2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Blake Bohn Shows a Potential Bluff
On a board reading , the small blind checked, and Blake Bohn bet 100,000, putting his opponent all in if he chose to call.
His opponent thought for quite some time and the clock was called.
Bohn called a player over from the rail to show him his cards. After doing so, Bohn said to his opponent, "Come on now, you know you are folding."
At that point the floor told his opponent that he had thirty seconds left to make a decision. The player opted to fold.
Bohn turned over the and said, "I didn't have a queen, but the beautiful thing is, I don't have to show."
2 More Hands
The clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining, and the floor has announced that all remaining players will now play 2 more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Angelina Rich |
274,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
David Gutfreund |
265,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
Josh Reichard |
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
Blake Bohn |
189,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
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Greg Gates |
189,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
Justin Thurlow |
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Jim Boone |
177,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Joel
|
159,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
Garret Riley
|
152,500
152,500
|
152,500 |
Anthony Yett
|
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Brad Rosenwasser |
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Kyle Ashman |
120,500
120,500
|
120,500 |
Mark Sandness |
120,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Eric Loehr |
105,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Rainer Nielson
|
101,500
101,500
|
101,500 |
Henry Gingerich |
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Paul Schroeder |
93,500
93,500
|
93,500 |
Jeff Grimes |
90,500
500
|
500 |
Carlos Gamell |
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Jeff Bryan |
88,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Phil Mader |
87,500
87,500
|
87,500 |
Tom Hammers |
85,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Timothy Post |
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Isaah Wright
|
83,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
Terry Bender
|
81,500
81,500
|
81,500 |
Angelina Rich Bags Day 1b Lead at MSPT Meskwaki
Day 1b of the Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Main Event drew 231 players, pushing the total number of runners to 410 after two days. Angelina Rich bagged the Day 1b chip lead with 274,000, but Yousri "Chicago" Ali from Day 1a will take the overall chip lead into Day 2 with 309,500.
Rich, a Seattle, WA, native who has found a lot of success in International tournaments, is fresh off of her first-place win at the MSPT Venetian in Las Vegas this summer. Rich is not only the first female winner of a MSPT event, but she also won the largest first prize in MSPT history, having taken home $304,386.
Rich also has an impressive $345,667 in total live earnings over the course of her poker career, and is certainly having a stellar year to say the least. In addition to her recent MSPT win in June, she also took first in an Aussie Millions event in January of this year.
Rich started off her chip climb in Level 13 when she knocked a player out with the versus the . Rich hit the 100,000-chip mark after the board ran out . She also knocked out MSPT team pro Nick Pupillo in the last level of the night with versus . They got it all in on a board, and the river sealed Pupillo's fate after failing to improve his hand.
Another MSPT team pro, Blake Bohn, started the day off by hitting trip eights, chipping him up to 31,500. After that first hand of the day, he contiued to climb without ever falling below starting stack for the remainder of the day. Bohn will return for Day 2 with 189,500 in chips.
Other players from this flight who moved on to Sunday's Day 2 included Tom Hammers (85,000), MSPT Canterbury champion Peixin Liu (72,500), Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler (71,500), former MSPT Meskwaki champion Terry Ring (63,000), Dave Gonia (64,500), and Craig Casino (49,500).
Play resumes on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. local time at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500), and PokerNews will again be on hand to see who is crowned the latest MSPT champion.
Main Event
Day 1b Completed