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Thao Thiem raised preflop to 1,200 and got two callers. But when he led out on the flop, both players folded and Thiem won the pot.
"I had it that time!" Thiem said as he collected the small pot.
A player under-the-gun raised and another player called before Todd Hagan called from the big blind. The flop came and Hagan checked. The original raiser bet 1,600. The third player folded and Hagan called. Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river. Hagan won the pot with and his opponent showed .
A player in early position raised before Thomas Peebles three-bet to 2,500. The player folded face up and gave Peebles the pot.
John Hayes may have an MSPT title under his belt already, but what separates him from the other MSPT champs is how long it took them to win.
Hayes is known for winning his title after the fastest final table in MSPT history. In 2013 he won in less than two hours, knocking out the final two players on the same hand.
Mark Kroon was under the gun and he looked to former MSPT Potawatomi Champ Jason Mirza in the big blind.
"It's your big blind?" said Kroon, "I raise. I'm going after the champ!"
Monty Schmidt was on the button.
"You're going after the champ? I can't miss out on this," said Schmidt as he called.
Mirza called from the big blind and the three players saw the flop of . All three players checked the flop.
The turn was the and Mirza checked. Kroon bet 1,675 and Schmidt called. Mirza folded, leaving Kroon and Schmidt heads up to the river.
"Get him! Get him!" said Mirza to Schmidt as he folded.
Kroon asked he dealer to complete a wheel draw, but the river was the . Kroon checked and Schmidt bet 2,000. Kroon hesitated for a second before calling.
"Jack," said Schmidt and then, "Sh$t, really?" as Kroon turned over .
The 148 remaining players are on a ten-minute break. Registration closes at the start of level 10, so there may be a few more players before the door closes.
Back in February, Ben Wiora defeated a venue record of 463 entries to take down the Mid-States Poker Tour Wisconsin State Poker Championship at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells for $114,512. Wiora, primarily a cash player and a regular in Ho-Chunk's games, went into that event with just $16,662 in scattered tournament cashes.
Wiora began that final table as the chip leader and emerged as the clear front-runner with about a third of the chips in play seven-handed. He proceeded to steamroll the rest of the table going wire-to-wire for the win.
The six-figure score was nearly 10 times Wiora's previous largest, which was $12,848 for a runner-up finish in the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $580 Pot-Limit Omaha. It was life-changing money for the local boy from Mauston, Wisconsin.
"I feel very fortunate," Wiora told PokerNews. "Having familiar faces dealing the cards and playing at my home casino allowed me to be very comfortable from start to finish in the tournament. I also knew many of the players in the field which may have helped me as well."
Wiora returned to the MSPT in Wisconsin Dells, but was unable to make it through Day 1a. He expected to play Day 1b, but is under the weather and won't be in the field today. So there will be a new champion and another player has a shot at their biggest score.
flop, both players folded and Thiem won the pot.
and Hagan checked. The original raiser bet 1,600. The third player folded and Hagan called. Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Hagan won the pot with 
and his opponent showed 
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face up and gave Peebles the pot.
. All three players checked the flop.
. Kroon checked and Schmidt bet 2,000. Kroon hesitated for a second before calling.
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