2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
85
Prize
$147,529
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$635,000
Total Entries
635
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 635
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Updated Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Below are updated counts for the biggest stacks in the room, including Yu Dong, who has since dusted off the big stack he built early:

Player Chips Progress
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Leon Morford
201,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Bill Wagner
Bill Wagner
158,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Anthony Breunig
Anthony Breunig
115,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Greg Koutelidakis us
Greg Koutelidakis
115,000
30,000
30,000
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Ravi Raghavan
112,000
84,500
84,500
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kathy Holz-Zamuto
Kathy Holz-Zamuto
106,500
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Brian Ganos
Brian Ganos
91,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Doug Bureta
Doug Bureta
84,000
31,000
31,000
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Matt Kirby
78,000
2,000
2,000
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Brett Reichard
78,000
62,000
62,000
Profile photo of Joe Landazzi us
Joe Landazzi
48,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Gerald Heckathorn
Gerald Heckathorn
14,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Yu Dong
Yu Dong
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Break!

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The players are off on a 10-minute break and the tournament staff will be coloring up the 25-denomination green chips.

Kroon Implodes

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Mark Kroon
Mark Kroon

Mark Kroon is out and Bill Wagner is up near the top of the counts after a Kroon meltdown moments ago.

Apparently Wagner flopped a set of eights and even check-raised a Kroon bet on the turn, but Kroon still didn't get the message.

Wagner checked again on the river and Kroon shipped it in with seven-high, leaving the room rather quickly when Wagner called and showed him the goods.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bill Wagner
Bill Wagner
170,000
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Mark Kroon
Busted

Bluffcatcher

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Brett Reichard
Brett Reichard

Brett Reichard is inching up the leaderboard yet again after catching one player with his hand in the cookie jar.

Faced with a 3,600-chip bet on the turn of a {5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} board, Reichard called. His opponent fired again on the scary looking {j-Clubs} river, making it 6,500.

But Reichard was not phased, making the call with {10-Spades}{q-Spades}.

"Good call," said his opponent, mucking.

Player Chips Progress
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Brett Reichard
140,000
25,000
25,000

Kessler Done

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Allen Kessler shipped his last 9,100 in with two eights, but Mark Kroon woke up with two queens and made the call.

No love for Kessler on the run out meant his Day 1a is done.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Holloway's Demise

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway

PokerNews Senior Editor and WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway is now contemplating when to fire a second bullet after going broke here in level eight.

He shipped his last 12 bigs with {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and ran smack into {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

A queen-high board brought no joy for Holloway and he's now forced to decide whether to re-enter now or wait for tomorrow's Day 1b.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75