Main Event
Day 1b Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$410,000
Entries
410
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
Blake Bohn Starting Off Strong
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a board reading 
, Tim McReynolds checked, Blake Bohn tossed out a pink chip for a bet of 5,000, and McReynolds called.
Bohn showed 
and said to McReynolds, "Glad we got that out of the way."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500 | 11,500 |
Terry Ring Takes a Small Hit
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With a board of 
in front of him, former Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event Champion Terry Ring bet 100. A player in middle position raises to 600.
Ring thinks for a moment, shows the 
and mucks his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,500 | -500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
More Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Lance Harris and Reg Powell have just joined Table 16 along with Terry Ring, Angelina Rich and Matt Kirby.
In addition, we have a few players that played in yesterday's 1a flight including Kou Vang, Nick Jivkov, "Wild Bill" Romer, and Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Fresh off of his two World Series of Poker final tables this summer, John Reading has just joined the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000 | 18,000 |
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28,000 | -3,500 |
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25,000 | 5,000 |
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24,000 | 24,000 |
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23,000 | 3,000 |
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23,000 | 3,000 |
|
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23,000 | 3,000 |
|
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21,000 | 1,000 |
|
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19,000 | -500 |
|
|
18,500 | -1,500 |
|
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18,000 | -2,000 |
|
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17,000 | -3,000 |
|
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15,300 | -4,700 |
|
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12,500 | -7,500 |
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10,600 | -9,400 |
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9,000 | -11,000 |
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8,000 | 8,000 |