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

All In Blind?

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jose Serratos shipped the small blind for close to 130,000 and Ric Cacho called from the big with {a-}{j-}.

There was some debate as to whether or not Serratos actually looked at his cards before making the move, but either way, he had {a-}{q-} and doubled through on a board that missed them both.

Player Chips Progress
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho
360,000
-30,000
-30,000
Jose Serratos us
Jose Serratos
270,000
145,500
145,500

Tags: Ric CachoJose Serratos

Lazer Beamed

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Tony Lazer made it 36,000 preflop and got the call from both Ric Cacho and Nick Jivkov. The flop came {3-Hearts}{5-Spades}{k-Clubs} and after two checks, Lazer continued for another 36,000.

Only Cacho called and the turn brought the {8-Hearts}. Cacho check-called an 82,000-chip Lazer bet and then jammed in on the {j-Hearts} river.

Lazer called with {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, but his flopped set had been run down with Cacho making the nut flush on the river holding the {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho
755,000
8,000
8,000
Tony Lazer
Tony Lazer
Busted

Nines Hold; Jivkov, Friedman Bust

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Nick Jivkov got most of his chips in with the {a-Spades}{10-Clubs} versus Derek Dempster's {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} and whiffed on an {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{k-Clubs} board to lose a 400,000 chip pot.

He shipped the rest in with a weak ace and got outflopped a few hands later to go broke.

In the meantime, Adam Friedman lost pot after pot until he jammed in over a Marius Toderici raise with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for just 108,000.

Toderici called with {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and held on through a {6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} run out.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Dempster
Derek Dempster
400,000
265,500
265,500
Marius Toderici us
Marius Toderici
310,000
232,000
232,000
Nick Jivkov bg
Nick Jivkov
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Adam FriedmanDerek DempsterMarrus TodericiNick Jivkov

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Kasper Kicked Out

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Kurt Kasper
Kurt Kasper

Marius Toderici and Kurt Kasper got in a preflop raising war that ended rather abruptly when Kasper got it in and Toderici snap-called.

In the end, it was Toderici's {j-Hearts}{j-Spades} versus Kasper's {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} holding on an {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts} run out that left the latter broke.

Player Chips Progress
Marius Toderici us
Marius Toderici
460,000
150,000
150,000
Kurt Kaspar
Kurt Kaspar
Busted

Tags: Kurt KasperMarrus Toderici

Kipped!

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Kipp Smith
Kipp Smith

Kipp Smith jammed a little under 300,000 with the {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} over a Marty Faldet open and Faldet looked him up with the {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

Nines did the deed yet again as Faldet smashed the {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop and Smith missed the {q-Hearts} turn and {2-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Marty Faldet
Marty Faldet
785,000
265,000
265,000
Kipp Smith us
Kipp Smith
Busted

Tags: Kipp SmithMarty Faldet

Chip Counts at the Break (full)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The players are off on a 10-minute break. Below are updated counts for the final 14:

Player Chips Progress
Marty Faldet
Marty Faldet
990,000
205,000
205,000
Derek Dempster
Derek Dempster
780,000
380,000
380,000
Mark Hodge us
Mark Hodge
760,000
-220,000
-220,000
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho
750,000
-94,000
-94,000
Shaun Burnett
Shaun Burnett
650,000
100,000
100,000
James Wilson us
James Wilson
650,000
300,000
300,000
Marius Toderici us
Marius Toderici
560,000
100,000
100,000
Tim Bender
Tim Bender
560,000
560,000
560,000
Hamid Feiz us
Hamid Feiz
500,000
10,000
10,000
Matt Alexander us
Matt Alexander
480,000
-10,000
-10,000
Randy Perkins us
Randy Perkins
380,000
284,000
284,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
320,000
144,000
144,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
270,000
162,000
162,000
Brett Reichard us
Brett Reichard
210,000
-250,000
-250,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Alexander Busts Wilson

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
James Wilson
James Wilson

James Wilson made it 50,000 and Matt Alexander pushed it to 125,000 one seat away. It folded back to Wilson and he called, sending them heads up to a {J-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop.

Both players checked before Wilson led 150,000 on the {10-Spades} turn. Alexander called and the river came the {5-Hearts}. Wilson checked and Alexander jammed for 224,000.

After a good four minutes of Wilson tanking, Alexander called the clock. Wilson called all in for just a tiny bit less before the countdown began with {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}.

Unfortunately for Wilson, Alexander wasn't bluffing, turning over the {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} to drag the massive pot with a flopped boat and send him home.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Alexander us
Matt Alexander
900,000
420,000
420,000
James Wilson us
James Wilson
Busted

Tags: James WilsonMatt Alexander

Seitz Doubles Through Perkins

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Seitz made it 60,000 before Randy Perkins bumped it to 150,000.

Seitz shoved for not much more and Perkins insta-called, turning over {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Seitz was racing for his tournament life with the {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and there was no waiting as he took the lead on the {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop and held through the {7-Clubs} turn and {q-Clubs} river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Seitz us
Jason Seitz
365,000
95,000
95,000
Randy Perkins us
Randy Perkins
365,000
-15,000
-15,000