2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$85,498
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$328,000
Entries
328
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Main Event

Day 2 Started

Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces (full)

Welcome to the final day of Mid-States Poker Tour's stop here at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN. 328 players showed up to play in this event and of those, 36 will make the money. This means that today, 25 of the 61 remaining players will need to be eliminated before the money begins.

Nancy Anderson will start Day 2 as chip leader with 234,000. Derek Lesniak will start in second with 232,000, and Ron McMillen rounds out the top three with 211,000.

Some of the more notable names in contention include MSPT Pros Matt Kirby (187,000) and Matt Alexander (76,500). Others include Muneer Ahmed (179,000), Erick Wright (173,000), Mark Hodge (159,500), Peixin Liu (130,000), Jim Boone (108,500), John Reading (105,500), DJ Buckley (82,000), Tony Hartmann (80,000), and Kou Vang (58,000).

Play will begin at 11:00 a.m. and progress until the final table is determined At that point we will see the tournament pause for a dinner break. After dinner play will continue until the champion is determined who will take home more than $85,000. Stay tuned as we bring you all of the live updates here on PokerNews.

Player Chips Progress
Nancy Anderson
Nancy Anderson
234,000
Derek Lesniak
Derek Lesniak
232,000
Ron McMillen us
Ron McMillen
211,000
Michael Zietz
Michael Zietz
205,500
John Ciaciura
John Ciaciura
197,500
Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson
193,500
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
MSPT
187,000
Muneer Ahmed us
Muneer Ahmed
179,000
Jon Maras us
Jon Maras
175,000
Erick Wright us
Erick Wright
173,000
Curtis Vierstrato
Curtis Vierstrato
167,500
John Farrell ie
John Farrell
166,500
Mark Hodge us
Mark Hodge
159,500
Mark Lick
Mark Lick
150,000
Mike Gantzer
Mike Gantzer
144,500
Hamid Feiz us
Hamid Feiz
142,500
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
140,000
Paul Schroeder
Paul Schroeder
140,000
Nicholas Revello
Nicholas Revello
133,500
Jason Hartwig us
Jason Hartwig
133,500
Peixin Liu us
Peixin Liu
130,000
Cody Lindquist
Cody Lindquist
129,500
Travis Worther
Travis Worther
126,500
Steve Houle us
Steve Houle
120,500
Dennis Stevermer us
Dennis Stevermer
120,500

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Clayton Warner Doubles Up

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Kevin DeRosie raised all in from middle position. Action folded to Clayton Warner who shoved all in for less in the cutoff. All other players folded.

DeRosie: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Warner: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts} awarding Warner the full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Clayton Warner us
Clayton Warner
50,000 26,500

Muneer Ahmed Takes From Nicola Ditrapani

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Muneer Ahmed raised to 7,500 from middle position and Nicola Ditrapani called in the cutoff. Both players checked the {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop. Ahmed led for 7,500 when the {4-Diamonds} came on the turn and Ditrapani called. When the river came the {7-Spades} Ahmed bet 10,000, and again Ditrapani called.

Ahmed turned over {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Ditrapani threw his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Nicola Ditrapani us
Nicola Ditrapani
210,000 70,000
Muneer Ahmed us
Muneer Ahmed
180,000 1,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Kenny Fleming Doubles Through Cody Lindquist

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The button opened to 11,000 and Kenny Flemming shoved all in. Cody Lindquist reshoved all in from the big blind and the button folded.

The player on the button said that he folded {a-}{7-}.

Fleming: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Lindquist: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, and Fleming was awarded a full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Cody Lindquist
Cody Lindquist
110,000 -19,500
Kenny Fleming
Kenny Fleming
67,000 36,500

Jesse Pudvan Eliminated By Jason Hartwig

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jesse Pudvan - Eliminated
Jesse Pudvan - Eliminated

Jason Hartwig raised to 8,000 in the hijack, and Jesse Pudvan shoved all in from the cutoff. Kenny Fleming thought for a moment on the button but then reluctantly folded. Both blinds folded as well.

Hartwig: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Pudvan: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}, and Pudvan is sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Hartwig us
Jason Hartwig
180,000 46,500
Jesse Pudvan
Jesse Pudvan
Busted