Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
The Home Stretch
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The remaining 56 players are now on the last break of the night. Play will continue for two more 40-minute levels before the players bag for the night.
Namazi Steady Into the Final 3 Levels
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Abbas Namazi was in the hand against two other players looking at a board of 
. He confidently set out a bet of 20,000 into a pot of about the same size. Both players folded and Namazi threw 
on the table face up, showing a bluff.
Namazi has hovered around 200,000 for most of the day, and seems to have a solid chance of making Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
194,000 | 4,000 |
The River is Kind to Uminn
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mark Uminn raised preflop to 3,700, the players in the cutoff and the small blind both called. The flop came 
and the small blind checked. Uminn bet 4,500 before the cutoff raised all in for 25,000 total. The small blind folded and Uminn called. Uminn had 
and the cutoff player had 
, Uminn was going to need some help. After the turn came 
he got just what he was looking for in the form of the 
, giving him two pair and knocking out his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 | 128,000 |
Erstein Doubles Through Huguelet
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Gary Erstein and Dennis Huguelet were all in preflop. Erstein was at risk with his las 37,300 in the pot. Erstein had 
and Huguelet had . The board ran out favorably for Erstein when it came 
and doubled him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
20,500 | -46,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
James Hurst Gets at Least a Little Revenge
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A player wearing a green Michigan State shirt and cap went all in for 12,000 shortly after the end of the Michigan versus Michigan State game ended in dramatic fashion. Michigan State won the game and some of the players in the tournament field went nuts. However, there are several players sporting the maize and blue of Michigan. One of them is James Hurst, and even though his hand was probably good enough to call, there may have been a little revenge behind the call that would knock his opponent out.
Hurst called the all in with 
and his opponent had . The board ran out 
, giving Hurst's opponent some optimism for a few seconds, before the river failed to complete the flush. Hurst won the hand with ace high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 84,200 |
|
|
103,500 | 64,500 |
|
|
67,000 | 14,500 |
|
|
41,000 | -17,000 |
|
|
38,500 | 23,000 |
|
37,000 | 12,500 |
|
24,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Garrod Doubles Up?
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mark Garrod was facing a bet of 10,000 on the board of 
and made it 27,000. Garrod thought he was all in when his opponent called so he turned over his hand and showed a straight with . He was not all in so he turned his hand back over and the two players saw the 
hit the river. Garrod checked and his opponent laughed and checked knowing what he was up against and deciding not to bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |