Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Two players have made quads early on to take down big pots.
Blake Bohn said he made quad fives with one five in his hand, getting paid off on a big overbet on the river when he put 14,000 into an 8,000 pot.
At another table, Greg Wilson made quads to bust Larry Ormson, who looked less than pleased as he got up from the table. Ormson immediately reentered the tournament.
Joe Ford just put a short-stacked player at risk with ![]()
preflop from the cutoff. His opponent in the blinds had a little less than 4,000 and held ![]()
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flop. Ford needed a seven or runner-runner, and he was able to find the
on the river to make a winning straight.
Ford got off to a great start a couple of weeks ago at Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces before fizzling out in the money when he took a couple of rough beats. Perhaps he'll have better luck finishing strong this time.
The temperature outside might be below freezing, but the poker action will be hotter than ever! Running from February 27 to March 10, 2015, Playground Poker Club is hosting the first Playground Winter Festival.
The festival kicks off with "The Wild $150," a reentry event with four starting flights and a $100,000 guarantee. It continues with 14 other events including a $330 two-day Freeze, a mixed hold’em/Omaha event, and a $220 Survivor tourney.
The $1,100 Main Event will begin on Friday, March 6 and feature two Day 1s (next-day reentry), and it has a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Visit the Playground Winter Festival site for details and to purchase your event tickets online.
Visit Playground Poker's live event blog for news and event updates throughout the festival.
Among the recent registrants is tour pro Matt Kirby, leaving Jason Zarlenga as the tour's only sponsored player yet to make an appearance.
Nick Pupillo just dragged a massive pot on a board of ![]()
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for kings full. We didn't see his opponent's hand, which was already in the muck.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Mid-States Poker Tour-sponsored pros Nick Pupillo and Matt Alexander have taken their seats.
Leon Morford bet 600 from the big blind in a three-way pot on a ![]()
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flop, and Ervin Bjerga raised to 1,200 from the cutoff. The third player folded from the small blind, and Morford called. He check-called another 2,200 on the
turn before checking a final time on the
river. Bjerga tossed in one chip.
"Five thousand," Morford mused. Apparently, the bet didn't phase him as he raised to 12,000, getting a quick fold.
Neither Morford nor Bjerga is a stranger to deep Mid-States Poker Tour runs, as Morford has a second-place finish at MSPT Majestic Star last year, while Bjerga was the most recent MSPT champ, taking down the event at Running Aces a couple of weeks ago for $91,941.