Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Just under 20 percent of the field remains as 49 players will convene for Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville out of a total field of 251. Craig Spalding enters with the most chips at 283,000, but he will have plenty of competition as players vie for the second-ever title here in Southern Indiana.
Day 1b leader Kenny Smith, Neil Patel, two-time MSPT champ Jason Zarlenga, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, Alex Yen, Nick Pupillo, Tim Vance, Josh Turner, and Adam Lamphere are some of the names still in the hunt for a first-place prize that has yet to be released. Pupillo and Zarlenga are representing Team MSPT as sponsored pros, with the former looking to repeat a final table appearance from last year and the latter looking to become the first three-time winner.
Blinds will begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500) and progress in increments of 40 minutes as players fall by the wayside until a final table is reached. At that point, there will be a dinner break before things resume until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews to see who that will be.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Craig Spalding | 283,000 | |
Kenny Smith | 226,000 | |
Neil Patel | 216,500 | |
Jim Will | 207,000 | |
Mike O'Neill | 200,000 | |
Earl Potter
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192,000 | |
Jim Russler | 151,000 | |
Hyun Lee | 147,500 | |
Jason Zarlenga | 147,500 | |
Anthony Fellers | 145,500 | |
Josh Burgess | 145,000 | |
Tom Zenthoefer | 141,500 | |
Ricky Stinson | 129,500 | |
Allen Kessler | 129,500 | |
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Bradford Albrinck | 126,500 | |
Greg Springer
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116,000 | |
Alex Yen | 112,000 | |
Nick Pupillo | 111,000 | |
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Joshua Tucker | 106,000 | |
Tim Vance | 103,500 | |
Aaron Garrison
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103,500 | |
Charlie Leroi
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103,000 | |
Tony Ketterling | 95,500 | |
Byron Hubert | 94,500 | |
David Hobbs | 94,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The winner of Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville will claim $67,746. A min-cash in 27th will be worth $2,178.
The player on the button opened to 8,500. Neil Patel made it 18,000 from the small blind, and after tanking a bit, Derek Schroeder shoved all in. The opener mucked.
"Damn man," Patel said. "Can I get a count?"
The dealer told him it was 75,500, and he called.
Patel:
Schroeder:
The flop made Schroeder a set. The turn sealed it with quads.
"Oh my God," Patel said. "Nice hand, man."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Derek Schroeder |
164,000
85,500
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85,500 |
Neil Patel |
145,000
-71,500
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-71,500 |
We found James Lushin receiving a double worth 50,000 in a blind-versus-blind battle with . According to Allen Kessler, Lushin got it in preflop against the small blind only to be shown . Luckily for Lushin, the flop came and he hit another diamond on the river to make a flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Lushin |
100,000
11,500
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11,500 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Earl Potter bet 60,000 from the button on an board, and Anthony Fellers called for nearly all of his stack in the big blind. The river was a , and both players checked.
"I can't beat you," Potter said. "Your ace is good."
Fellers showed down only but that was enough against .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Fellers |
240,000
94,500
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94,500 |
Earl Potter
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120,000
-72,000
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-72,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jim Will |
350,000
143,000
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143,000 |
Craig Spalding |
305,000
22,000
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22,000 |
Derek Schroeder |
285,000
121,000
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121,000 |
Mike O'Neill |
225,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Jim Russler |
200,000
49,000
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49,000 |
Greg Springer
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145,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Allen Kessler |
130,500
1,000
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1,000 |
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Nick Pupillo |
125,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Day 1b leader Kenny Smith will not see the first break. He check-jammed from the big blind on a flop after Allen Kessler bet 12,500 from the cutoff. Kessler asked for a count and called 86,000 more.
Kessler:
Smith:
"I knew he had a flush draw," Kessler declared.
The turn was a , opening more outs in the form of a gutshot for Smith. The river was a blank though.
"I usually never fade these," Kessler said with surprise.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Allen Kessler |
230,000
99,500
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99,500 |
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Kenny Smith | Busted |