Main Event
Day 2 Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
463
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming (full)
Championship Sunday has arrived again on the Mid-States Poker Tour, this time with a big carrot up top: the winner of MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming will take home just under $115,000. All eyes are on Mark Hodge, the Minnesota native gunning for a fourth consecutive MSPT final table. He'll bring the biggest stack into play with 315,500 as blinds begin at 1,500/3,000/500.
Other contenders include Adam Sivertson (314,000), Will Stone (292,500), Nick Jivkov (248,000), Chris Karambinis (188,000), Mike Mustafa (137,500), Matt Alexander (133,000), Jason Sell (112,000), Nik Stone (110,000), Kou Vang (93,500), Chad Holloway (93,000), and John Hayes (43,500). Sell has already taken this event down for more than $97,000 a year ago. We'll see if history repeats itself.
Cards start flying at 10:30 a.m. and will continue to do so until a winner has been determined. Stay tuned as we see how this massive prize pool shakes out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,500 | |
|
314,000 | |
|
292,500 | |
|
276,000 | |
|
252,500 | |
|
248,000 | |
|
228,500 | |
|
213,000 | |
|
201,500 | |
|
188,000 | |
|
|
186,000 | |
|
177,000 | |
|
172,000 | |
|
|
162,000 | |
|
|
159,000 | |
|
156,000 | |
|
|
151,000 | |
|
146,500 | |
|
139,500 | |
|
137,500 | |
|
136,500 | |
|
|
135,500 | |
|
|
133,500 | |
|
133,000 | |
|
131,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Zupancich Doubles Through Johnson
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Brian Zupancich opened for 8,000 in early position, and Aaron Johnson three-bet to 21,500 in the blinds. Zupancich pushed all in for 38,000 and Johnson called.
Johnson: 
Zupancich: 
Zupancich won the flip as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 | 42,000 |
|
23,000 | -42,500 |
Johnson Loses the Rest
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Aaron Johnson put his last 27,500 in and got a call from the player on his left, while everyone else folded.
Johnson: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop was safe, but a 
turn doomed Johnson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Rosheisen Eliminates One; Vang and Buckley Busted
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Ken Rosheisen just won with all in preflop for about 110,000 against a player holding 
when the former spiked an ace on the flop.
At other tables, Kou Vang and DJ Buckley went bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 118,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Verrett Caught Bluffing
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Steve Verrett bet 21,000 from the cutoff on a completed board of 
, and Joe Ford was tanking in the cutoff. After another minute or so, he slid in a call.
"You're good," Verrett assured him, tossing 
into the middle.
Ford showed 
.
"You can be a hero, baby," someone sang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 30,500 |
|
65,000 |
Brzozowski Catches Stone on River
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
John Brzozowski opened for 9,000 early and got a call from button Mike Holm. Nik Stone jammed from the big blind, and Brzozowski called off for 47,500, while Holm mucked.
Stone: 
Brzozowski: 
"I was hoping for the race," Brzozowski said.
Stone pulled way ahead as he flopped a pair of aces, but Brzozowski found a on the river to take the win.
"You got it in ahead," a disappointed Stone said, accepting his loss. He has a lot of work to do if he wants to repeat his final table run from a year ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
111,000 | 52,000 |
|
37,500 | -72,500 |
Heckathorn Turns a Lock
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Gerald Heckathorn raised to 12,000 in early position and got two calls. The player on the button jammed for about 70,000, and Heckathorn called. The second of the two flat-callers, Anselmo Villareal, called off for 32,000.
Villareal: 
Button: 
Heckathorn: 
A triple up seemed imminent for the player on the button after a 
flop, but a turn meant Heckathorn had turned everyone dead.
Joe Ford busted out at a neighboring table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 115,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |