$1,100 Main Event ($150K GTD) | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

08-30-2020 15:33 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 1

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Whittington	900,000	675,000
Steve Wilkie	750,000	-350,000
Ricardo Eyzaguirre	550,000	-50,000
Tom Sundling	550,000	350,000
Thomas Lynde	540,000	313,000
William Chao	400,000
Pat Steele	320,000	35,000
John Cap	200,000	-500,000
Dan Grossman	120,000	-10,000

08-30-2020 15:28 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts from Table 2

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodson	700,000	-250,000
Jimmie Lucero	625,000	325,000
Kevin Berthelsen	555,000	55,000
Derrick Fish	450,000	209,000
Tim Garles	420,000	-380,000
Leo Fussy	250,000	-294,000
Ryan Phan	240,000	145,000
Jacob Fierro	145,000	28,000

08-30-2020 15:19 UTC-5

Spahiu Ousted in 28th Place

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Renato Spahiu moved all in for 87,000 from under the gun and Jordan McDonnel three-bet jammed over the top from the button. Both blinds folded and Spahiu discovered the bad news.

Renato Spahiu:
Jordan McDonnel:

McDonnel had the granddaddy of all hands and he scored the elimination after the board ran out . Spahiu took his leave in 28th, which brought about the three-table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan McDonnel	300,000	-75,000
Renato Spahiu	Busted

Tags: Jordan McDonnel Renato Spahiu

08-30-2020 15:03 UTC-5

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Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

08-30-2020 14:42 UTC-5

Ector Exits in 32nd Place

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Tim Garles opened for 35,000 from the button only to have Renard Ector three-bet jam for 149,000 from the big blind. Garles thought long and hard before making the call.

Renard Ector:
Tim Garles:

Ector got it in good but fell behind on the flop. The turn paired Ector but it also sealed the deal for Garles, who made his heart flush.

The meaningless was run out on the river and Ector exited in 32nd place for $2,705.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Garles	800,000	490,000
Renard Ector	Busted

Tags: Renard Ector Tim Garles

08-30-2020 14:37 UTC-5

Steele Gets Lucky to Stay Alive

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jimmie Lucero opened for 40,000 on the button and then called when MSPT Hall of Famer Pat Steele three-bet jammed for 132,000 from the small blind.

Jimmie Lucero:
Pat Steele:

Lucero was in a dominating position, but then the flop fell to give Steele trip tens. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Steele shipped the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmie Lucero	300,000	-100,000
Pat Steele	285,000	153,000

Tags: Pat Steele Jimmie Lucero

08-30-2020 14:22 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Randash	Busted
Brian Opp	Busted
Sami Shurbaji	Busted
George Sanford	Busted
Tyler Kolness	Busted
Yang Yeng	Busted
Curtis Vierstraete	Busted
Kyna England	Busted
Jason Seitz	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

08-30-2020 14:19 UTC-5

Randash Done and Dusted

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The short-stacked James Randash moved all in for 58,000 from the button and Ricardo Eyzaguirre isolated by three-bet jamming over the top from the small blind.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre:
James Randash: