2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino
Gerald Heckathorn put in his last 14,950 preflop from the button against a player who called him in the big blind with ![]()
, dominating Heckathorn's ![]()
. The board ran out ![]()
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, and Heckathorn busted to his opponent's straight.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Two players shipped over a 6,000 continuation-bet from Gary Herstein on a ![]()
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flop, and he folded ![]()
in frustration, his second time mucking kings on the flop recently. Andy Rubinberg had ![]()
for a flopped flush, and his opponent had ![]()
. The
turn and
river gave that player a boat though, to Rubinberg's dismay. He sent his opponent 10,600.
Herstein expressed amazement at the hands calling 2,500 preflop.
Bill Romer bet 3,750 from the button on a board of ![]()
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, and one of his two opponents called. That player checked the
river, and Romer bet 6,500. He got another call and showed ![]()
for a straight.
"East Coast" Mike Ross bet 3,200 from under the gun on a ![]()
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board, and his opponent in the big blind came out with a check-raise to 10,000. Ross immediately announced he was all in, and the big blind called quickly with ![]()
. Ross had him beat with ![]()
though, and the
was a brick on the end. Ross collected 22,100 from his foe.
A flop of ![]()
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looked to have appealed to everyone at a table in the corner of the room, as a player who opened from early position to 1,200 preflop bet 2,600 on the flop. He saw a raise to 6,200 from Scott Hammett on the button and then a shove of nearly 30,000 from the player in the small blind. The preflop raiser folded, and Hammett snap-called off his stack of 21,225.
Hammett: ![]()
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Small blind: ![]()
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The turn came
, and Hammett sealed the double. The opener said he mucked ace-king.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Gary Herstein four-bet to 11,500 from early position over a player in the cutoff who made it 4,800 to go preflop. That player called the four-bet, seeing an ![]()
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flop. Herstein checked, and the cutoff shoved for about 10,000 effect. An agonized Herstein took about three minutes to fold ![]()
face-up and his opponent showed ![]()
.
Players are on break for 10 minutes.
Andy Rubinberg raised to 3,000 after an opponent bet 1,100 from an early position on a ![]()
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flop. The bettor called, and he check-called another 4,000 on the
turn. The
hit the river, and Rubinberg fired a bet that barely got out of his hands before his opponent mucked a
face-up.
Rubinberg finished runner-up at Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk in February for more than $50,000.