Main Event
Day 2 Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Maryland Live! Casino
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Maryland Live! Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
270
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Maryland Live! Casino (full)
After three starting days, championship Sunday has arrived at long last at Mid-States Poker Tour Maryland Live! Casino. The tournament drew 270 runners, enough to surpass the $250,000 guarantee, and 47 of those have navigated their way to this point.
Plenty of those are notable names who have lots of chips. Greg Himmelbrand (307,600), Adam Friedman (285,600), Mo Mostafa (238,900), Justin Liberto (176,400), Matt Alexander (145,600), Blake Bohn (142,600), and Christian Harder (104,500) all figure to play prominent roles in today's proceedings.
The tournament is resuming with 33:39 in Level 12, the earliest point that the Day 1 flights ended. After that, all levels will be 40 minutes until the final table, when things move to one hour. Don't go anywhere as the tournament winds down to crowning a new MSPT champ.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
307,600 | |
|
285,600 | |
|
|
238,900 | |
|
217,000 | |
|
|
208,600 | |
|
194,900 | |
|
186,900 | |
|
176,400 | |
|
|
171,400 | |
|
167,000 | |
|
158,900 | |
|
145,600 | |
|
145,300 | |
|
142,600 | |
|
134,100 | |
|
128,700 | |
|
127,700 | |
|
119,800 | |
|
|
118,200 | |
|
115,400 | |
|
113,700 | |
|
113,100 | |
|
104,500 | |
|
|
100,900 | |
|
99,300 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
That Cash Money
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Payout information has been made available and can now be seen in the corresponding tab above. The winner of the tournament will take home $72,910, while a min-cash in 27th will pay $2,344.
Himmelbrand Pays Off Yun
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Joe Cashen bet 3,000 on a 
board, and Greg Himmelbrand called from the big blind. Eugene Yun made it 12,000 to go, folding out Cashen, but Yun stuck around. Himmelbrand checked the 
, and Yun bet 25,000, most of his remaining stack. Himmelbrand called after thinking for a couple of minutes, but Yun had a monster, 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | -47,600 |
|
104,300 | 37,600 |
Yun Eliminates Dempsey
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We found Eugene Yun snap-calling a shove of about 35,000 from Derek Dempsey on a board of 
.
Dempsey: 
Yun: 
Yun had turned a flush but still needed to fade a fourth club on the board. The river brought a harmless 
, and Yun has gotten things going to a nice early rush on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
153,000 | 48,700 |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Kottal Pays Himmelbrand
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We found Greg Himmelbrand showing down 
on a 
board, having had his 35,000 called by Matthew Kottal on the river. Kottal mucked a face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
75,500 | -58,600 |
"You Don't Have to, But I'm Asking Nicely"
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Adam Friedman opened for 4,000 under the gun, and Tim Bryan reraised to 8,500 on his left. Action folded back to Friedman, who took stock of his opponent's stack.
"Did you start with about 100 [thousand]?" he asked, as Bryan's towers appeared to be somewhere between stacks of 30 and 40. Bryan indicated he did.
"Can you break one of those down into twenty?" Friedman asked. "You don't have to, but I'm asking nicely."
Bryan continued to say he was around 100,000, and Friedman decided to four-bet to 24,200. That handed the hand moments later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
293,800 | 8,200 |
|
126,000 | 51,800 |
Soleimanlou Doubles Through Friedman
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ali Soleimanlou opened for 12,000 in middle position, and Adam Friedman made it 24,000 on his left. Soleimanlou jammed when it folded back to him for 47,600, and Friedman called.
Soleimanlou: 
Friedman: 
"Oh, 6x the ace-seven," Friedman said.
The flop came 
, giving Soleimanlou a flush draw. He turned Friedman dead with the and celebrated wildly.
"Yes!" Friedman said giving Soleimanlou a forceful high-five after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
246,000 | -47,800 |
|
|
101,000 | 32,600 |