2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$134,642
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
559
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Bill Rogers Takes Chip Lead

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Bill Rogers and Mike Ermie played a huge pot that made Rogers the chip leader and left Ermie under 1-million chips. Ermie raised from the button preflop to 280,000 and Rogers called. The flop came {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Rogers checked. Ermie bet 300,000 and Rogers called. The turn was the {q-Diamonds} and Rogers shoved all in for 2,300,000. Ermie tanked for a while, asking Rogers if he wanted a call or not. Finally Ermie called and showed {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}. Rogers showed {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flopped flush and wins a massive pot, putting him in the chip lead, clear of 2nd place Michael Ferrarotti by 2-million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers
6,220,000 3,025,000
Mike Ermie
Mike Ermie
775,000 -4,255,000

Level: 31

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Linda Callear Eliminated in 4th place ($38,662)

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Linda Callear raised to 275,000 and Bill Rogers went all in. Callear called with {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Rogers showed {k-}{q-}. The board ran out {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{a-Spades} and Callear was eliminated.

To date, only one woman has won an MSPT event, and Callear's effort comes up just short with a 4th place finish. Meanwhile, Rogers continues to run all over the table with two eliminations in back-to-back hands.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers
3,195,000 1,345,000
Linda Callear
Linda Callear
Busted

Tags: Bill RogersLinda Callear

Santiago Vila Eliminated in 5th place ($30,281)

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Santiago Vila got all in with Bill Rogers preflop. Vila had {a-Hearts}{9-Spades} versus the {a-Spades}{j-Spades} of Rogers. The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Rogers won the hand with a two pair, jacks and eights.

Ever since going down to 190,000 after losing a three-way all in with pocket aces, Rogers has been on a roll.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers
1,850,000 910,000
Santiago Vila us
Santiago Vila
Busted

Tags: Bill RogersSantiago Vila

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Jason Smith Eliminated in 6th Place ($24,874)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

One hand after Jason Smith eliminated Jefferson Lasecki, he got all 1,950,000 of his chips in against chip leader Mike Ermie.

Smith had {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} against the {j-Hearts}{j-Spades} of Ermie. The board ran out {9-Clubs}{q-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and Ermie won the pot, eliminating Smith and giving Ermie almost 5-million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Ermie
Mike Ermie
4,690,000 1,690,000
Jason Smith us
Jason Smith
Busted

Tags: Jason SmithMike Ermie

Jefferson Lasecki Eliminated in 7th place ($19,737)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Jason Smith raised to 200,000 and Jefferson Lasecki reraised all in for 670,000. Smith called. Both players held ace nine, but smith held {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and that would make all the difference as the board came {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. Smith went runner, runner for a flush and eliminated Lasecki.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Smith us
Jason Smith
1,590,000 -510,000
Jefferson Lasecki
Jefferson Lasecki
Busted

Final Table Statistics

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Thanks to the MSPT RFID Table, here are some statistics of the play so far.

PlayerVPIP%PFR%
Linda Callear1414
Michael Ferrarotti1111
Jason Smith1717
Jefferson Lasecki1717
Santiago Vila55
Bill Rogers2017
Mike Ermie2825