Main Event
Day 2 Started
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
371
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino (full)
Seventy-three players have survived the crucibles of two Day 1 flights and are set to fire up Day 2 here at Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa. Mario Hudson has the chip lead with a monstrous 380,000, miles ahead of second-place Joe Matheson (282,000). Next on the leaderboard is the Minnesota tandem of Thao "Scratch" Thiem (246,000) and Rob Wazwaz (244,000), who bagged the Day 1a lead.
Plenty of dangerous players look a little ways down in the chip counts as well. Matt Kirby (176,000), Josh Reichard (155,000), Ben Keeline (114,500), Dan Sun (113,000), Lance Harris (93,000), and Mike Ross (66,500) would have to be on anyone's short list of favorites to win it all. Indeed, Kirby and Sun have already claimed two MSPT wins each.
Action resumes at 10:30 a.m., and 36 players will make the money. Day 2 will begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500) and progress with 40-minute levels until a final table has been reached. At that point, levels will move to one hour apiece and the live stream will kick off for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned to find out who takes down the latest MSPT.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,500 | |
|
282,000 | |
|
246,000 | |
|
244,000 | |
|
207,000 | |
|
195,500 | |
|
189,000 | |
|
176,000 | |
|
|
171,500 | |
|
|
171,000 | |
|
155,000 | |
|
|
147,500 | |
|
145,000 | |
|
134,000 | |
|
134,000 | |
|
127,500 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
|
120,500 | |
|
|
120,500 | |
|
|
115,500 | |
|
114,500 | |
|
114,500 | |
|
113,500 | |
|
113,000 | |
|
110,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Aranda Picks Off a Bluff
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Nicholas Aranda was in the cutoff on a board of 
and called 12,500 from the small blind. On the 
river, the small blind bet 23,000 and Aranda immediately announced a call.
"Ten-high," the player said, knuckling the table.
Aranda showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000 | 78,000 |
Wazwaz Eliminates Buckley
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
"Let's do it again," Rob Wazwaz said, preparing to let the table sweat his cards with him in the big blind facing a DJ Buckley shove for 27,500.
Wazwaz turned over the 
and then the 
. He decided to call.
"About what you hoped for," Buckley said, showing 
, meaning Wazwaz had live cards.
"Gift," Wazwaz said as the dealer spread a flop of 
, no help to him. The turn brought the 
though, and Buckley pushed his seat back, knowing he had just three outs, which he missed on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 116,000 |
|
Busted |
Wiora Survives a Sweat
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Ben Wiora opened to 7,000 in middle position and got a call from cutoff Steve Vang. Wiora bet 13,000 on the 
flop, and Vang asked to see his chips. Wiora had about 35,000 total, and Vang put him all in and was quickly called.
Wiora: 
Vang: 
Vang had the straight flush draw with top pair but needed improvement against the set of the Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk champ. The turn was a and the river a 
not enough for Vang
"Sweat," Wiora said with a chuckle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000 | 59,500 |
|
|
111,000 | -78,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Hodge's Streak Ends at Six
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The streak is over.
Mark Hodge finally fell short of cashing in a Mid-States Poker Tour event after making the money an amazing six straight times. He said he lost the last of it when he picked up 
and ran into a player holding kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Wazwaz Eliminates Rogowski
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Rob Wazwaz checked from the big blind on a 
flop, and Andy Rogowski bet 10,000 from early position. Wazwaz raised to 40,000, and Rogowski snap-shoved. Wazwaz asked for a count, and the total was 135,000. He slid in a call.
Wazwaz: 
Rogowski: 
"Wow," Rogowski said softly. He found some minor hope of a chop on the 
turn but an river ended him. "Nice hand."
"I thought he might have kings," Wazwaz said after dragging the pot. "It was a fast shove."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
605,000 | 245,000 |
|
Busted |
Foxwoods Poker Classic Culminates This Weekend with $500K Guarantee Main Event
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest resort casino in North America, has been hosting the annual Foxwoods Poker Classic for the past two weeks. The series has attraced top fields of both professional and amateur poker players, but it all comes to an end this weekend!
Held in the largest poker room on the East Coast, the 21-event series, which spanned 17 days, culminates this weekend with a $2,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, which features a $500,000 guarantee.
Last year’s Foxwoods Poker Classic had a total of 4,458 entries and paid out over $2.1 million in prize money, with the Main Event drawing 226 entries and a prize pool of over $548,000. This year, Foxwoods added several increased guarantees to their events, totaling $1,600,000.
Foxwoods Poker Room boasts close to 100 tables in the sprawling main room featuring a variety of live-action games that are spread around the clock. An additional 60 tournament tables are located in a separate tournament room offering weekly no-limit hold’em events with total payouts over $200,000 and guarantees totaling over $70,000. Foxwoods is also associated with the World Series of Poker and will host a WSOP Circuit event beginning May 13-24, so mark your calendar. In addition, Foxwoods will also offer satellites for the WSOP Main Event from June 1-14.
For more information and results from the Foxwoods Poker Classic, as well as other poker events happening at Foxwoods Resort Casino, visit www.foxwoods.com, like Foxwoods on Facebook, and follow Foxwoods on Twitter.