Main Event
Day 1b Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
379
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Ready Day 1b, MSPT Ho-Chunk Resumes
On the first day of deer-hunting season, today’s field will be trophy hunting. Day 1b of the Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells Main Event starts at 4 p.m. local time.
Yesterday’s field drew 176 players, with 26 advancing to Day 2. Today’s players will play 14 40-minute levels and try to earn their spot in Day 2 as well.
Day 1a chip leader Lee Rzentkowski has set the bar pretty high, ending his flight with 407,000 chips.
Yesterday’s birthday boy and MSPT Pro Matt Alexander busted after missing a flush draw in a three-way all in that also eliminated Peixin Liu. Both players are expected in the field today. Liu is currently fourth in the MSPT Player of the Year race.
The top two players in the POY race are also expected today. Both MSPT Pro Blake Bohn and the current POY leader Mark Hodge busted yesterday. Hodge actually busted Bohn, when both players flopped trip jacks and Hodge held the bigger kicker. Then late in the evening, Hodge got all his chips in with a pair and a flush draw, but lost to a full house of Andrew Rubinberg, who finished 2nd in Day 1a.
Players can enter, or reenter, the tournament until the start of level 10 today. As usual, MSPT allows only one reentry per day 1. Day 2 will begin play tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time. Stay tuned to see who makes it through Day 1b, with live updates and chip counts right here on pokernews.com throughout the day.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Here are some players returning today, all of which played yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Kroon Looking for First MSPT Cash
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mark Kroon, who placed 43rd in this years WSOP Main Event, is in the field today. Kroon has over $500,000 in lifetime earnings, but has yet to cash in an MSPT event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Another Go
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ross Reichert, Thomas Peebles, and Robert Edelstein are giving it another shot today after busting yesterday.
Ken Schetter, who scored his first MSPT cash in September, is also in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
More Players
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
"Wild" Bill Romer and Bruce "Hammer" Swart are two MSPT regulars and two people routinely referred to only by nicknames. Romer is making his first appearance in this MSPT Main Event, while Hammer is back after busting yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
MSPT Pro Bohn On Second Bullett
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
MSPT Pro Blake Bohn has just arrived for his second try at the MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells. He is chasing Mark Hodge on the MSPT Player of the Year leaderboard. Hodge already booked his seat to Day 2, and eliminated Bohn along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Johnson, Stone and Thiem
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Aaron Johnson, Nick Stone, and Thao Thiem have taken their seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Schmitz Off and Running
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Eric Schmitz is already over 30,000 nearing the end of level 1. On this hand he raised Ross Reichert's opening bet, after 5 players saw a flop of 
.
Mandy Caffee and Eric Schmitz, along with two other players limped preflop. When the action got to Reichert, he threw in his big blind quickly.
"Quick before someone raises," he said.
When the flop came 
and the small blind checked, Reichert was quick to bet 200. Caffee folded and one player called, before Schmitz raised to 2,500. That was enough to get everyone to fold. Schmitz showed the 
and suggested that he didn't like the two diamonds on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | |
|
|
18,500 | -1,500 |