Below are updated counts from the early chip leaders and the biggest stacks in the room:
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
The players have headed off on a 10-minute break with nine full levels now in the books.
While a number of players are close, it appears Mike Kotlewski is the first player past the 100,000-chip mark today.
The Franklin, Wisconsin resident collected most of his big stack catching one foe bluffing with a busted flush draw.
Matt Jaeger led into a ![]()
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flop before his heads-up opponent jammed all in.
Jaeger took his time about it, but made the call with ![]()
. His opponent held ![]()
and hit the rail after the
turn and
river made Jaeger top two pair.
With no less than 10 cashes here on the MSPT, including four final table appearances, Patrick Steele has developed a reputation as a beast on this tour.
Add in a Heartland Poker Tour win back in 2013 and he is quickly becoming one of the Mid-West's most feared players.
Today he's managed to chip up steadily and get one player to commit his stack with tens versus his queens and now finds himself among the leaders.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Saint Paul, Minnesota's Steve Vang had kings hold in a massive three-way all in pot against ![]()
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to bust two players and leap into contention.
He's now sitting on close to 90,000 and among the leaders.
Below are current counts for the early leaders and biggest stacks:
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75