Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
421
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000
Welcome to Day 1a of Mid-States Poker Tour bestbest Jacksonville
After a month off and the end of the most successful season to date of the Mid-States Poker Tour, the 2015 season is about to fire up with the first main event of the year. The location is a new one for the tour, the popular bestbet card room in Jacksonville, Fla.
The well-lit card room in the population center of North Florida has hosted a number of big poker tournaments, Plenty of players have already made it known they're making the trek down to the new MSPT market, including newly-signed tour pro and two-time champion Jason Zarlenga, Jim Boone, and "East Coast" Mike Ross. Additionally, a strong local turnout is expected, as the venue has made a hard push to qualify players via satellites and giveaways.
The tournament will kick off at 4 p.m. local time with Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler's special structure in use once again. Fourteen levels will be played, starting with blinds of 50/100. Stacks are 20,000 to start off, and levels go up every 40 minutes. The exciting new MSPT season has more than 120 players already, and we'll see how much bigger this field can get.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Button in Seat 3...
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
...and the Mid-States Poker Tour Season 6 has begun.
Raymer in the House
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Former Main Event champion Greg Raymer is among the players sitting in.
At a different table, Judd Greenagel said he was able to minimize his losses when he flopped trip aces with 
against a player holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
19,125 | |
|
19,000 |
Bounties!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The bestbet brass has thrown a wild card into the tournament in the form of bounties. Designated players will be wearing patches and medallions, according to a recent announcement. Knocking one of these targets out will pay out rather handsomely, with payouts of $500 apiece, meaning a couple of knockouts and you're almost freerolling. Designated players so far include sponsored pros Jason Zarlenga and Matt Kirby when he makes his arrival.
Fallaw Gets a Perfect River to Double Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We heard an all in and an emphatic call at one of the tables near the edge of the room and turned to find a player in the blinds slamming down his stack with confidence on a board of 
. The player revealed 
for top set, but his opponent in the cutoff, Jeremy Fallaw, had made a straight with the same card, holding 
. The pot was about 6,000 before the river, and the player in the blinds had about 16,000 left. Fallaw had him covered, and he collected the early knockout courtesy of the friendly river card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Lee Doubles, Loses Back a Chunk
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Dave Lee got his last 12,000 in on the turn with the board reading 
and flipped over 
for a set of threes.
"That's no good," Lee's opponent said.
"It might be?" Lee said.
"No good for me," the player clarified, showing 
for top two.
Lee's opponent didn't fill up on the 
river, and Lee doubled up to 26,100.
He lost a chunk back on the next hand though, when he limped in under the gun and ended up flopping top pair and a flush draw with 
on 
. Lee didn't improve after calling a bet from the big blind of 1,100 on the flop and then betting 2,000 on the 
turn himself. The 
river went check-check and Lee lost to 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,775 |
Ear Doubles Up
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
"Come on, you don't have to call," Johnny Ear cajoled an opponent after pushing all in from the small blind for 8,075. His opponent in middle position had put in 5,250 already preflop and made the call.
"I suppose you have ace-king," Ear said, showing . He was surprised to see only .
The board ran out 
, preserving Ear's hand the whole way.
"I told you, you didn't have to call," he said. "Back in the game!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000 |