2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Main Event
Day: 2
1a1b2
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
Total Entries
410
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 410
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Hodge Gets There

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Mark Hodge made it 13,000 and Matt Kaldenburg flatted before Kannan Chandran shoved for 130,500.

Hodge re-shoved for about 10,000 more and Kaldenburg tanked for a few minutes before folding what he claimed was the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}.

Hodge: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Chandran: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Hodge was in dominating position, actually made a club flush on the {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs} run out and had to be left wondering what could have been had Kaldenburg called.

Illingworth Out

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Joe Illingworth
Joe Illingworth

Joe Illingworth shoved 50,000 into a pot of about the same size on an {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades} board heads up with Matt Hauge.

Hauge made the call with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and was ahead of Illingworth's {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, holding to bust him after the {j-Diamonds} turn and {3-Hearts} river.

Tags: Joe IllingworthMatt Hague

Lang's Queen's Finally Hold

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After an early position raise to 13,000, Mike Lang shoved the button for 65,000.

Dan Hamm tanked for a while in the small blind but let it go before the big blind called all in for a little less.

The raiser let it go and Lang showed {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} the very same hand he busted Day 1a with, getting four-flushed against {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}. This time he was up against {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and held through the {7-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts} run out that gave Lang and his opponent each a set.

Tags: Mike Lang

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Cacho Catches One

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ric Cacho
Ric Cacho

Ric Cacho called a raise with the {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, going four ways to the flop. He then shoved it all in when the original raiser continuation bet the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop.

Thinking he must have been on a draw, the raiser called with {3-}{3-} and Cacho's full house propelled him to a big double up.

"I'm just heating up at the right time," he said, joining the top of the chips counts as the third level of the day comes to a close.

Tags: Ric Cacho

A Cure For What Ails You

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Adam Friedman is healthy yet again and back firmly near the top of the counts.

The hand that did the trick started with one early position player meaning to raise, but just calling. Both Friedman and Mike Lang joined in from late position and the blinds obliged. The flop fell {q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and both blinds checked to the limper, who bet 13,000.

Only Friedman and Lang called and they went three-way to the {4-Clubs} turn. Here, the limper led for 17,000, with Friedman and Lang going nowhere. Finally, the limper checked the {a-Hearts} river and Friedman grabbed the reigns, pushing out a bet of 31,500. Lang tank-folded, but the limper called quickly with the {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Friedman had missed his flush draw, but his {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} was good for aces up.

Tags: Adam FriedmanMike Lang

The Changing Fortunes

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

What a difference a day makes. Both Adam Friedman and MSPT Pro Matt Alexander came in with sizable stacks and were in contention for the lead.

However, the first few levels have been a lot kinder to Alexander than they have Friedman. While Alexander is up to 270,000 now and firmly in the top ten, Friedman is slipping down the list.

He did get things turned around moments ago though, making it 10,000 from the cutoff and getting called by both blinds. After two checks, a continuation bet of 10,500 on the {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop was good enough to take it down and get Friedman back on track.

Tags: Adam FriedmanMatt Alexander

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500