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

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Angelina Rich Bags Day 1b Lead at MSPT Meskwaki

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Angelina Rich - Chip Leader Day 1b
Angelina Rich - Chip Leader Day 1b

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 {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} versus the {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. Rich hit the 100,000-chip mark after the board ran out {k-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. She also knocked out MSPT team pro Nick Pupillo in the last level of the night with {a-}{a-} versus {q-}{q-}. They got it all in on a {j-}{3-}{6-}{5-} board, and the {8-} 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.

Tags: Angelina RichBlake BohnNick Pupillo

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
274,000
174,000
174,000
Profile photo of David Gutfreund us
David Gutfreund
265,000
265,000
265,000
Profile photo of Josh Reichard
Josh Reichard
248,000
248,000
248,000
Profile photo of Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
189,500
83,500
83,500
MSPT
Profile photo of Greg Gates
Greg Gates
189,000
189,000
189,000
Profile photo of Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
180,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Jim Boone
Jim Boone
177,000
87,000
87,000
Profile photo of Joel
Joel
159,000
159,000
159,000
Profile photo of Garret Riley
Garret Riley
152,500
152,500
152,500
Profile photo of Anthony Yett
Anthony Yett
127,000
127,000
127,000
Profile photo of Brad Rosenwasser
Brad Rosenwasser
122,000
122,000
122,000
Profile photo of Kyle Ashman
Kyle Ashman
120,500
120,500
120,500
Profile photo of Mark Sandness us
Mark Sandness
120,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Eric Loehr
Eric Loehr
105,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Rainer Nielson
Rainer Nielson
101,500
101,500
101,500
Profile photo of Henry Gingerich us
Henry Gingerich
94,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Paul Schroeder
Paul Schroeder
93,500
93,500
93,500
Profile photo of Jeff Grimes us
Jeff Grimes
90,500
500
500
Profile photo of Carlos Gamell
Carlos Gamell
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Jeff Bryan us
Jeff Bryan
88,000
-45,000
-45,000
Profile photo of Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
87,500
87,500
87,500
Profile photo of Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
85,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Timothy Post
Timothy Post
84,000
84,000
84,000
Profile photo of Isaah Wright
Isaah Wright
83,500
83,500
83,500
Profile photo of Terry Bender
Terry Bender
81,500
81,500
81,500

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2 More Hands

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

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.

Blake Bohn Shows a Potential Bluff

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

On a board reading {6-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs}, 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 {4-Diamonds} and said, "I didn't have a queen, but the beautiful thing is, I don't have to show."

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Angelina Rich Sends Player to the Rail

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Angelina Rich
Angelina Rich

Angelina Rich raised under the gun, the player directly on her left shoved all in, and when action was back on her, Rich quickly called.

Rich showed {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and was in great shape against her opponent who held {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

The board ran out {k-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} sending her opponent to the rail.

Rich has now hit the 100,000 chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
100,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Angelina Rich

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joshua Reichard us
Joshua Reichard
215,000
160,000
160,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Sandness us
Mark Sandness
125,000
Profile photo of David Gonia us
David Gonia
115,000
99,000
99,000
Profile photo of Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
106,000
-4,000
-4,000
MSPT
Profile photo of Jim Boone
Jim Boone
90,000
Profile photo of Jeff Grimes us
Jeff Grimes
90,000
Profile photo of Shane Nelson
Shane Nelson
81,200
-800
-800
Profile photo of Craig Casino us
Craig Casino
80,000
Profile photo of Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
80,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Steve Belland us
Steve Belland
70,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
50,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Tom Hammers us
Tom Hammers
32,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Terry Ring
Terry Ring
31,000
16,000
16,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300