Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
238
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to Day 1a of Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino
The Mid-States Poker Tour is back with its yearly trip to Grand Falls Casino just outside of Sioux Falls, S.D. Last year, MSPT Team Pro Blake Bohn walked away with $54,607 and his very first MSPT title. He added another one at the last MSPT stop, which was in Tama, Iowa, but he won't be back here to defend his title as he's reportedly attending a different tournament.
Last year, the tournament drew 201 runners, and Day 1a of this year's event is set to kick off at 4 p.m. local time. Action begins with blinds at 50/100 and stacks of 20,000 under the Allen Kessler-approved structure. Each level will last 40 minutes, and players are allowed one reentry apiece until the start of Level 10. After 14 levels, players will bag up to return on Sunday for Day 2.
Cards should soon by flying, so stay tuned for all of the live updates right here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Notable Early Entrants
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joel Klipping recently experienced major Mid-States Poker Tour success, having taken down MSPT Mahnomen, a $350 tournament, for $29,136.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Tollefson Forces it Preflop
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Taylor Tollefson had put in a raise to 1,800 from the big blind only for the small blind to come back with 3,700. Tollefson shoved, and his opponent tanked awhile and folded.
"I can't believe it in the blinds," he mused.
Neither player showed his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
Fink Among Recent Entrants
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Among the players to recently buy in: Mark Fink. Fink is a local from Sioux Falls who has two circuit rings among his $240,000 in career cashes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
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Two Get There Against Liu
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The small blind bet 300 on a 
flop, and the player under the gun called. Peixin Liu made it 800 from late position, and both opponents called. They checked to Liu on the 
turn, and he bet 1,100. Again, he got two calls. The river brought the 
and three quick checks.
Liu showed the 
, but the small blind had it beat with 
. The player under the gun had a better flush with 
though.
Liu is a former Mid-States Poker Tour champ who won MSPT Canterbury in late 2014 for $106,483.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,500 | 500 |
More Recognizables
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Phil Mader and Matt Kirby are among those who have joined the party. Kirby is a two-time Mid-States Poker Tour champ and a sponsored pro, and Mader has amassed nearly $500,000 in cashes, including a seventh-place finish here last year, when his top set got cracked by a runner flush by eventual champ Blake Bohn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |