2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$106,182
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
430
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Heckathorn Gets a Perfect Flop

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Three players put in 4,500 each preflop, and an {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop hit, leading to three checks. Gerald Heckathorn fired 10,000 on the {3-Hearts} turn, and the player in the cutoff, who had put in the three-bet, tanked a few minutes before putting his 11,000 stack in. Heckathorn called with {a-Spades}{9-Spades}, and he was fading three outs against {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. The river bricked off with the {10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Gerald Heckathorn
Gerald Heckathorn
74,000 29,000

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Defending champ Peixin Liu evidently reconsidered and decided to use his final bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ford
Joe Ford
175,000 36,800
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
WSOP 1X Winner
77,000 57,000
Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
63,000 43,000
Derek Crooks us
Derek Crooks
56,600 600
Mike Schneider us
Mike Schneider
49,800 29,800
Mark Hodge us
Mark Hodge
47,000 27,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
41,000 21,000
Leo Fussy us
Leo Fussy
38,000 18,000
Paul Ewen us
Paul Ewen
34,300 14,300
Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
33,000
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
20,000 20,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
MSPT
20,000 1,200
Jon Hanner us
Jon Hanner
14,000

New Champ

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Peixin Liu
Peixin Liu

Peixin Liu, the defending champion of Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury, just busted out.

On a flop of {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}, he got it in from the small blind for 9,150 and was called by his opponent on the button.

Liu: {q-}{j-}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}

Bottom two pair was way in front, and Liu seemed poised to double up as the {2-Diamonds} hit, but a {10-Diamonds} river gave his opponent a straight. Liu got out of his chair and put on his jacket, expressing his amazement at the beat before heading for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
Busted

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Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

PokerNews Podcast Episode #278: Nothing Like the First Time feat. Michelle Chin

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Michelle Chin
Michelle Chin

Donnie Peters, Chad Holloway, and Rich Ryan discuss the APPT Nanjing Millions, Alex Jacob's elimination on Jeopardy!, the happenings at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and more.

They are then joined by Michelle Chin, the first woman to win a WSOP Circuit Main Event.

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*Photo courtesy of the WSOP.

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Morgan Busted; Seitz Doubles

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
John Morgan
John Morgan

John Morgan lost the last 6,000 in his stack with {a-}{10-} gainst a player with {a-}{k-} and head to reenter.

At another table, Jason Seitz came out with about 10,000 over an opponent's bet of 2,100, leaving himself with just a few thousand behind on the {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop. Seitz's opponent called after a lengthy tank, and Seitz pushed in his last 3,550 on the {j-Diamonds} turn. His opponent called, and Seitz showed he was on the draw with {a-Spades}{q-Spades}. His opponent had {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} and was fading spades, aces and queens. The {3-Spades} was just the ticket for Seitz, filling his flush.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
28,700 8,700
John Morgan us
John Morgan
20,000

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Matheson Busted

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Joe Matheson put in his last 8,000 or so on a {5-}{3-}{2-} flop, and his opponent made the call with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}.

"Show me two nines," he said after talking himself into the call.

Matheson had {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, just as good for his opponent, who had {10-}{10-}. Matheson didn't find a third eight.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Matheson us
Joe Matheson
Busted

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