Players are on a 10-minute break.
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Ben Marsh bet 6,500, about half of his stack, from middle position on a board of ![]()
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when an opponent checked to him out of the big blind. The player tanked for awhile before deciding to call, and the
prompted her to quickly shove all in. Marsh double-checked his cards and called off for 6,750, and he showed ![]()
for a winning flush.
Marsh is looking to repeat his final table run from last September's Mid-States Poker Tour here. There, Marsh ultimately finished sixth for $15,753. Back in 2011, Marsh also won an MSPT for just over $40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
James Wilson got his last 9,000 or so in on a ![]()
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flop against a player with ![]()
for bottom set. Wilson had top pair with ![]()
, and though he turned some hope with the
, he was unable to hit a bigger boat to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
Nick Pupillo, Jason Sell, and Ben Marsh all recently reentered and are on their final bullets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
27,300
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
|
26,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
26,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
20,625 | |
|
|
20,600
600
|
600 |
|
|
20,000
16,175
|
16,175 |
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
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|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
19,900
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
18,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
4,900
15,100
|
15,100 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Jon Hanner 1,100 in a three-way pot on a ![]()
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, and Nick Pupillo raised to 2,400 from his left in the cutoff. The big blind folded, and Hanner put Pupillo all in for about 5,000 more. Pupillo called, though he didn't look thrilled, and he indicated he was drawing dead when Hanner turned over ![]()
. Pupillo flashed his cards before mucking them after the
turn, with a
looking like it was one of the cards. Hanner hit quads on the
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
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On a board that ran out ![]()
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with only a small turn bet going into the pot, Brian Ward bet 1,600 after Steve Vang checked to him. Jason Sell called, and Vang raised to 4,000. Ward reraised to about 10,000, folding out Sell, and Vang turned over ![]()
thinking he had just been called. Informed it was a raise, Vang shoved all in with his boat only to be snap-called by Ward's ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500 | |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
32,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
31,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
26,800
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
|
23,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
22,825
22,825
|
22,825 |
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
19,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
11,050
11,050
|
11,050 |
|
|
7,450
12,550
|
12,550 |
|
|
6,400
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,825
16,175
|
16,175 |
Mike Schneider busted out when he got his stack in on the turn with two pair and was called by two players, one of whom had top pair and the nut flush draw. The third spade peeled off on the river and Schneider headed for the registration desk to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
9,250
|
9,250 |
After a raise and a few calls, Jason Zarlenga put his last 5,000 or so in from the big blind and got a bunch of folds before the small blind called him.
Zarlenga: ![]()
Small blind: ![]()
Zarlenga won the race when the board ran out nine-high, keeping the two-time Mid-States Poker Tour champ in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000
8,000
|
8,000 |