2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$123,180
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$494,700
Entries
510
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Cooler Flop Sends Lamphere Out the Door

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Adam Lamphere
Adam Lamphere

Four players each put in 3,500 preflop and saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Steve Wood was first to act and checked, which prompted Sean Munjal to follow suit. Another player in middle position did the same, and then Adam Lamphere bet 8,000.

Wood immediately tossed in five red T5,000 chips for a raise to 25,000, and both Munjal and the other player got out of the way. Lamphere responded by moving all in for what looked to be 55,000, and Wood snap-called.

Wood: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Lamphere: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Lamphere had flopped two pair, but it was rendered moot by Wood's top set. Lamphere needed running diamonds to stay alive, but the {5-Clubs} turn took away any chance of that happening. The meaningless {7-Clubs} was put out on the river for good measure, and then Lamphere made a beeline for the door.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Wood us
Steve Wood
140,000
Adam Lamphere us
Adam Lamphere
Busted

Tags: Adam LamphereSteve Wood

Huge Double for Nguyen

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Cuong Van Nguyen
Cuong Van Nguyen

Cuong Van Nguyen got off to a great start on Day 1c after taking half Tyler Corbett's stack in the very first hand, but his tournament life was just at risk.

We picked up the action on the turn with around 25,000 in the pot and a board reading {q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{a-Clubs}. Nguyen had checked, and his opponent bet 10,000 from the hijack. Nguyen check-raised all in for 95,500, and his opponent hit the tank before making the call with the {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flush.

Nguyen rolled over the {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for the nut flush! The {3-Hearts} river was irrelevant, and Nguyen doubled to more than 200K!

Player Chips Progress
Cuong Van Nguyen
Cuong Van Nguyen
210,000 135,000

Tags: Cuong Van Nguyen

PokerNews Podcast Episode #343: WSOP Main Event Final Table Recap

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to talk about Joe McKeehen's dominating performance at the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.

Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Donnie PetersPokerNews PodcastRich RyanWSOP

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Max Chrisp us
Max Chrisp
310,000 40,000
James Wilson us
James Wilson
225,000
Julian Levy
Julian Levy
150,000 75,000
David Warga us
David Warga
130,000 -10,000
Sean Munjal
Sean Munjal
125,000 10,000
Phanora Prom us
Phanora Prom
120,000
Tyler Corbett
Tyler Corbett
100,000 45,000
Robert Schneegas us
Robert Schneegas
80,000 10,000
Jeff Fielder us
Jeff Fielder
75,000 37,000
Michael Gayton
Michael Gayton
72,000 16,000
Adam Lamphere us
Adam Lamphere
68,000 12,000
Duma Lowery
Duma Lowery
65,000 -35,000
Rodger Johnson us
Rodger Johnson
50,000 -10,000
Mike Hassab
Mike Hassab
50,000
Jose Serratos us
Jose Serratos
49,500 18,000
Aaron Frei us
Aaron Frei
43,000 3,000
Alan Curl us
Alan Curl
39,400 -15,600
Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson
30,000
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
MSPT
30,000 30,000
Jonathan McCray us
Jonathan McCray
20,000 20,000
Chris Ali
Chris Ali
20,000 -30,000
David Gutfreund us
David Gutfreund
16,000 -18,000
Mike Harris
Mike Harris
Busted
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

No MSPT Player of the Year Points for Hodge in Black Hawk

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mark Hodge currently sits atop the MSPT Season 6 Player of the Year Leaderboard with 3,540 points, a solid 540 ahead of second place Blake Bohn. Unfortunately for Hodge, he won't be adding any more points here in Black Hawk as he was just eliminated from the tournament with no plan to reenter.

As Hodge told it, local player Nader Wahdan opened for 3,500 under the gun and got five callers, including Hodge with the {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. The flop came down {a-}{2-}{4-} with two spades, and Wahdan bet 6,000. Action folded to Hodge, and he raised to 16,000, which was about half his stack.

Wahdan made the call and then shoved all in when a third spade hit the turn. Hodge begrudgingly called off and discovered Wahdan held two spades for a flush. The river failed to help Hodge, and he headed for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Hodge us
Mark Hodge
Busted

Tags: Mark Hodge

Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner in the House

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We just spotted two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Warga in the field sitting with a healthy stack of 140,000.

Warga won his first gold bracelet way back in 2002 when he took down Event #1: $500 Casino Employees for $47,300. The next came nine years later when he topped a field of 644 to win the 2010 WSOP Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low for $208,682.

Now the question remains, can Warga add a MSPT title to his already impressive poker résumé?

Player Chips Progress
David Warga us
David Warga
140,000 140,000

Tags: David Warga

Chrisp Eliminates Kirby in Monster Pot

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We noticed MSPT Team Pro Matt Kirby leaving the tournament floor, and a quick check with his former table confirmed that he'd just been eliminated.

The action escaped us, but we do know a series of preflop raises resulted in a short-stacked player getting in for 30,000, Kirby for 128,000, and Chrisp putting both at risk.

Chrisp: {a-}{a-}
Kirby: {j-}{j-}
Third Player: {a-}{k-}

Chrisp was the favorite, and there would be no bad beat as the board ran out clean. It looked as if Kirby may reenter, but only time will tell.

Player Chips Progress
Max Chrisp us
Max Chrisp
270,000 125,000
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
MSPT
Busted

Tags: Matt KirbyMax Chrisp

On to Wisconsin for Kessler

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

Allen Kessler swung by the desk to inform us he'd just been eliminated from the tournament.

According to him, he lost a big pot just before the dinner break. When he returned, he three-bet jammed for 17,000 over the top of a Duma Lowery open.

"He'd been opening a lot," Kessler explained.

Lowery called with {a-}{j-}, which was flipping with Kessler's {7-}{7-}. An ace in the window spelled doom for Kessler, who informed us he would not be reentering. However, he now plans on traveling to Wisconsin for next weekend's MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells, the penultimate stop of MSPT Season 6.

Player Chips Progress
Duma Lowery
Duma Lowery
100,000 14,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted

Tags: Allen KesslerDuma Lowery