needled him for a bit, telling him to go ahead and fold since everyone saw that he got caught.

"Why would I fold?" Wurden asked.

"Because if you had a big hand, you would've called already," Bohn replied.

"Alright, let's play," Wurden said, calling off his stack.

Wurden: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Bohn: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Bohn was more than ready to play for everything with aces, and they held up when the board ran out {5-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{a-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Jon Wurden us
Jon Wurden
Busted

Tags: Blake BohnJohn Wurden

Bohn Doubles Through Dirksen

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Blake Bohn opened for 100,000, and Dustin Dirksen and Tyler Caspers came along in the button and big blind, respectively. The flop came {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, and Bohn pushed all in after Caspers checked. Dirksen called instantly.

"Holy s***," Caspers said leaning back in his chair. He muttered to himself for a few minutes before ultimately folding.

Bohn: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Dirksen: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Bohn was behind once more, but this time the dealer didn't wait for the river to improve him, placing the {10-Diamonds} down. A {3-Diamonds} river completed the board, and Bohn doubled up again, while Dirksen is down to 10 big blinds. Caspers expressed frustration, saying he mucked {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
2,100,000 1,100,000
Dustin Dirksen us
Dustin Dirksen
398,000 -1,202,000

Tags: Blake BohnDustin DirksenTyler Caspers

Bohn Finds "One Way to Get There"

Level 19 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Peixin Liu opened to 110,000 from the cutoff, and Blake Bohn shipped it for 478,000 in the big blind. Liu made the call.

Liu: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Bohn: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

"Hearts?" Bohn asked Mark Sandness. "I'm thinking hearts."

It wasn't to be, as the flop came {6-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Clubs}, offering not much of anything. The turn brought the {8-Spades}, and the river an {8-Hearts}, giving Bohn running trips.

"That's one way to get there," Dustin Dirksen said.

"It was a bad read," Bohn replied. "I thought I was gonna make hearts."

Player Chips Progress
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
1,200,000 -351,000
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
1,000,000 238,000

Tags: Blake BohnDustin DirksenPeixin Liu

Level: 19

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000