Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
559
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
MSPT Firekeepers Main Event Begins Today
The Michigan State Poker Championship starts today. The Mid-States Poker Tour is making it's second 2015 stop at FireKeepers Hotel and Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. In May, Harry Tisdale, aka Mark Rubenstein, bested a field of 614 players and won $142,637.
The buy-in for this $200,000 guarantee event is $1,100. There will be three Day 1 flights, the first of which begins at 4 p.m. local time today. Players may rebuy once each flight. The second and third flights will start at noon Friday and Saturday. Each Day 1 flight will be 14 40-minute levels and all remaining players will come back at 11 a.m. local time Sunday and play down to a winner.
The MSPT has been running several satellites over the past week, and already has almost 200 players qualified for today's Main Event. The previous FireKeepers winner, Tisdale, won after qualifying through a $65 super satellite, then won his seat in one of the many satellites MSPT ran leading up to the previous event.
The MSPT started in 2009 with a goal of catering directly to poker players with deepstack structures and affordable buy-ins. In its sixth season, the MSPT's events keep growing. The multiple Day 1 flights were added to the structures to accommodate more players as the events have grown in popularity.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture action from the Main Event all weekend long, and that means players will have the opportunity to use the My Stack app to update their hands and chip counts straight into the live blog.
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MSPT Player of the Year Information
The MSPT will award its player of the year award at the end of the calendar year. Currently, Blake Bohn is in the lead with 3,000 points. The MSPT Player of the Year will receive a $5,000 home audio package along with a $1,500 Las Vegas tournament package, and a $250 discount on MSPT buy-ins for the next year.
| Rank | Player Name | Points |
| 1 | Blake Bohn | 3000 |
| 2 | Peixin Liu | 2900 |
| 3 | Nicholas Pupillo | 2650 |
| 4 | Mark Hodge | 2640 |
| 5 | Daniel Goepel | 2500 |
| 6 | Angelina Rich | 2500 |
| 7 | Daniel Buckley | 2167 |
| 8 | Kane Lai | 1900 |
| 9 | Dan Hendrickson | 1800 |
| 10 | Keven Stammen | 1800 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cards Are in the Air
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Play is underway at the MSPT FireKeepers Main Event. So far about 80 players are seated and registration will remain open until 10:30 p.m.
Inaugural MSPT FireKeepers Champ Looking for Number Two
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Thomas Midena, who won the inaugural MSPT FireKeepers Main Event is among the 80 or so players who are in the field. Midena has over $400,000 in lifetime earnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Ross Has a Back Up Plan
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mike Ross, who has provided commentary for MSPT final table streams in the past, is playing the first flight of the MSPT Main Event. He will be looking to be busy playing at the final table Sunday instead of commentating on it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Pena Applies Pressure
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player raised from middle position and five players called, including Tony Pena from the small blind. The flop came 
and Pena checked. The rest of the players followed suit and saw the 
on the turn for free. Pena lead off with a check again, but this time the player to his left bet 1,000. The action folded back to Pena who called.
When the 
came on the river, Pena checked for a third time. His opponent bet 2,500 and the action was back on Pena.
"Raise," Pena said as he confidently threw out a 5,000 chip. His opponent tanked for about a minute before folding and giving the pot with Pena without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,400 |
Former WSOP Main Event Champ Takes a Seat
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, Ryan Riess, has entered the field with about 10 minutes left in level 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Sisler Has It
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The board read 
and the action checked to Scott Sisler. Sisler bet 500 and his opponent raised to 2,500. Sisler wasted no time and called. The turn was the 
and the check-raiser bet out for 3,600. Again, Sisler didn't hesitate, only this time he raised to 8,500. His opponent seemed to have a tough decision as he finally decided to fold while the final seconds of level 1 ticked away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |