2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$101,229
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$410,000
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Blake Bohn Starting Off Strong

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

On a board reading {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, Tim McReynolds checked, Blake Bohn tossed out a pink chip for a bet of 5,000, and McReynolds called.

Bohn showed {8-Clubs}{3-} and said to McReynolds, "Glad we got that out of the way."

Player Chips Progress
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Blake Bohn
31,500
11,500
11,500
MSPT

Early Notables

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

On an initial pass through of the tournament floor, we spotted several familiar faces seated among the early runners. Mid-States Poker Tour Pros Blake Bohn, Nick Pupillo, and Matt Alexander are among the early registrants. As are tour regulars Shane Nelson, Ken Rosheisen, Mario Hudson, and Mike Holm. Joshua Reichard, former Ho Chunk Champion has just been seated as well.

One of the more stacked tables in the room appears to be table 16, housing MSPT Pro Matt Kirby, Angelina Rich, the first ever female MSPT Champion having won the largest ever MSPT tournament at the Venetian in Las Vegas, as well as former MSPT Meskwaki Main Event Champion Terry Ring.

Player Chips Progress
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Joshua Reichard
20,000
20,000
20,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Terry Ring
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Shane Nelson
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Mario Hudon
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Mike Holm
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Ken Rosheisen
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Nick Pupillo
20,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
MSPT
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Matt Alexander
20,000
20,000
20,000
MSPT
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Matt Kirby
20,000
20,000
20,000
MSPT
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Angelina Rich
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Blake Bohn
20,000
20,000
20,000
MSPT

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Welcome to Day 1b of Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino

The Mid-States Poker Tour is off to a solid start with 179 players having played in the Day 1a flight. An even larger turnout is expected for today's flight 1b, scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. central time in Tama, Iowa.

A total of 32 players made it through last night, led by Yousri "Chicago" Ali who bagged 309,500 in chips. Not far behind the Chicago native was Las Vegas professional poker player Rex Clinkscales with 286,000. And rounding out the top three was John Joachim who will start Day 2 with 266,500 in chips.

Other survivors of Day 1a included tour regulars Robbie WazWaz (162,000), "DQ" Dan Hendrickson (135,500), Aaron Johnson (104,000), the lone female Patricia Bott (41,000), and Dan Hamm (39,000).

Players who did not make Day 1a and are expected to try again today include Josh Reichard, Terry Ring, Lance Harris, Kou Vang, MSPT team pros Matt Alexander, Matt Kirby, and Nick Pupillo, and MSPT structure creator Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler.

Players will once again use the Kessler-approved structure, featuring blinds starting at 50/100 and a 20,000 starting stack. Levels will increase ever 40 minutes, with ten minute breaks after every three levels. All players are allowed to reenter once, and the reentry period will end after Level 9.

Please stayed tuned here at PokerNews for live updates beginning with the start of the tournament at 4 p.m.

MyStack App Available for MSPT Meskwaki

The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here in the Mid-States Poker Tour Season 6 Meskwaki, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.

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Main Event

Day 1b Started