2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
$101,229
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$410,000
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Alsup Takes Charge

Level 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Rich Alsup limped the button and Derek Dempster checked his option.

The flop fell {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and Dempster led for 150,000. Alsup raised to 450,000 and Dempster fired back, making it 850,000. Alsup called and the turn was the {a-Diamonds}. Dempster checked and folded after Alsup made it 450,000.

With that hand, Alsup has now taken a stranglehold on the heads-up match.

Player Chips Progress
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
6,100,000 2,800,000
Derek Dempster
Derek Dempster
2,100,000 -2,800,000

Tags: Derek DempsterRich Alsup

Level: 31

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Ric Cacho Eliminated in 3rd Place ($35,658)

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho

Ric Cacho shoved the button for just 375,000 and Rich Alsup made the call.

Derek Dempster then made it 1 million and Alsup let it go.

Cacho: {j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Dempster: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Depmster's lead got bigger on the {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop and held through the {4-Hearts} turn and {q-Clubs} river to send Cacho packing third.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Dempster
Derek Dempster
4,900,000 1,700,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
3,300,000
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho
Busted

Tags: Derek DempsterRic CachoRich Alsup

Shaun Burnett Eliminated in 4th Place ($28,725)

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Shaun Burnett
Shaun Burnett

Derek Dempster made it 250,000 from the button and Shaun Burnett shipped it in from the big blind for 1.5 million.

After a minute in the tank, Dempster called with the {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, putting Burnett at risk with the {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}.

Sevens held on a {k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{q-Clubs} board and Burnett bowed out fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Dempster
Derek Dempster
3,200,000 1,520,000
Shaun Burnett
Shaun Burnett
Busted

Tags: Derek DempsterShaun Burnett

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Alsup Rising

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Chip leader Rich Alsup has spent the last 15 minutes on a heater, opening liberally and three-betting regularly on the way up and over the 3 million chip mark and building on his lead without much in the way of showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
3,300,000 600,000

Tags: Rich Alsup

Alsup Finds A Way

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Hamid Feiz made it 200,000 from the cutoff and Rich Alsup shoved the small blind.

Feiz called with {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and was miles ahead of Alsup's {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

The {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Hearts} flop changed little, making them both aces up. The {3-Hearts} turn was a brick, but the {7-Clubs} river was a miracle for Alsup, making him a boat and doubling him up through Feiz.

Player Chips Progress
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
2,700,000 1,460,000
Hamid Feiz us
Hamid Feiz
1,200,000 -980,000

Tags: Hamid FeizRick Alsup

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000