Leo Fussy is among the players sitting in here at Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces. He's coming off of a final table run at MSPT Canterbury Park in December, where he cashed for $23,756 for a fifth-place finish.
From middle position, Jeff Fielder bet 2,000 or so, enough to put a short-stacked opponent in the cutoff all in on a board. His opponent called with but had just one out against Fielder's . No miracle came on the river, and Fielder collected the pot.
Nick Pupillo and Adam Friedman recently walked into the tournament area and headed for the registration desk. Pupillo has nearly $300,000 in career cashes and is coming off of a cash for more than $27,000 in a WPT preliminary event in Florida. Friedman is a bracelet winner with more than $1.6 million in live tournament earnings.
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Todd Melander bet 1,800 from a middle position on a board of against a few opponents. James Wilson made it 3,800 to go, folding out the players behind him, and Melander called. Both players checked the , and a river led to a Melander check. Wilson fired 5,500, and Melander sighed and shook his lead, leaning back in his seat. He decided to go ahead and call after thinking for a couple of minutes, and Wilson turned over , not near enough to best .
Wilson is no stranger to deep runs at Mid-States Poker Tour events, having cashed three times in the past three months, including a second-place finish for more than $61,000, but he's behind schedule early after having his bluff picked off.
A massive pot was brewing at Table 34 as the majority of the room filtered out for break. The small blind was all in for 6,725, and James Wilson had called, only to see the cutoff, Ken Heathcote, shove, putting Wilson at risk for 15,000 or so total.
"Do you have me beat?" Wilson asked. Heathcote nodded.
Nonetheless, Wilson called.
Wilson:
Small blind:
Heathcote:
Heathcote flopped a commanding lead with a set as hit the board, and the turn locked him in
Jeff Fielder bet 1,000 on a flop, and a player on his left shoved for just 2,600 or so. Sam de Silva also moved all in from the next spot, with about 7,000 in chips. Fielder folded a face-up.
de Silva:
Opponent:
De Silva had flopped a straight, and it held up as the and rolled off the deck.
board. His opponent called with 
but had just one out against Fielder's 
. No miracle came on the river, and Fielder collected the pot.
against a few opponents. James Wilson made it 3,800 to go, folding out the players behind him, and Melander called. Both players checked the 
, and a 
, not near enough to best 
.
hit the board, and the 
and 
rolled off the deck.