Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The 29 players remaining are now on a 10-minute break with the end of Level 20 upon them.
They will return to the action at the final four tables at approximately 3:20 p.m. local time.
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$410,000
Entries
410
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 410
Filter
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Tom Hammers got his relatively short stack all in from the button and was called by both big stacks Dan Hamm and Ric Cacho in the blinds.
The flop rolled out 
and after a check from Hamm, Cacho pushed out all his big orange chips, forcing Hamm to fold.
Cacho showed 
having flopped two pair and Hammers needed runner-runner with the 
. He got one runner on the 
turn, but the 
river didn't help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Jun Kim opened, then called a Shaun Burnett three-bet, going heads up to a 
.
After some fireworks on the flop they got it all in with Kim at risk holding the 
and the lead over Burnett's 
.
However, the 
came down on the turn and the pot and Kim's tournament life were handed to Burnett after the innocuous 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The following players all busted in the money, earning $1,981:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kipp Smith got it all in preflop with 
versus 
and was all but dead when the flop rolled out 
.
The 
turn wasn't much help, but the 
river pulled Smith out of the grave, giving him new life with a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
James Wilson called one players 50,000+ shove with the 
and found a way to hold versus as the post-bubble rush out the door continues here at Meskwaki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
After Mark Hodge made it 18,000 and Tom Dean called, Nick Jivkov shipped it in for 162,000 total.
Hodge folded, claiming big slick, and Dean called with the 
.
"I hope you have a big ace," Dean said, grimacing when Jivkov turned over the 
. It only got worse for Dean as the 
flop gave Jivkov a set and he said his goodbyes after the turn and river.
"Maybe I should have been drinking," Dean added on his way out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
161,500
|
161,500 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
There was a huge roar from the tournament floor moments ago as Mark Hodge busted yet another player, making runner-runner Broadway out of 
to crack his pocket aces.
Hodge suddenly had a huge stack of chips good for the lead with 46 players remaining on the money bubble.
Play went hand for hand for one hand and it popped. The remaining field is now in the money with Hodge on top.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
