$1,100 Main Event | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park

02-23-2020 21:43 UTC-6

Hendrickson Reshoves on Ozturk

Hill Kerby

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 20,000 ante

Umut Ozturk opened to 250,000 under the gun and Daniel Henderson was next to act in the hijack. He three-bet all in for about 1.4 million and action made its way back to Ozturk.

Ozturk looked back at one card and flashed , saying "I fold," as he did before sending the other card to the dealer face down along the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Hendrickson	1,900,000 610,000	610,000
Umut Ozturk	1,210,000 60,000	60,000

02-23-2020 21:41 UTC-6

Slow Out of the Gate

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Hill Kerby

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 20,000 ante

The first 10 minutes of play has seen no major pots played as chips have circulated around the table amongst the six remaining players.

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 20,000

02-23-2020 21:20 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Mcmaster	3,980,000 630,000	630,000

Dedric Henderson	2,360,000 420,000	420,000
Nathan Fair	1,660,000 110,000	110,000
Kevin Boyer	1,600,000 115,000	115,000
Daniel Hendrickson	1,290,000 630,000	630,000
Umut Ozturk	1,270,000 35,000	35,000

Dennis Stevermer Eliminated in 7th Place ($15,006)

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Hill Kerby

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Dennis Stevermer was in the cutoff and jammed all in for his last 710,000. Derek Mcmaster called in the small blind.

Dennis Stevermer:
Derek Mcmaster:

Stevermer was in bad shape and the flop came , leaving him with nothing but running outs to stay alive. The turn gave him three outs at a gutshot straight draw on the river, but it did not come as the river hit the felt to spell his elimination in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Mcmaster	3,350,000 870,000	870,000

Dennis Stevermer	Busted

Tags: Dennis Stevermer Derek McMaster

02-23-2020 21:12 UTC-6

"This Could Be a Trap"

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Hill Kerby

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Nathan Fair saw action folded to him in the small blind and completed. Derek Mcmaster looked at his cards and announced a raise, putting out 175,000 on top of his big blind. Fair went all in over the top.

"This could be a trap," said Mcmaster. He stood up and deliberated for some time until Fair said something to him that was not audible. Mcmaster decided to fold, showing face up.

"What?!" said Fair. He continued, remarking about how he had gotten two players to fold ace-king and pocket tens preflop to his shoves as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Mcmaster	2,480,000 230,000	230,000

Nathan Fair	1,550,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Derek McMaster Nathan Fair

02-23-2020 21:05 UTC-6

Boyer Piles the River

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Hill Kerby

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Nathan Fair was in middle position and opened to 175,000. He received a call from Kevin Boyer in the cutoff and the two players went heads up to a flop of . Action went check-check.

The turn came and Fair bet 110,000. Boyer made the call and the river fell . Fair checked.

"All in," said Boyer, pushing forward his remaining 725,000. Fair thought for about 15 seconds and flicked his cards forward across the felt to the dealer, resulting in Boyer taking down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Boyer	1,485,000 315,000	315,000
Nathan Fair	1,010,000 420,000	420,000

Tags: Kevin Boyer Nathan Fair

02-23-2020 20:56 UTC-6

Fair Gets Ozturk To Fold Big Slick

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Hill Kerby

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Umut Ozturk opened to 200,000 in middle position and saw action fold around to Nathan Fair, who went all in from the small blind. Ozturk asked for a count and the amount was totaled to be 1.09 million. He went into the tank for about a minute.

"What do you want me to do, Nate?" asked Ozturk.

"Call," responded Fair immediately. Ozturk did not act and another half a minute went by. "Do you want to phone a friend and see what you should do?" asked Fair.

"I have a good hand buddy," responded Ozturk. "The old me would have shoved immediately," he added. Another 30 seconds went by and Ozturk announced a fold, tossing onto the felt face up in the middle of the table for all to see the laydown he made. "Nice bet," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Fair	1,430,000 210,000	210,000
Umut Ozturk	1,235,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Nathan Fair Umut Ozturk

02-23-2020 20:46 UTC-6

Four To Flop, No Turn Required

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Hill Kerby

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Hendrickson opened the action with a raise to 135,000 under the gun and received calls from Derek Mcmaster on the button, Kevin Boyer in the small blind, and Umut Ozturk in the big blind.

The four players saw the flop come and Boyer checked. Ozturk put out a bet of 225,000 and all three players folded to earn him the pot with his flop bet to bring him to around 1.5 million

Player	Chips	Progress
Dedric Henderson	2,780,000 170,000	170,000
Derek Mcmaster	2,250,000 300,000	300,000

Daniel Hendrickson	1,920,000 185,000	185,000
Umut Ozturk	1,500,000 560,000	560,000
Nathan Fair	1,220,000 120,000	120,000
Kevin Boyer	1,170,000 270,000	270,000
Dennis Stevermer	860,000 240,000	240,000