2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

$1,100 Main Event ($150K GTD)
Day: 1b
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$107,706
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$500,960
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
292
Players Left
40

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Schneider Fades a Ton of Geller's Outs

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Scott Schneider
Scott Schneider

Greg Geller raised to 1,600 from early position and then called when Scott Schneider three-bet to 4,200 from middle position.

When the flop came down {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, Geller checked and Schneider bet 7,500. Geller responded by check-raising all in and Schneider called off for 39,400 total.

Scott Schneider: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Greg Geller: {3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Schneider had pocket rockets while Geller had a ton of outs. The latter had flopped both a flush and open-ended straight draw, and he had two pulls at it.

Fortunately for Schneider, neither the {9-Spades} turn nor {5-Spades} river helped Geller and his pocket pair held.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Schneider us
Scott Schneider
89,000 89,000
Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
7,000 -18,000

Tags: Greg GellerScott Schneider

Anderson Heads Back to Bemidji

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Eric Anderson in prior poker action.
Eric Anderson in prior poker action.

Eric Anderson, who many know for his seven years working for the MSPT, was just eliminated from the tournament.

It happened when he raised the cutoff to 2,000 holding the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and the two players in the blinds called to see a {3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop. Both blinds checked, Anderson continued for 5,000, and only the player in the big blind called to see the {8-Spades} turn.

The big blind then moved all in and Anderson called off his remaining 5,100. The player in the big blind simply said, "I'm on a draw," and tabled the {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

While the diamond didn't come in, the {9-Spades} on the river was just as good and just like that Anderson's Big Slick went down in flames.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Anderson us
Eric Anderson
Busted

Tags: Eric Anderson

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
MSPT Magazine November 2019 Cover
MSPT Magazine November 2019 Cover

Did you know the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) publishes its own monthly magazine? Well, right now it's on hiatus due to the pandemic, but past issues are still available online to read for free!

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Big Slick Does Not Do the Trick for Aweida

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Sammy Aweida
Sammy Aweida

Todd Sipple found himself all in for 28,400 and flipping for his tournament life against Colorado's Sammy Aweida.

Sammy Aweida: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Todd Sipple: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

It was a classic flip and Sipple was just looking to hold to score the double. That's just what he did as the board ran out a safe {4-Spades}{3-Spades}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Sipple us
Todd Sipple
60,000
Sammy Aweida us
Sammy Aweida
24,000 -34,000

Tags: Sammy Aweida

Quack, Quack for Fetherkile

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Ryan Fetherkile limped from middle position and Josh "Lightning" Borders raised to 1,800 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded and Fetherkile called to see a {3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop.

Fetherkile checked, Lightning continued for 3,000, and Fetherkile woke up with an all-in check-raise to 12,000.

That did the trick as Lightning released his hand. Fetherkile then showed the {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for a flopped set of ducks.

Player Chips Progress
Josh "Lightning" Borders us
Josh "Lightning" Borders
24,000
Ryan Fetherkile us
Ryan Fetherkile
19,000

Tags: Ryan FetherkileJosh Borders

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
PokerNews Discord
PokerNews Discord

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Another Round of Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ricardo Eyzaguirre us
Ricardo Eyzaguirre
110,000
Michael Berk us
Michael Berk
55,000 30,000
Mark Fink us
Mark Fink
52,000 27,000
Cody Brinn us
Cody Brinn
50,000 50,000
Ahmed Taleb us
Ahmed Taleb
43,000 43,000
Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
WSOP 1X Winner
42,000 17,000
Pat Steele us
Pat Steele
35,000 10,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000 8,000
Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
29,500 4,500
Steve Wilkie gb
Steve Wilkie
25,000 -15,000
Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
24,000 24,000
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
20,000 20,000
Max Havlish us
Max Havlish
20,000 20,000
Howard Hankin us
Howard Hankin
15,500 -9,500