2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells

Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$114,512
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
463
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 463
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Holloway, Caffee Drag Huge Pots to End Night

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Mandy Caffee
Mandy Caffee

Four players saw {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} for the price of 5,500 preflop, and action checked to Mike Holm in the cutoff. He put in 10,000, and Kou Vang called from the button. In the big blind, Chad Holloway announced he was all in for roughly 58,000. The fourth player folded, as did Holm and Vang.

"I wouldn't normally show," Holloway said before flashing {5-}{5-} for a set.

At another table, Mandy Caffee scored a monster double just before the night's end when a player check-shoved all in on an {8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop with {7-}{5-} only to be drawing nearly dead after Caffee snapped it off with {10-}{10-} for top set.

Players are bagging for the night.

Tags: Chad HollowayKou VangMandy CaffeeMike Holm

End of Day 1a Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Will Stone
Will Stone
292,500
113,500
113,500
Profile photo of Mandy Caffee
Mandy Caffee
276,000
276,000
276,000
Profile photo of Brian Rudolph
Brian Rudolph
252,500
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Jeff Petronack us
Jeff Petronack
228,500
96,500
96,500
Profile photo of Zach Shelton
Zach Shelton
213,000
Profile photo of Roger Kregerlka
Roger Kregerlka
186,000
186,000
186,000
Profile photo of Shkelqim Pashaj
Shkelqim Pashaj
151,000
Profile photo of Patrick Kellogg
Patrick Kellogg
146,500
146,500
146,500
Profile photo of Mike Mustafa
Mike Mustafa
137,500
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Mike Holm us
Mike Holm
136,500
33,500
33,500
Profile photo of Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones
135,500
135,500
135,500
Profile photo of Matthew Alexander us
Matthew Alexander
133,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Joe Knuppel
Joe Knuppel
129,500
129,500
129,500
Profile photo of Kirby Rogers us
Kirby Rogers
124,000
124,000
124,000
Profile photo of Gerald Heckathorn
Gerald Heckathorn
114,500
114,500
114,500
Profile photo of Bruce Swart us
Bruce Swart
110,500
110,500
110,500
Profile photo of Joe Ford us
Joe Ford
104,500
55,500
55,500
Profile photo of Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
93,500
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Chad Holloway us
Chad Holloway
93,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Engelbrecht
James Engelbrecht
88,000
88,000
88,000
Profile photo of Ernest Garrett
Ernest Garrett
84,500
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Doug Redmann
Doug Redmann
83,000
83,000
83,000
Profile photo of Mark Borns
Mark Borns
78,500
78,500
78,500
Profile photo of Terence Regan
Terence Regan
74,500
65,500
65,500
Profile photo of Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
65,500
24,500
24,500

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Stone Leads Advancing 33 Players on Day 1a of Wisconsin State Poker Championship

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Will Stone
Will Stone

A day of furious action at Mid-States Poker Tour Wisconsin State Poker Championship at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells ended with 33 players out of 197 surviving the 14 40-minute levels. Will Stone bagged the heftiest stack with 292,500, but the native Wisconsinite is closely trailed by Mandy Caffee (276,000) and Brian Rudolph (252,500), with Jeff Petronack (228,000) and Zach Shelton (213,000) also finishing north of 200K.

Stone began the day with a big double through Rob Wazwaz during Level 3 (100/200). He five-bet shoved for about 18,000 after a raising war on a {5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop with {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. The bottom set had Wazwaz's {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} crushed, and Stone's double was secured after a king failed to come to Wazwaz's rescue.

Later, a dream scenario unfolded for Stone during Level 12 (800/1,600/200). He found himself in a three-way all in with {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} against opponents holding {k-}{k-} and {a-}{k-}. A {j-}{10-}{4-} flop gave Stone a sweat as the player with ace-king had picked up a gutshot, but two harmless bricks fell on the last two streets to ship him the monster pot.

Other players punching tickets to Sunday's Day 2 included Mike Mustafa (137,500), Mike Holm (136,500), tour pro Matt Alexander (133,000), Joe Ford (104,500), Kou Vang (93,500), Chad Holloway (93,000), and Ernest Garrett (84,500).

Plenty of big names dusted off a bullet or two during the course of play and will have to run it back on Saturday's Day 1b for a shot at what looks to be a big prize pool (the 197-player field is more than halfway to a venue record for the tour). Former MSPT champs Nick Jivkov, Ervin Bjerga, Blake Bohn, Matt Kirby, and Terry Ring failed to advance, as did John Hayes, Lance Harris, Nick Pupillo, Mark Kroon, Nik Stone, and Mark Hodge.

Day 1b kicks off at 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, so come back to PokerNews to see what develops.

Tags: Will Stone

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Day 1a Completed

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