Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Photos: MSPT Grand Falls Day 1b
Two Heavy Hitters Enter
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Lance Harris and Joseph Stiers have recently joined the field and both are already chipping up.
Harris is a regular on the Mid-States Poker Tour and is coming off of a deep run in the 2015 Main Event, where he ultimately busted 128th for about $46,000.
Stiers is an East Coast player who has made most of his bacon at Borgata. He won a $560 reentry there at the 2013 Winter Poker Open for more than $300,000 and then came second the next year in the $1,500 heads-up tournament for $18,624.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,500 | |
|
26,200 |
Lauder Doubles Without a Sweat
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We found Keith Lauder all in for 7,800 on a board of 
, and his opponent thought about a minute and tossed in a call.
Lauder: 
Opponent: 
The set was locked in against one pair, and the 
river was of no consequence.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Grimes and Bryan Out; Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
33,800
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
26,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
21,000
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
13,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Sztamburski Legs Out a Triple
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
A player made it 1,200 to go on the button and Matt Sztamburski shipped all in for approximately 11,500 in the small blind. The big blind shoved as well for slightly more, and the player on the button called both shoves.
Sztamburski:
Big blind: 
Button: 
A queen on the flop all but ended things and Sztamburski tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 |
Updated Chip Counts at Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
39,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
31,500
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
31,500
-26,500
|
-26,500 |
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Another Monster for De Silva
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The player in the big blind bet 3,500 on a board of 
and Sam De Silva made it 10,000 on the button. The first player tanked for about three minutes before calling for most of his stack.
De Silva showed 
for another flopped boat. The big blind showed 
and mucked. It's at least the second flopped boat for De Silva.
"I know it's not all that clean living," remarked one of the players at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,400
26,900
|
26,900 |