2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$67,746
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
251
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Yen Pays Off Pupillo

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Yen opened to 35,000, and Nick Pupillo called on the button. Yen checked the {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades} flop, and he called 40,000 from Pupillo. Both checked the {k-Diamonds}, and Pupillo bet 160,000 after Yen checked again. Yen took a deep breath and tanked a couple of minutes before sliding in a call.

"Flush," Pupillo said softly, tabling {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Yen mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Pupillo
985,000
282,000
282,000
WSOP 1X Winner
MSPT
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Alex Yen
664,000
-156,000
-156,000

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David Dang Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,839)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
David Dang - 9th Place
David Dang - 9th Place

Jim Will opened for 45,000 and called the shove of a short-stacked David Dang, who had about 105,000.

Dang: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Will: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

Dang's advantage was short-lived as the {a-Clubs} door card was followed by {8-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. The {5-Hearts} and {9-Clubs} completed the board and Dang was out.

Player Chips Progress
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Jim Will
1,220,000
106,000
106,000
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David Dang
Busted

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Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Monster Pot Pushed to Yen

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Alex Yen
Alex Yen

Three players limped, and Alex Yen checked the big blind. Action checked to Jim Will, who bet 60,000 lastto act on the {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop. Yen made it 150,000, folding out the middle players. A {9-Clubs} hit and Yen bet 225,000. Will thought a bit and shoved all in. Yen called right away.

Yen: {7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Will: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Yen had turned a straight but needed to fade nines and eights on the river.

"Whew," he said when the {7-Hearts} emerged.

Stacks were counted down, and Yen had 860,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Yen
2,130,000
1,466,000
1,466,000
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Jim Will
170,000
-1,050,000
-1,050,000

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O'Neill Doubles Through Pupillo

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Mike O'Neill bet 50,000 from the cutoff, and Nick Pupillo check-raised from under the gun to 130,000 on a {j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Spades} flop. O'Neill peeled, and the {7-Clubs} hit. Pupillo bet 154,000, and O'Neill said he was all in. Pupillo snap-called.

Pupillo: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}
O'Neill: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

O'Neill's draw got bigger on the turn, and he decided to roll with it. The dealer brought out the {2-Spades} river to complete his flush draw.

"Nice hand," Pupillo said right away. He sent 303,000 across the table.

Players are on a break for 10 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike O'Neill
978,000
327,000
327,000
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Nick Pupillo
377,000
-608,000
-608,000
WSOP 1X Winner
MSPT

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Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Jim Will Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,259)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Jim Will - 8th Place
Jim Will - 8th Place

Jim Will shoved for 83,000, and Allen Kessler isolated in the cutoff on his left for 150,000. Everyone else mucked.

Kessler: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Will: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Kessler claimed Will had a good chance, and the {10-Spades}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} gave both players a straight draw on the flop.

"Queen would be alright," Kessler said.

Indeed it was a {q-Spades} on the turn, and the "Chainsaw" scored an elimination.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
648,000
263,000
263,000
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Jim Will
Busted

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Craig Spalding Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,679)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Craig Spalding - 7th Place
Craig Spalding - 7th Place

Craig Spalding got his last 300,000 or so in from the small blind with {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} but he was crushed by Alex Yen's {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. A {7-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop offered little hope for Spalding, but the {6-Diamonds} turn gave him outs with an open-ender. The {j-Diamonds} river missed him, and Yen has about half of the chips in play six-handed.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Yen
2,458,000
165,000
165,000
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Craig Spalding
Busted

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Nick Pupillo Eliminated in 6th Place ($12,099)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Nick Pupillo - 6th place
Nick Pupillo - 6th place

Nick Pupillo shoved all in from the cutoff and Mike O'Neill called quickly in the big blind.

Pupillo: {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
O'Neill: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Pupillo had live cards and asked for one time, but no help came on the {8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}.

"It's gotta be a nine," Allen Kessler said, but instead it was a straight draw Pupillo didn't want to see as the {a-Clubs} fell. He needed a queen, but the {4-Hearts} hit.

Pupillo busted seventh last year and did one better here in 2015.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike O'Neill
1,372,000
425,000
425,000
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Nick Pupillo
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
MSPT

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