Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$410,000
Entries
410
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Alsup Takes Charge
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Level 31
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Rich Alsup limped the button and Derek Dempster checked his option.
The flop fell 
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 
. 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
6,100,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
||
|
2,100,000
-2,800,000
|
-2,800,000 |
The Tables Have Turned
Level 31
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Rich Alsup made it 250,000 and Derek Dempster defended. The flop came 
and Dempster check-called a 300,000-chip bet from Alsup.
Dempster then checked the 
turn, but when Alsup made it 575,000, he check-raise shipped for 2.8 million. Alsup called with 
for top-top, but was behind Dempster's 
two pair.
Dempster doubled into a decisive lead after the 
river missed both.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,600,000
4,500,000
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
-4,500,000
|
-4,500,000 |
|
|
||
Break!
Level 31
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
After trading pots for a while, things remain as they were, with Derek Dempster holding about a 3:1 advantage over Rich Alsup.
Currently the players are taking a 10-minute break.
Level: 32
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Chopped Pot Denies Alsup Double
Level 32
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Rich Alsup limped the button and Derek Dempster checked his option. The flop came 
and Dempster check-called a 200,000-chip bet from Alsup.
The turn brought the 
and after Dempster checked again, Alsup bet 450,000. Dempster check-raised all in and Alsup called with the 
for the straight.
Dempster held just the 
and Alsup was set to double until the 
river put the straight on board and chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,800,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
Alsup Leads
Level 32
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Rich Alsup has bullied his way into the lead, first betting 800,000 into and 800,000-chip pot on a 
board with and getting paid off by a hand Dempster did not show.
Then check-raising all in on an 
flop when Dempster bet 250,000 and forcing a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,000,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
Flush Over Flush
Level 32
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
In a limped pot, both players checked an 
flop. Derek Dempster fired 300,000 at the turn, but could not shake Rich Alsup.
The river brought the and a check from Dempster. Alsup bet 475,000 and Dempster called, showing the 
, then mucking when Alsup turned over the for the bigger flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,200,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 30,000
Derek Dempster Eliminated in 2nd Place ($58,442)
Level 33
: 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Derek Dempster moved ahead with some strong moves before Rich Alsup completed from the button and Dempster raised it to 500,000. Alsup called and the flop came 
.
Dempster led for 500,000 and Alsup pushed all in. Dempster quickly called and was miles ahead with the 
over Alsup's 
. The turn came the , changing nothing, but the river was the , making Alsup trips and handing him the biggest pot of the tournament.
Left with just 420,000 in chips, Dempster shipped those two big blinds in the very next hand with the and got the call from Alsup on the 
.
The board ran out 
and once again, Alsup had the best of it, four-flushing Dempster's hopes down the drain and winning the 2015 MSPT Meskwaki Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,200,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
|
|
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|
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Busted | |