Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$635,000
Entries
635
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Holloway's Demise
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
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 
and ran smack into 
.
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.
Leon: The Professional
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The Leon Morford show continues here in Milwaukee.
No details on the hand, but Morford was just seen collecting yet another player's stack and is now sitting on 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Bluffcatcher
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
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 
board, Reichard called. His opponent fired again on the scary looking 
river, making it 6,500.
But Reichard was not phased, making the call with 
.
"Good call," said his opponent, mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Kroon Implodes
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | |
|
Busted |
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.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
201,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
158,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
115,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
115,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
112,000
84,500
|
84,500 |
|
||
|
|
106,500
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
91,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
84,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
78,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
78,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
48,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
14,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
|
Busted | |